diff -ruN ircd-ratbox.orig/Makefile ircd-ratbox/Makefile
--- ircd-ratbox.orig/Makefile	Sat Dec 22 15:50:30 2007
+++ ircd-ratbox/Makefile	Fri Jan 18 21:43:20 2008
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8
 
 PORTNAME=	ircd-ratbox
-PORTVERSION=	2.2.6
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.2.8
 CATEGORIES=	irc ipv6
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.ircd-ratbox.org/pub/ircd-ratbox/		\
 		ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/ircd-ratbox/		\
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
 
 MAN8=		ircd.8
 USE_RC_SUBR=	ircd-ratbox.sh
+USE_PERL5_BUILD=	yes
 
 LOGDIR=		/var/log/${PORTNAME}
 RUNDIR=		/var/run/${PORTNAME}
@@ -111,18 +111,71 @@
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "    NICKLEN     [default 9, max 50]    - Max nick length on server"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "    TOPICLEN    [default 160, max 390] - Max topic length"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    SERVER_NAME [default 'services.ircd-ratbox.org'] - Name of services"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    USER_SERV   [default 'USERSERV'] - Name of user registration service"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    CHAN_SERV   [default 'CHANSERV'] - Name of channel registration serv'"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    NICK_SERV   [default 'NICKSERV'] - Name of nickname registration serv'"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    ALIS_SERV   [default 'ALIS'] - Name of channel list service"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    OPER_BOT    [default 'OPERBOT'] - Name of operbot service"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    OPER_SERV   [default 'OPERSERV'] - Name of oper command service"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    JUPE_SERV   [default 'JUPESERV'] - Name of jupe service"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "    GLOBAL_SERV [default 'GLOBAL'] - Name of global announce service"
+	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "Press CTRL+C now if you wish to set them."
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#-O2##" ${WRKSRC}/configure
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#%%PREFIX%%#${PREFIX}#g"		  \
-			  ${WRKSRC}/doc/example.conf		  \
-			  ${WRKSRC}/doc/example.efnet.conf
+			${WRKSRC}/doc/example.conf		  \
+			${WRKSRC}/doc/example.efnet.conf
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#%%LOGDIR%%#${LOGDIR}#g"		\
 				${WRKSRC}/doc/example.conf	\
 				${WRKSRC}/doc/example.efnet.conf
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#%%RUNDIR%%#${RUNDIR}#g" ${WRKSRC}/include/config.h
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#%%WRKSRC%%#${WRKSRC}#g" ${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+
+#-- ircd-shortcut.pl ratbox-services commands --------------------------------------
+
+.if defined(SERVER_NAME)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#services.ircd-ratbox.org#${SERVER_NAME}#"       \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(USER_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#USERSERV#${USER_SERV}#" \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(CHAN_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#CHANSERV#${CHAN_SERV}#" \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(NICK_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#NICKSERV#${NICK_SERV}#" \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(ALIS_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#ALIS#${ALIS_SERV}#"     \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(OPER_BOT)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#OPERBOT#${OPER_BOT}#"   \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(OPER_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#OPERSERV#${OPER_SERV}#" \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(JUPE_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#JUPESERV#${JUPE_SERV}#" \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+.if defined(GLOBAL_SERV)
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s#GLOBAL#${GLOBAL_SERV}#" \
+	${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
+.endif
+
+#-- execute ircd-shortcut perl script to generate the .c file. -----
+	${PERL} ${WRKSRC}/contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl
 
