29 files changed, 333 insertions, 282 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7d4e60f8..80dd7c2d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(src-ext,
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-src-ext=ext], [set the file extension used by source packages]),
 	[SRCEXT=$withval], [SRCEXT=.src.tar.gz])
 
-# Help line for database extension
-AC_ARG_WITH(db-ext,
-	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-db-ext=ext], [set the file extension used by the database]),
-	[DBEXT=$withval], [DBEXT=.db.tar.gz])
-
 # Help line for buildscript filename
 AC_ARG_WITH(buildscript,
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-buildscript=name], [set the build script name used by makepkg]),
@@ -338,9 +333,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PKGEXT], "$PKGEXT", [The file extension used by pacman packa
 # Set source package file extension
 AC_SUBST(SRCEXT)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SRCEXT], "$SRCEXT", [The file extension used by pacman source packages])
-# Set database file extension
-AC_SUBST(DBEXT)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DBEXT], "$DBEXT", [The file extension used by pacman databases])
 # Set makepkg build script name
 AC_SUBST(BUILDSCRIPT)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([BUILDSCRIPT], "$BUILDSCRIPT", [The build script name used by makepkg])
@@ -393,7 +385,6 @@ ${PACKAGE_NAME}:
     root working directory : ${ROOTDIR}
     package extension      : ${PKGEXT}
     source pkg extension   : ${SRCEXT}
-    database extension     : ${DBEXT}
     build script name      : ${BUILDSCRIPT}
 
   Compilation options:
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 3d14a42a..de1f51f8 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,25 @@ original=X, current=Y, new=Z::
 	necessary changes into the original file.
 
 
+Examples
+--------
+
+pacman -Ss ne.hack::
+	Search for regexp "ne.hack" in package database.
+
+pacman -S gpm::
+	Download and install gpm including dependencies.
+
+pacman -U /home/user/ceofhack-0.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz::
+	Install ceofhack-0.6-1 package from a local file.
+
+pacman -Syu::
+	Update package list and upgrade all packages afterwards.
+
+pacman -Syu gpm::
+	Update package list, upgrade all packages, and then install gpm if it
+	wasn't already installed.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 See linkman:pacman.conf[5] for more details on configuring pacman using the
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index f39a0ecf..cc0c4c13 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, int pkg_current, int pkg_count,
 		struct archive *archive;
 		struct archive_entry *entry;
 		char cwd[PATH_MAX] = "";
+		int restore_cwd = 0;
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "extracting files\n");
 
@@ -579,11 +580,16 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, int pkg_current, int pkg_count,
 		/* save the cwd so we can restore it later */
 		if(getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX) == NULL) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not get current working directory\n"));
-			cwd[0] = 0;
+		} else {
+			restore_cwd = 1;
 		}
 
 		/* libarchive requires this for extracting hard links */
-		chdir(handle->root);
+		if(chdir(handle->root) != 0) {
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), handle->root, strerror(errno));
+			ret = -1;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
 
 		/* call PROGRESS once with 0 percent, as we sort-of skip that here */
 		if(is_upgrade) {
@@ -629,9 +635,9 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, int pkg_current, int pkg_count,
 		}
 		archive_read_finish(archive);
 
-		/* restore the old cwd is we have it */
-		if(strlen(cwd)) {
-			chdir(cwd);
+		/* restore the old cwd if we have it */
+		if(restore_cwd && chdir(cwd) != 0) {
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), cwd, strerror(errno));
 		}
 
 		if(errors) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index 51b9e25b..7bcfc8f1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+/* connection caching setup */
+#if defined(INTERNAL_DOWNLOAD)
+#include <fetch.h>
+#endif
+
 /* libalpm */
 #include "alpm.h"
 #include "alpm_list.h"
@@ -54,6 +59,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_initialize(void)
 	bindtextdomain("libalpm", LOCALEDIR);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef INTERNAL_DOWNLOAD
+	fetchConnectionCacheInit(5, 1);
+#endif
+
 	return(0);
 }
 
