diff --git a/srcpkgs/whois/template b/srcpkgs/whois/template
index ceccc2f746..90ac364aa5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/whois/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/whois/template
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'whois'
 pkgname=whois
-version=5.0.20
+version=5.0.24
 revision=1
-makedepends="perl libidn-devel"
-short_desc="The whois client by Marco d Itri"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="libidn-devel"
+short_desc="An improved whois client"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 homepage="http://www.linux.it/~md/software"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=818332954643626b8a44670746185cf7fc7a862195b46c01e10df1c3f82d8ecf
-long_desc="
- whois is an improved whois client. It is part of Debian, Mandriva, SuSE, PLD
- and other Linux distributions."
+checksum=c61435fef8e2bb1158846b6c1bd72cf5ed29a474c1e27cd35cf0574b40bd0bf5
 
 do_build() {
 	# This is needed to set CFLAGS properly
@@ -26,6 +24,6 @@ do_install() {
 
 whois_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr
+		vmove all
 	}
 }