diff --git a/ed/PKGBUILD b/ed/PKGBUILD
index b56f5fb53..1a339fce7 100644
--- a/ed/PKGBUILD
+++ b/ed/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 # maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
 # maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
 
+
 pkgname=ed
-pkgver=1.5
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=1.6
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A POSIX-compliant line editor"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('GPL')
@@ -16,18 +17,19 @@ groups=('base-devel')
 depends=('glibc' 'sh')
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
-md5sums=('e66c03d7e4c67b025d5b6093ec678267')
+md5sums=('9a78593decccaa889523aa4bb555ed4b')
 
 build() {
   cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
   ./configure --prefix=/ --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
-  make || return 1
+  make
 }
 
 package() {
   cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
-  make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install || return 1
+  make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
 
   cd ${pkgdir}/usr/share/info
   ln ed.info red.info
 }
+