diff --git a/system/xchm/xchm.SlackBuild b/system/xchm/xchm.SlackBuild
index 3ae982ce55..14f0943b9e 100644
--- a/system/xchm/xchm.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/xchm/xchm.SlackBuild
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@
 # Written by Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>
 
 PRGNAM=xchm
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.14}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.23}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
 fi
@@ -46,11 +44,11 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-find . \
+find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
  -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS=$SLKCFLAGS \
 CXXFLAGS=$SLKCFLAGS \
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ strip --strip-unneeded $PKG/usr/bin/$PRGNAM 2> /dev/null
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README README.xmlrpc \
+  ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL README README.xmlrpc \
     $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/system/xchm/xchm.info b/system/xchm/xchm.info
index 53f699ac46..9b1979c711 100644
--- a/system/xchm/xchm.info
+++ b/system/xchm/xchm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="xchm"
-VERSION="1.14"
+VERSION="1.23"
 HOMEPAGE="http://xchm.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xchm/xchm-1.14.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0f398af788a9e1a7c6f4e65b5ca31cf3"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xchm/xchm-1.23.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="486d029bd81071a2d04e7181909b1602"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="wxPython"