@@ -73,6 +82,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(void)
 	_alpm_handle_free(handle);
 	handle = NULL;
 
+#ifdef INTERNAL_DOWNLOAD
+	fetchConnectionCacheClose();
+#endif
+
 	return(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 33291325..0c01f214 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ enum _pmerrno_t {
 	PM_ERR_FILE_CONFLICTS,
 	/* Misc */
 	PM_ERR_RETRIEVE,
+	PM_ERR_WRITE,
 	PM_ERR_INVALID_REGEX,
 	/* External library errors */
 	PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE,
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index 877bc505..44321713 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int remove_olddir(const char *syncdbpath, alpm_list_t *dirlist)
  */
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 {
-	char *dbfile, *dbfilepath;
+	char *dbfile, *dbfilepath, *syncpath;
 	const char *dbpath, *syncdbpath;
 	alpm_list_t *newdirlist = NULL, *olddirlist = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *onlynew = NULL, *onlyold = NULL;
@@ -231,14 +231,18 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NOT_FOUND, -1);
 	}
 
-	len = strlen(db->treename) + strlen(DBEXT) + 1;
+	len = strlen(db->treename) + 4;
 	MALLOC(dbfile, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-	sprintf(dbfile, "%s" DBEXT, db->treename);
+	sprintf(dbfile, "%s.db", db->treename);
 
 	dbpath = alpm_option_get_dbpath();
+	len = strlen(dbpath) + 6;
+	MALLOC(syncpath, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
+	sprintf(syncpath, "%s%s", dbpath, "sync/");
 
-	ret = _alpm_download_single_file(dbfile, db->servers, dbpath, force);
+	ret = _alpm_download_single_file(dbfile, db->servers, syncpath, force);
 	free(dbfile);
+	free(syncpath);
 
 	if(ret == 1) {
 		/* files match, do nothing */
@@ -253,9 +257,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 	syncdbpath = _alpm_db_path(db);
 
 	/* form the path to the db location */
-	len = strlen(dbpath) + strlen(db->treename) + strlen(DBEXT) + 1;
+	len = strlen(dbpath) + strlen(db->treename) + 9;
 	MALLOC(dbfilepath, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-	sprintf(dbfilepath, "%s%s" DBEXT, dbpath, db->treename);
+	sprintf(dbfilepath, "%ssync/%s.db", dbpath, db->treename);
 
 	if(force) {
 		/* if forcing update, remove the old dir and extract the db */
@@ -434,8 +438,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 {
 	FILE *fp = NULL;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	char line[513];
-	int	sline = sizeof(line)-1;
+	char line[1024];
 	char *pkgpath = NULL;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
@@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 			info->name, inforeq);
 
 	/* clear out 'line', to be certain - and to make valgrind happy */
-	memset(line, 0, sline+1);
+	memset(line, 0, sizeof(line));
 
 	pkgpath = get_pkgpath(db, info);
 
