diff --git a/package/base/ed/ed.conf b/package/base/ed/ed.conf
index 6e54674d8..75eca1b44 100644
--- a/package/base/ed/ed.conf
+++ b/package/base/ed/ed.conf
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
 
 
 fix_usrbin_bin() {
-	[ -f $root/usr/bin/ed ] &&
+	if [ -f $root/usr/bin/ed ]; then
 		mv -vf $root/usr/bin/ed $root/bin/ed
-	[ -L $root/usr/bin/red ] &&
+	fi
+	if [ -e $root/usr/bin/red ]; then
 		ln -svf /bin/ed $root/usr/bin/red
+	fi
 }
 
+confopt="--prefic=$root/$prefix"
 postmake="fix_usrbin_bin"
+
diff --git a/package/base/ed/ed.desc b/package/base/ed/ed.desc
index 8865d8c2d..1ed74983f 100644
--- a/package/base/ed/ed.desc
+++ b/package/base/ed/ed.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.2
+[V] 0.5
 [P] X -?---5---9 107.800
 
-[D] 3361941979 ed-0.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ed/
+[D] 3036927901 ed-0.5.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ed/