Index: head/biology/htslib/Makefile
===================================================================
--- head/biology/htslib/Makefile	(revision 474751)
+++ head/biology/htslib/Makefile	(revision 474752)
@@ -1,41 +1,38 @@
 # Created by: Reed A. Cartwright <cartwright@asu.edu>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	htslib
-PORTVERSION=	1.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.8
 CATEGORIES=	biology devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	cartwright@asu.edu
 COMMENT=	C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 
+USES=		autoreconf gmake localbase pathfix perl5 shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	samtools
-
-USES=		autoreconf gmake pathfix perl5 shebangfix
 USE_PERL5=	test
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 PATHFIX_MAKEFILEIN=	Makefile
 SHEBANG_FILES=	test/compare_sam.pl test/test.pl
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		CURL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CURL
 
 CURL_DESC=		Use libcurl for network file access (HTTPS and S3 support).
+CURL_USES=		ssl
 CURL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 CURL_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	libcurl
-
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION="${PORTVERSION}"
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
Index: head/biology/htslib/distinfo
===================================================================
--- head/biology/htslib/distinfo	(revision 474751)
+++ head/biology/htslib/distinfo	(revision 474752)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1508301522
-SHA256 (samtools-htslib-1.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 4215c9153c27603cbaaf542f2ec128c5e839380d6df6edd4dbf67955170740c6
-SIZE (samtools-htslib-1.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 1155672
+TIMESTAMP = 1528766078
+SHA256 (samtools-htslib-1.8_GH0.tar.gz) = ad52105c0f9ce6474c8f5d2f208b8e71982436ee1ca5225162932b08aff48b23
+SIZE (samtools-htslib-1.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 1262465
Index: head/biology/htslib/pkg-descr
===================================================================
--- head/biology/htslib/pkg-descr	(revision 474751)
+++ head/biology/htslib/pkg-descr	(revision 474752)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 HTSlib is an implementation of a unified C library for accessing common file
 formats, such as SAM, CRAM, VCF, and BCF, used for high-throughput sequencing
 data. It is the core library used by samtools and bcftools.
 
-WWW: http://www.htslib.org/
+WWW: https://www.htslib.org/
Index: head/biology/htslib/pkg-plist
===================================================================
--- head/biology/htslib/pkg-plist	(revision 474751)
+++ head/biology/htslib/pkg-plist	(revision 474752)
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 bin/bgzip
 bin/htsfile
 bin/tabix
 include/htslib/bgzf.h
 include/htslib/cram.h
 include/htslib/faidx.h
 include/htslib/hfile.h
 include/htslib/hts.h
 include/htslib/hts_defs.h
 include/htslib/hts_endian.h
 include/htslib/hts_log.h
 include/htslib/hts_os.h
 include/htslib/kbitset.h
 include/htslib/kfunc.h
 include/htslib/khash.h
 include/htslib/khash_str2int.h
 include/htslib/klist.h
 include/htslib/knetfile.h
 include/htslib/kseq.h
 include/htslib/ksort.h
 include/htslib/kstring.h
 include/htslib/regidx.h
 include/htslib/sam.h
 include/htslib/synced_bcf_reader.h
 include/htslib/tbx.h
 include/htslib/thread_pool.h
 include/htslib/vcf.h
 include/htslib/vcf_sweep.h
 include/htslib/vcfutils.h
 lib/libhts.a
 lib/libhts.so
 lib/libhts.so.%%PORTVERSION%%
 lib/libhts.so.2
 libdata/pkgconfig/htslib.pc
+man/man1/bgzip.1.gz
 man/man1/htsfile.1.gz
 man/man1/tabix.1.gz
 man/man5/faidx.5.gz
 man/man5/sam.5.gz
 man/man5/vcf.5.gz