diff --git a/devel/publib/Makefile b/devel/publib/Makefile
index 3c7d7d721d77..f6e043b760d9 100644
--- a/devel/publib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/publib/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	publib
-PORTVERSION=	0.32
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.38
+PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/publib/
-DISTNAME=	publib_0.32.orig
+DISTNAME=	publib_${PORTVERSION}.orig
 
 MAINTAINER=	never@nevermind.kiev.ua
 COMMENT=	Publib is a library of C functions for various purposes
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 MAN3=		dynarr.3 \
 		xmalloc.3 \
 		bitarr.3 \
-		cfg.3 \
 		cmp.3 \
 		__set_liberror.3 \
 		errormsg.3 \
-		expr.3 \
 		files.3 \
 		fname.3 \
 		fnpathfind.3 \
diff --git a/devel/publib/distinfo b/devel/publib/distinfo
index be686d2490e4..84e94e97a530 100644
--- a/devel/publib/distinfo
+++ b/devel/publib/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (publib_0.32.orig.tar.gz) = bfdc70ca6e2a9457b0c4e864bcf109e6
-SIZE (publib_0.32.orig.tar.gz) = 162294
+MD5 (publib_0.38.orig.tar.gz) = 4808100c4c96ef4cb606211d770c67fa
+SIZE (publib_0.38.orig.tar.gz) = 166325
diff --git a/devel/publib/files/patch-framework::Generic.mk b/devel/publib/files/patch-framework::Generic.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953d7d7d4b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/publib/files/patch-framework::Generic.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- framework/Generic.mk.orig	Tue Jan 11 00:49:05 2005
++++ framework/Generic.mk	Tue Jan 11 00:50:08 2005
+@@ -48,7 +48,5 @@
+ 		if test -f $$i; then \
+ 		t="$(man3dir)/`basename $$i .3`.$(man3ext)"; \
+ 		$(INSTALL_MAN) $$i "$$t"; \
+-		gzip -9f "$$t"; \
+-		sh $(fwdir)/link-alternative-names $$t $(man3dir) $(man3ext); \
+ 		fi; \
+ 	done
diff --git a/devel/publib/files/patch-liw::publibdoc::Makefile b/devel/publib/files/patch-liw::publibdoc::Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56d7339c1919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/publib/files/patch-liw::publibdoc::Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- liw/publibdoc/Makefile.orig	Thu May 23 16:17:39 2002
++++ liw/publibdoc/Makefile	Tue Jan 11 01:02:53 2005
+@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
+ install: 
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d "$(man3dir)"
+ 	$(INSTALL_MAN) $(srcdir)/publib.3 $(man3dir)/publib.$(man3ext)
+-	gzip -9f $(man3dir)/publib.$(man3ext)
diff --git a/devel/publib/files/patch-liw::sbuf::sbuf_srch.c b/devel/publib/files/patch-liw::sbuf::sbuf_srch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2989d41a48be..000000000000
--- a/devel/publib/files/patch-liw::sbuf::sbuf_srch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- liw/sbuf/sbuf_srch.c.orig	Thu Apr 25 13:48:36 2002
-+++ liw/sbuf/sbuf_srch.c	Thu Apr 25 13:48:54 2002
-@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
- 
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <ctype.h>
-+#include <sys/types.h>
- #include <regex.h>
- #include "publib/sbuf.h"
- 
diff --git a/devel/publib/pkg-plist b/devel/publib/pkg-plist
index 368bec7bb5d4..0310f93658c6 100644
--- a/devel/publib/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/publib/pkg-plist
@@ -2,20 +2,15 @@ lib/libpub.a
 include/publib/alloc.h
 include/publib/base64.h
 include/publib/bitarr.h
-include/publib/cfg-config.h
-include/publib/cfg.h
 include/publib/cfgtool.h
 include/publib/cmp.h
 include/publib/errormsg.h
-include/publib/expr.h
 include/publib/files.h
 include/publib/fname.h
 include/publib/hash.h
 include/publib/iset.h
 include/publib/lockfile.h
 include/publib/log.h
-include/publib/lsm-config.h
-include/publib/lsm.h
 include/publib/main.h
 include/publib/nntp.h
 include/publib/priq.h