diff -Nur refdb.orig/Makefile refdb/Makefile
--- refdb.orig/Makefile	2014-09-09 16:08:08.000000000 +0200
+++ refdb/Makefile	2014-09-09 16:24:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	refdb
 PORTVERSION=	0.9.9
-PORTREVISION=	6
+PORTREVISION=	7
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-src/${PORTNAME}-src-${PORTVERSION}-1
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-1
@@ -15,16 +15,18 @@
 		libbtparse.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/btparse \
 		libdbi.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/libdbi
 
-USES=		gmake iconv perl5
+USES=		gmake iconv readline perl5 libtool pkgconfig pathfix shebangfix
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 ALL_TARGET=
 
-CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-expat-lib=${LOCALBASE}/lib
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-classpath-root=${PREFIX}/share/java/classes
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-refdb-url=http://localhost/refdb
-DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-1
+CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include -m64
+CFLAGS+=-fPIC
+CXXFLAGS+=-fPIC
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-expat-lib=${LOCALBASE}/lib \
+			--with-classpath-root=${PREFIX}/share/java/classes \
+			--with-refdb-url=http://localhost/refdb
+DOCSDIR=	${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-1
 
 XMLCATMGR=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/xmlcatmgr
 
@@ -34,23 +36,17 @@
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_DB=	MYSQL PGSQL SQLITE
 CATALOG_DESC=	Install SGML catalog
 
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MYSQL
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PGSQL
+
+SHEBANG_FILES=          ${WRKSRC}/scripts/*
 
-MAN1=	bib2ris.1 bib2ris-utf8.1 db2ris.1 eenc.1 en2ris.1 marc2ris.1 med2ris.1 \
-	refdb-backup.1 refdb-bug.1 refdb-ms.1 refdb-restore.1 \
-	refdb_dos2unix.1 refdb_latex2utf8txt.1 refdba.1 \
-	refdbc.1 refdbctl.1 refdbd.1 refdbib.1 refdbjade.1 \
-	refdbnd.1 refdbxml.1 refdbxp.1 runbib.1 \
-	refdb-sruserver.1 refdbsru.1
-#MAN7=	RefDB.7
-MAN8=	refdb.8 refdb.sh.8 refdb-init.8
+USE_RC_SUBR=            refdbd
 
-NO_STAGE=	yes
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MMYSQL}
-USE_MYSQL=	yes
+USES+=  mysql
 # If libdbi-drivers has been built without MySQL driver, abort
 .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd) && !exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd/libdbdmysql.so)
 IGNORE=		rebuild databases/libdbi-drivers with MySQL support
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-db-server=mysql
 
 .elif ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPGSQL}
-USE_PGSQL=	yes
+USES+=  pgsql
 # If libdbi-drivers has been built without PostgreSQL driver, abort
 .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd) && !exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so)
 IGNORE=		rebuild databases/libdbi-drivers with PostgreSQL support
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@
 .elif ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSQLITE}
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libsqlite3.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3
 # If libdbi-drivers has been built without SQLite driver, abort
-.if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd) && !exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd/libdbdsqlite.so)
+.if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd) && !exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd/libdbdsqlite3.so)
 IGNORE=		rebuild databases/libdbi-drivers with SQLite support
 .elif !exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd)
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/dbd:${PORTSDIR}/databases/libdbi-drivers
@@ -86,8 +82,8 @@
 