@@ -486,12 +489,12 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 			goto error;
 		}
 		while(!feof(fp)) {
-			if(fgets(line, 256, fp) == NULL) {
+			if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 				break;
 			}
 			_alpm_strtrim(line);
 			if(strcmp(line, "%NAME%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				if(strcmp(_alpm_strtrim(line), info->name) != 0) {
@@ -499,7 +502,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 								"mismatch on package %s\n"), db->treename, info->name);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%VERSION%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				if(strcmp(_alpm_strtrim(line), info->version) != 0) {
@@ -507,39 +510,39 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 								"mismatch on package %s\n"), db->treename, info->name);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%FILENAME%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->filename, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%DESC%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->desc, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%GROUPS%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->groups = alpm_list_add(info->groups, linedup);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%URL%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->url, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%LICENSE%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->licenses = alpm_list_add(info->licenses, linedup);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%ARCH%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->arch, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%BUILDDATE%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				_alpm_strtrim(line);
@@ -555,7 +558,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 					info->builddate = atol(line);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%INSTALLDATE%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				_alpm_strtrim(line);
@@ -571,12 +574,12 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 					info->installdate = atol(line);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%PACKAGER%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->packager, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%REASON%") == 0) {
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				info->reason = (pmpkgreason_t)atol(_alpm_strtrim(line));
@@ -586,7 +589,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 				 *       is currently only used in sync databases, and SIZE is
 				 *       only used in local databases.
 				 */
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				info->size = atol(_alpm_strtrim(line));
@@ -597,19 +600,19 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%ISIZE%") == 0) {
 				/* ISIZE (installed size) tag only appears in sync repositories,
 				 * not the local one. */
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				info->isize = atol(_alpm_strtrim(line));
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%MD5SUM%") == 0) {
 				/* MD5SUM tag only appears in sync repositories,
 				 * not the local one. */
-				if(fgets(line, sline, fp) == NULL) {
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->md5sum, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%REPLACES%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->replaces = alpm_list_add(info->replaces, linedup);
@@ -629,16 +632,16 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not open file %s: %s\n"), path, strerror(errno));
 			goto error;
 		}
-		while(fgets(line, 256, fp)) {
+		while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) {
 			_alpm_strtrim(line);
 			if(strcmp(line, "%FILES%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->files = alpm_list_add(info->files, linedup);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%BACKUP%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->backup = alpm_list_add(info->backup, linedup);
@@ -657,27 +660,29 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 			goto error;
 		}
 		while(!feof(fp)) {
-			fgets(line, 255, fp);
+			if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
+				break;
+			}
 			_alpm_strtrim(line);
 			if(strcmp(line, "%DEPENDS%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(_alpm_strtrim(line));
 					info->depends = alpm_list_add(info->depends, dep);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%OPTDEPENDS%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->optdepends = alpm_list_add(info->optdepends, linedup);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%CONFLICTS%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->conflicts = alpm_list_add(info->conflicts, linedup);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%PROVIDES%") == 0) {
-				while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 					char *linedup;
 					STRDUP(linedup, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
 					info->provides = alpm_list_add(info->provides, linedup);
@@ -693,10 +698,12 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%sdeltas", pkgpath);
 		if((fp = fopen(path, "r"))) {
 			while(!feof(fp)) {
-				fgets(line, 255, fp);
+				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
+					break;
+				}
 				_alpm_strtrim(line);
 				if(strcmp(line, "%DELTAS%") == 0) {
-					while(fgets(line, sline, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
+					while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
 						pmdelta_t *delta = _alpm_delta_parse(line);
 						if(delta) {
 							info->deltas = alpm_list_add(info->deltas, delta);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
index 38cf357a..3d8c4e38 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ static int parse_descfile(struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 		} else {
 			key = _alpm_strtrim(key);
 			ptr = _alpm_strtrim(ptr);
-			if(!strcmp(key, "pkgname")) {
+			if(strcmp(key, "pkgname") == 0) {
 				STRDUP(newpkg->name, ptr, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "pkgver")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "pkgver") == 0) {
 				STRDUP(newpkg->version, ptr, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "pkgdesc")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "pkgdesc") == 0) {
 				STRDUP(newpkg->desc, ptr, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "group")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "group") == 0) {
 				newpkg->groups = alpm_list_add(newpkg->groups, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "url")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "url") == 0) {
 				STRDUP(newpkg->url, ptr, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "license")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "license") == 0) {
 				newpkg->licenses = alpm_list_add(newpkg->licenses, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "builddate")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "builddate") == 0) {
 				char first = tolower((unsigned char)ptr[0]);
 				if(first > 'a' && first < 'z') {
 					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; /* initialize to null in case of failure */
@@ -92,27 +92,27 @@ static int parse_descfile(struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 				} else {
 					newpkg->builddate = atol(ptr);
 				}
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "packager")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "packager") == 0) {
 				STRDUP(newpkg->packager, ptr, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "arch")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "arch") == 0) {
 				STRDUP(newpkg->arch, ptr, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "size")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "size") == 0) {
 				/* size in the raw package is uncompressed (installed) size */
 				newpkg->isize = atol(ptr);
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "depend")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "depend") == 0) {
 				pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(ptr);
 				newpkg->depends = alpm_list_add(newpkg->depends, dep);
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "optdepend")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "optdepend") == 0) {
 				newpkg->optdepends = alpm_list_add(newpkg->optdepends, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "conflict")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "conflict") == 0) {
 				newpkg->conflicts = alpm_list_add(newpkg->conflicts, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "replaces")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "replaces") == 0) {
 				newpkg->replaces = alpm_list_add(newpkg->replaces, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "provides")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "provides") == 0) {
 				newpkg->provides = alpm_list_add(newpkg->provides, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "backup")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "backup") == 0) {
 				newpkg->backup = alpm_list_add(newpkg->backup, strdup(ptr));
-			} else if(!strcmp(key, "makepkgopt")) {
+			} else if(strcmp(key, "makepkgopt") == 0) {
 				/* not used atm */
 			} else {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s: syntax error in description file line %d\n",
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static pmpkg_t *pkg_load(const char *pkgfile, int full)
 		goto pkg_invalid;
 	}
 
