ic char* strdup(const char *src)
--{
--  char *dest;
--  size_t ln;
- 
--  ln = strlen(src);
--  dest = malloc(sizeof(char) * (ln + 1));
--  memcpy(dest, src, sizeof(char) * ln);
--  dest[ln] = '\0';
--  return dest;
--}
--#endif
- static int posinp_yaml_external_potential(const PosinpDict *dict, PosinpAtoms *atoms, char **message)
- {
-   int done;
diff --git a/science/v_sim/pkg-descr b/science/v_sim/pkg-descr
index b733b3eabb94..99482bf609cf 100644
--- a/science/v_sim/pkg-descr
+++ b/science/v_sim/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 V_Sim visualizes atomic structures such as crystals, grain boundaries and so on
-(either in .d3 format as defined by F. Lançon, or in plain text format as
+(either in .d3 format as defined by F. Lancon, or in plain text format as
 described in the sample page). The rendering is done in pseudo-3D with colored
 sphere to represent the atoms. The user can interact through many functions to
 choose the view, the size of the atoms, their color, the background color, the
diff --git a/science/v_sim/pkg-plist b/science/v_sim/pkg-plist
index 1d1299811155..d7ae0dbce222 100644
--- a/science/v_sim/pkg-plist
+++ b/science/v_sim/pkg-plist
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 bin/v_sim
-lib/girepository-1.0/v_sim-3.8.typelib
+lib/girepository-1.0/v_sim-3.9.typelib
 lib/libv_sim-3.a
 lib/libv_sim-3.la
 lib/libv_sim-3.so
-lib/libv_sim-3.so.8
-lib/libv_sim-3.so.8.0.0
+lib/libv_sim-3.so.9
+lib/libv_sim-3.so.9.0.0
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/gi/overrides/__pycache__/v_sim.cpython-%%PYTHON_SUFFIX%%.opt-1.pyc
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/gi/overrides/__pycache__/v_sim.cpython-%%PYTHON_SUFFIX%%.pyc
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/gi/overrides/__pycache__/v_sim%%PYTHON_TAG%%.opt-2.pyc
@@ -12,43 +12,43 @@ lib/libv_sim-3.so.8.0.0
 %%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.a
 %%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.la
 %%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.so
-%%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.so.8
-%%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.so.8.0.0
+%%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.so.9
+%%AB%%lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libabinit.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libarchives.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libcube.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libetsf.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libobloader.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libplugmsym.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libpythongi.so.9.0.0
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.a
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.la
 lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.so
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.so.8
-lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.so.8.0.0
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.so.9
+lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.so.9.0.0
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ChangeLog.en
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ChangeLog.fr
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/authors
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ lib/v_sim/plug-ins/libxsf.so.8.0.0
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/test_isosurfaces.ascii
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/test_isosurfaces.surf
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/values.xml
-share/gir-1.0/v_sim-3.8.gir
+share/gir-1.0/v_sim-3.9.gir
 share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/v_sim.png
 share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/v_sim.png
 share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/v_sim.png