 post-install:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MCATALOG}
-	@[ -f ${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports ] || ${TOUCH} ${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports
-	@${XMLCATMGR} -s -c ${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports lookup "${PREFIX}/share/refdb/refdb.cat" > /dev/null || ${XMLCATMGR} -s -c ${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports add CATALOG "${PREFIX}/share/refdb/refdb.cat" -- > /dev/null
+	@[ -f ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports ] || ${TOUCH} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports
+	@${XMLCATMGR} -s -c ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports lookup "${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/refdb.cat" > /dev/null || ${XMLCATMGR} -s -c ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports add CATALOG "${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/refdb.cat" -- > /dev/null
 .endif
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "To complete RefDB installation:"
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MMYSQL}
@@ -98,35 +94,26 @@
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "   Then, for MySQL older than 4.1, run:"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   mysql -u root refdb < ${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.mysql"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "   mysql -u root refdb < ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.mysql"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "   For MySQL 4.1 and later, run:"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   mysql -u root refdb < ${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.mysql41"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "   mysql -u root refdb < ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.mysql41"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 .elif ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPGSQL}
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "1. To initialise PostgreSQL, run the following commands:"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "   createdb -U pgsql -E UNICODE refdb"
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   psql -U pgsql refdb < ${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.pgsql"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "   psql -U pgsql refdb < ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.pgsql"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 .elif ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSQLITE}
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "1. To initialise SQLite, run the following commands:"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   cd ${PREFIX}/share/refdb/db"
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   sqlite refdb < ${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.sqlite"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "   cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/db"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "   sqlite refdb < ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/refdb/sql/refdb.dump.sqlite"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 .endif
-	@${INSTALL_SCRIPT} -m 755 ${WRKSRC}/scripts/refdb ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/refdb.sh.dist
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "2. To run refdbd at system startup, rename the startup script:"
-	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   mv ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/refdb.sh.dist ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/refdb.sh"
-	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "3. Customise the configuration scripts in ${PREFIX}/etc/refdb,"
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   as described in the RefDB documentation at:"
-	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "   http://refdb.sourceforge.net/manual/x593.html#SECT1-MYSTERY-INIT-FILES"
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff -Nur refdb.orig/files/refdbd.in refdb/files/refdbd.in
--- refdb.orig/files/refdbd.in	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ refdb/files/refdbd.in	2014-09-09 15:39:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+# O. Hartmann, Berlin, 2014
+#
+#
+# PROVIDE: refdbd
+# REQUIRE: LOGIN
+# KEYWORD: shutdown
+#
+# To enable this service, place
+#
+# refdbd_enable="YES"
+#
+# in /etc/rc.conf[.local]
+# 
+# and optionally set the the following variables upon your environment:
+#
+# Choose another PIDFILE as the configured and/or default one:
+# refdbd_pidfile="/var/run/refdbd.pid"
+#
+# To make the refdbd daemon accessible local only (127.0.0.1):
+# refdbd_local="YES"
+
+. /etc/rc.subr
+
+name="refdbd"
+rcvar=refdbd_enable
+
+# read settings, set defaults
+load_rc_config ${name}
+
+command="%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}"
+globalconfig="%%PREFIX%%/etc/refdb/refdbdrc"
+pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
+extra_commands="reload"
+
+load_rc_config ${name}
+
+: ${refdbd_enable:="NO"}
+: ${refdbd_local:="NO"}
+
+if checkyesno refdbd_local; then
+  refdbd_local_flags="-I"
+else
+  refdbd_local_flags=""
+fi
+
+start_precmd="${name}_prestart"
+
+refdbd_prestart()
+{
+	local	refdbvar refdbval
+
+	# Check whether we have configured a PID file
+	if [ "x${refdbd_pidfile}" != "x" ]; then
+		pidfile="${refdbd_pidfile}"
+
+	# ... if not configured via rc.conf[.local],
+	# read the settings in the configure file. We're only interested in
+	# nonstandard PID file settings
+	else
+		for config in ${globalconfig}; do
+			while read refdbvar refdbval; do
+				if [ -n "${refdbvar}" ]; then
+					if [ ${refdbvar}="pidfile" ]; then
+						pidfile=${refdbval}
+					fi
+				fi
+			done < $config
+		done
+	fi
+
+	piddir=`dirname ${pidfile}`
+	mkdir -p ${piddir}
+
+	refdbd_pid_flags="-P ${pidfile}"
+}
+
+# Set command arguments upon configuration
+command_args="${refdbd_local_flags} ${refdbd_pid_flags}"
+
+run_rc_command "$1"