-  archive_read_finish(archive);
+	archive_read_finish(archive);
 
 	/* internal fields for package struct */
 	newpkg->origin = PKG_FROM_FILE;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
index e36844a8..694c38db 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ int _alpm_conflict_isin(pmconflict_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack)
 		char *cpkg2 = conflict->package2;
 		char *npkg1 = needle->package1;
 		char *npkg2 = needle->package2;
-		if((!strcmp(cpkg1, npkg1)  && !strcmp(cpkg2, npkg2))
-				|| (!strcmp(cpkg1, npkg2) && !strcmp(cpkg2, npkg1))) {
+		if((strcmp(cpkg1, npkg1) == 0  && strcmp(cpkg2, npkg2) == 0)
+				|| (strcmp(cpkg1, npkg2) == 0 && strcmp(cpkg2, npkg1) == 0)) {
 			return(1);
 		}
 	}
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *chk_filedifference(alpm_list_t *filesA, alpm_list_t *filesB)
  */
 static alpm_list_t *add_fileconflict(alpm_list_t *conflicts,
                     pmfileconflicttype_t type, const char *filestr,
-										const char* name1, const char* name2)
+                    const char* name1, const char* name2)
 {
 	pmfileconflict_t *conflict;
 	MALLOC(conflict, sizeof(pmfileconflict_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 26f9b16d..fd893a63 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs,
 	for(i = dbs; i; i = i->next) {
 		for(j = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(i->data); j; j = j->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
-			if(alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep) && strcmp(pkg->name, dep->name) &&
+			if(alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep) && strcmp(pkg->name, dep->name) != 0 &&
 			             !_alpm_pkg_find(excluding, pkg->name)) {
 				if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pkg)) {
 					int install = 0;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index c11148d1..3185d2aa 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int download_internal(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 		check_stop();
 		size_t nwritten = 0;
 		nwritten = fwrite(buffer, 1, nread, localf);
-		if((nwritten != nread) || ferror(localf)) {
+		if((nwritten != (size_t)nread) || ferror(localf)) {
 			pm_errno = PM_ERR_RETRIEVE;
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("error writing to file '%s': %s\n"),
 					tempfile, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index becbc60f..0060300c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ int _alpm_pkg_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 {
 	pmpkg_t *pkg1 = (pmpkg_t *)p1;
 	pmpkg_t *pkg2 = (pmpkg_t *)p2;
-	return(strcmp(pkg1->name, pkg2->name));
+	return(strcoll(pkg1->name, pkg2->name));
 }
 
