diff --git a/src/usr/doc/THANKS b/src/usr/doc/THANKS
index 6d0fa45..5b51f00 100644
--- a/src/usr/doc/THANKS
+++ b/src/usr/doc/THANKS
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ We moved to github, so revision number no longer used
     Loki Harfagr
     Alan
     Erich Ritz
+    arcctgx
diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
index dc69d86..fab4922 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
@@ -971,14 +971,14 @@ updates_compare_versions() {
     # 1.2.50 build 4, the argument list is
     # 1 2 3 7 1 2 50 4
     # Prints -1 if the "left" package is newer (not an update), 0 if
-    # the version is unchanged, 1 if the "left" package is newer.
+    # the version is unchanged, 1 if the "left" package is older.
 
     local COUNT=$(($# / 2))
     local i RESULT=0
     local LEFT RIGHT
 
     for ((i=1; i<=$COUNT; i++)); do
-        eval LEFT=\$$i
+        eval LEFT=\${$i}
         eval RIGHT=\${$(($i + $COUNT))}
         if [[ 10#$LEFT -lt 10#$RIGHT ]]; then
             RESULT=1
diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
index 17fdbad..8886e5c 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SBOPKG NEWS
 
-sbopkg-dev (2018-04-25 10:27:24 UTC)
+sbopkg-dev (2018-04-26 00:253:36 UTC)
     FEATURES
 	* sqg: Parallelize building of single and all packages by option -j.
 	  Patch by Marcel Saegebarth.
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ sbopkg-dev (2018-04-25 10:27:24 UTC)
           Patch by Alan
         * Use correct SlackBuild file name to build package
           Patch by Erich Ritz
+        * Fix bug in updates_compare_versions()
+          Patch by arcctgx (#41)
 
 sbopkg 0.38.1 (2016-09-01 13:42 UTC)
     FEATURES