 pre-su-install:
 	@${SETENV} "PKG_PREFIX=${PREFIX}" ${SH} ${PKGINSTALL} ${PKGNAME} PRE-INSTALL
diff -ruN ircd-ratbox.orig/distinfo ircd-ratbox/distinfo
--- ircd-ratbox.orig/distinfo	Sat Dec 22 15:50:30 2007
+++ ircd-ratbox/distinfo	Sun Jan 13 02:26:48 2008
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (ircd-ratbox-2.2.6.tgz) = d288f8169e08d9031a115814a8a88033
-SHA256 (ircd-ratbox-2.2.6.tgz) = b6dd01a15d13f29c0a87f507a63b212b3fe7a62bcd101ac123ec75fcca847c35
-SIZE (ircd-ratbox-2.2.6.tgz) = 713577
+MD5 (ircd-ratbox-2.2.8.tgz) = d4cccf7dd1523e362b5c38c1a20884e2
+SHA256 (ircd-ratbox-2.2.8.tgz) = f5d53e4821437f7d196af6a89f44edc2a1c39afed33a640c42c99f4f76c7b787
+SIZE (ircd-ratbox-2.2.8.tgz) = 730097
diff -ruN ircd-ratbox.orig/files/patch-contrib_Makefile.in ircd-ratbox/files/patch-contrib_Makefile.in
--- ircd-ratbox.orig/files/patch-contrib_Makefile.in	Sat Dec 22 15:50:30 2007
+++ ircd-ratbox/files/patch-contrib_Makefile.in	Sun Jan 13 02:52:40 2008
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
---- contrib/Makefile.in.orig	Thu Jun 17 23:19:00 2004
-+++ contrib/Makefile.in	Mon Jan 23 17:17:00 2006
-@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
+--- contrib/Makefile.in.orig	Sun Jan 13 02:35:03 2008
++++ contrib/Makefile.in	Sun Jan 13 02:38:59 2008
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
    spy_stats_p_notice.c		\
-   spy_trace_notice.c		\
    spy_whois_notice.c            \
--  spy_whois_notice_global.c	\
+   spy_whois_notice_global.c	\
 -  example_module.c
-+  spy_whois_notice_global.c
++  m_rsshortcut.c
  
  OBJS = ${SRCS:.c=.so}
  
diff -ruN ircd-ratbox.orig/files/patch-contrib_ircd-shortcut.pl ircd-ratbox/files/patch-contrib_ircd-shortcut.pl
--- ircd-ratbox.orig/files/patch-contrib_ircd-shortcut.pl	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ ircd-ratbox/files/patch-contrib_ircd-shortcut.pl	Thu Jan 17 18:39:59 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl.orig	Fri Jan 11 20:28:57 2008
++++ contrib/ircd-shortcut.pl	Sun Jan 13 14:55:34 2008
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+ ######################################
+ 
+ 
+-open(FILE, '>', 'm_rsshortcut.c');
++open(FILE, '>', '%%WRKSRC%%/contrib/m_rsshortcut.c');
+ 
+ print FILE <<".EOF.";
+ /* m_rsshortcut.c
diff -ruN ircd-ratbox.orig/files/pkg-message.in ircd-ratbox/files/pkg-message.in
--- ircd-ratbox.orig/files/pkg-message.in	Sat Dec 22 15:50:30 2007
+++ ircd-ratbox/files/pkg-message.in	Sun Jan 13 02:45:51 2008
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@
 
 	%%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/ircd-ratbox start
 
+If you specified options for ircd-shortcut commands, these will have
+been added and the module included in the contrib module directory.
+You may wish to add an entry to your ircd.conf file for this module to
+be loaded when your IRCD starts.
+
 Be sure to check out 'ratbox-services' if you need a services package.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -ruN ircd-ratbox.orig/pkg-plist ircd-ratbox/pkg-plist
--- ircd-ratbox.orig/pkg-plist	Sat Dec 22 15:50:30 2007
+++ ircd-ratbox/pkg-plist	Tue Jan 15 10:16:52 2008
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/autoload/m_whois.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/autoload/m_whowas.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/autoload/m_xline.so
+@unexec f="%D/lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/autoload/m_services.so"; if [ -f "$f" ]; then rm -f "$f"; fi
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/m_clearchan.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/m_flags.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/m_force.so
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/spy_stats_p_notice.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/spy_whois_notice.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/spy_whois_notice_global.so
+lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/contrib/m_rsshortcut.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/m_die.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/m_error.so
 lib/ircd-ratbox/modules/m_join.so