 /* Test for existence of a package in a alpm_list_t*
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.h b/lib/libalpm/package.h
index c8946448..14f81f92 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.h
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ struct __pmpkg_t {
 	/* internal */
 	pmpkgfrom_t origin;
 	/* Replaced 'void *data' with this union as follows:
-  origin == PKG_FROM_CACHE, use pkg->origin_data.db
-  origin == PKG_FROM_FILE, use pkg->origin_data.file
+	origin == PKG_FROM_CACHE, use pkg->origin_data.db
+	origin == PKG_FROM_FILE, use pkg->origin_data.file
 	*/
-  union {
+	union {
 		pmdb_t *db;
 		char *file;
 	} origin_data;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index 49fc0f67..3c5141a1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_list_t *pkgs)
 	for(i = pkgs; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		const char *pkgarch = alpm_pkg_get_arch(pkg);
-		if(strcmp(pkgarch,arch) && strcmp(pkgarch,"any")) {
+		if(strcmp(pkgarch,arch) != 0 && strcmp(pkgarch,"any") != 0) {
 			char *string;
 			const char *pkgname = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg);
 			const char *pkgver = alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg);
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ static int grep(const char *fn, const char *needle)
 	}
 	while(!feof(fp)) {
 		char line[1024];
-		int sline = sizeof(line)-1;
-		fgets(line, sline, fp);
-		if(feof(fp)) {
+		if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 			continue;
 		}
+		/* TODO: this will not work if the search string
+		 * ends up being split across line reads */
 		if(strstr(line, needle)) {
 			fclose(fp);
 			return(1);
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
 
 	/* either extract or copy the scriptlet */
 	snprintf(scriptfn, PATH_MAX, "%s/.INSTALL", tmpdir);
-	if(!strcmp(script, "pre_upgrade") || !strcmp(script, "pre_install")) {
+	if(strcmp(script, "pre_upgrade") == 0 || strcmp(script, "pre_install") == 0) {
 		if(_alpm_unpack_single(installfn, tmpdir, ".INSTALL")) {
 			retval = 1;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 32eaa442..ffebe9e8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -143,7 +143,15 @@ int _alpm_copyfile(const char *src, const char *dest)
 
 	/* do the actual file copy */
 	while((len = fread(buf, 1, CPBUFSIZE, in))) {
-		fwrite(buf, 1, len, out);
+		size_t nwritten = 0;
+		nwritten = fwrite(buf, 1, len, out);
+		if((nwritten != len) || ferror(out)) {
+			pm_errno = PM_ERR_WRITE;
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("error writing to file '%s': %s\n"),
+					dest, strerror(errno));
+			ret = -1;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* chmod dest to permissions of src, as long as it is not a symlink */
@@ -364,8 +372,8 @@ int _alpm_unpack(const char *archive, const char *prefix, alpm_list_t *list, int
 cleanup:
 	umask(oldmask);
 	archive_read_finish(_archive);
-	if(restore_cwd) {
-		chdir(cwd);
+	if(restore_cwd && chdir(cwd) != 0) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), cwd, strerror(errno));
 	}
 	return(ret);
 }
@@ -398,7 +406,7 @@ int _alpm_rmrf(const char *path)
 			for(dp = readdir(dirp); dp != NULL; dp = readdir(dirp)) {
 				if(dp->d_ino) {
 					sprintf(name, "%s/%s", path, dp->d_name);
-					if(strcmp(dp->d_name, "..") && strcmp(dp->d_name, ".")) {
+					if(strcmp(dp->d_name, "..") != 0 && strcmp(dp->d_name, ".") != 0) {
 						errflag += _alpm_rmrf(name);
 					}
 				}
@@ -534,8 +542,8 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *cmd)
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	if(restore_cwd) {
-		chdir(cwd);
+	if(restore_cwd && chdir(cwd) != 0) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), cwd, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
 	return(retval);
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 0fde3345..31e8fb5d 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ edit = sed \
 	-e 's|@PACKAGE_VERSION[@]|$(REAL_PACKAGE_VERSION)|g' \
 	-e 's|@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT[@]|$(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)|g' \
 	-e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|$(PACKAGE_NAME)|g' \
-	-e 's|@DBEXT[@]|$(DBEXT)|g' \
 	-e 's|@BUILDSCRIPT[@]|$(BUILDSCRIPT)|g' \
 	-e 's|@SIZECMD[@]|$(SIZECMD)|g' \
 	-e 's|@SEDINPLACE[@]|$(SEDINPLACE)|g' \
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index ec664692..17fd5de7 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ clean_up() {
 	fi
 
