diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template b/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
index 0477b2ce7d..0de6605a66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'readline-devel'.
 #
-short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
+revision=1
+
 Add_dependency run glibc-devel
 Add_dependency run readline
 
 do_install()
 {
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
-
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr ${DESTDIR}
 	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib && \
 		ln -s ../../lib/libreadline.so.6 libreadline.so
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/readline ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man3 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man
-	touch -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info/dir
-	for f in history rluserman; do
-		mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/info/${f}.info \
-			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
-	done
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index d887e057b2..83aecf6d4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=readline
 _dist_ver=6.1
 _patch_ver=001
 version=${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}
+revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ pre_configure()
 post_install()
 {
 	# Move shared libs to /.
-	mkdir -p $DESTDIR/lib
-	mv $DESTDIR/usr/lib/lib*.so.* $DESTDIR/lib
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/lib
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so.* ${DESTDIR}/lib
+	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/lib/*.so*
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so
 }