 	if (( ! EXIT_CODE && CLEANUP )); then
+		local pkg file
+
 		# If it's a clean exit and -c/--clean has been passed...
 		msg "$(gettext "Cleaning up...")"
 		rm -rf "$pkgdir" "$srcdir"
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ clean_up() {
 
 			# clean up dangling symlinks to packages
 			for pkg in ${pkgname[@]}; do
-				for file in ${pkg}-*-*-${CARCH}${PKGEXT}; do
+				for file in ${pkg}-*-*-${CARCH}{${PKGEXT},${SRCEXT}}; do
 					if [[ -h $file && ! -e $file ]]; then
 						rm -f $file
 					fi
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ get_downloadclient() {
 	for i in "${DLAGENTS[@]}"; do
 		local handler="${i%%::*}"
 		if [[ $proto = $handler ]]; then
-			agent="${i##*::}"
+			local agent="${i##*::}"
 			break
 		fi
 	done
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ get_downloadclient() {
 	# ensure specified program is installed
 	local program="${agent%% *}"
 	if [[ ! -x $program ]]; then
-		local baseprog=$(basename $program)
+		local baseprog="${program##*/}"
 		error "$(gettext "The download program %s is not installed.")" "$baseprog"
 		plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 		exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ download_file() {
 run_pacman() {
 	local cmd
 	printf -v cmd "%q " "$PACMAN" $PACMAN_OPTS "$@"
-	if (( ! ASROOT )) && [[ $1 != "-T" && $1 != "-Qq" ]]; then
+	if (( ! ASROOT )) && [[ ! $1 =~ ^-(T|Qq)$" ]]; then
 		if [ "$(type -p sudo)" ]; then
 			cmd="sudo $cmd"
 		else
@@ -387,6 +389,7 @@ check_deps() {
 	# Also, a non-zero return value is not unexpected and we are manually dealing them
 	set +E
 	local ret=0
+	local pmout
 	pmout=$(run_pacman -T "$@") || ret=$?
 	set -E 
 	
@@ -543,7 +546,7 @@ generate_checksums() {
 	msg "$(gettext "Generating checksums for source files...")"
 	plain ""
 
-	if [ ! $(type -p openssl) ]; then
+	if ! type -p openssl >/dev/null; then
 		error "$(gettext "Cannot find openssl.")"
 		exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM
 	fi
@@ -593,7 +596,7 @@ generate_checksums() {
 check_checksums() {
 	(( ! ${#source[@]} )) && return 0
 
-	if [ ! $(type -p openssl) ]; then
+	if ! type -p openssl >/dev/null; then
 		error "$(gettext "Cannot find openssl.")"
 		exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM
 	fi
@@ -654,7 +657,7 @@ extract_sources() {
 	msg "$(gettext "Extracting Sources...")"
 	local netfile
 	for netfile in "${source[@]}"; do
-		file=$(get_filename "$netfile")
+		local file=$(get_filename "$netfile")
 		if in_array "$file" ${noextract[@]}; then
 			#skip source files in the noextract=() array
 			#  these are marked explicitly to NOT be extracted
@@ -685,9 +688,12 @@ extract_sources() {
 					*) continue;;
 				esac ;;
 			*)
-				# Don't know what to use to extract this file,
-				# skip to the next file
-				continue;;
+				# See if bsdtar can recognize the file
+				if bsdtar -tf "$file" -q '*' &>/dev/null; then
+					cmd="bsdtar"
+				else
+					continue
+				fi ;;
 		esac
 
 		local ret=0
@@ -717,6 +723,7 @@ error_function() {
 	fi
 	# first exit all subshells, then print the error
 	if (( ! BASH_SUBSHELL )); then
+		error "$(gettext "A failure occurred in %s().")" "$1"
 		plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 		remove_deps
 	fi
@@ -727,7 +734,7 @@ run_function() {
 	if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
 		return 1
 	fi
-	pkgfunc="$1"
+	local pkgfunc="$1"
 
 	# clear user-specified makeflags if requested
 	if [[ $(check_option makeflags) = "n" ]]; then
@@ -743,8 +750,9 @@ run_function() {
 	local shellopts=$(shopt -p)
 
 	local ret=0
+	local restoretrap
 	if (( LOGGING )); then
-		BUILDLOG="${startdir}/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}-$pkgfunc.log"
+		local BUILDLOG="${startdir}/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}-$pkgfunc.log"
 		if [[ -f $BUILDLOG ]]; then
 			local i=1
 			while true; do
@@ -764,7 +772,7 @@ run_function() {
 		tee "$BUILDLOG" < "$logpipe" &
 		exec 1>"$logpipe" 2>"$logpipe"
 		restoretrap=$(trap -p ERR)
-		trap 'error_function' ERR
+		trap 'error_function $pkgfunc' ERR
 		$pkgfunc 2>&1
 		eval $restoretrap
 		sync
@@ -772,7 +780,7 @@ run_function() {
 		rm "$logpipe"
 	else
 		restoretrap=$(trap -p ERR)
-		trap 'error_function' ERR
+		trap 'error_function $pkgfunc' ERR
 		$pkgfunc 2>&1
 		eval $restoretrap
 	fi
@@ -799,6 +807,7 @@ run_build() {
 }
 
 run_package() {
+	local pkgfunc
 	if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
 		pkgfunc="package"
 	else
@@ -905,56 +914,41 @@ write_pkginfo() {
 	size="$(( ${size%%[^0-9]*} * 1024 ))"
 
 	msg2 "$(gettext "Generating .PKGINFO file...")"
-	echo "# Generated by makepkg $myver" >.PKGINFO
+	echo "# Generated by makepkg $myver"
 	if (( INFAKEROOT )); then
-		echo "# using $(fakeroot -v)" >>.PKGINFO
-	fi
-	echo "# $(LC_ALL=C date -u)" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "pkgname = $1" >>.PKGINFO
-	(( SPLITPKG )) && echo pkgbase = $pkgbase >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "pkgver = $pkgver-$pkgrel" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "pkgdesc = $pkgdesc" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "url = $url" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "builddate = $builddate" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "packager = $packager" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "size = $size" >>.PKGINFO
-	echo "arch = $PKGARCH" >>.PKGINFO
+		echo "# using $(fakeroot -v)"
+	fi
+	echo "# $(LC_ALL=C date -u)"
+	echo "pkgname = $1"
+	(( SPLITPKG )) && echo pkgbase = $pkgbase
+	echo "pkgver = $pkgver-$pkgrel"
+	echo "pkgdesc = $pkgdesc"
+	echo "url = $url"
+	echo "builddate = $builddate"
+	echo "packager = $packager"
+	echo "size = $size"
+	echo "arch = $PKGARCH"
 	if [[ $(check_option force) = "y" ]]; then
-		echo "force = true" >> .PKGINFO
+		echo "force = true"
 	fi
 
+	[[ $license ]]    && printf "license = %s\n"   "${license[@]}"
+	[[ $replaces ]]   && printf "replaces = %s\n"  "${replaces[@]}"
+	[[ $groups ]]     && printf "group = %s\n"     "${groups[@]}"
+	[[ $depends ]]    && printf "depend = %s\n"    "${depends[@]}"
+	[[ $optdepends ]] && printf "optdepend = %s\n" "${optdepends[@]}"
+	[[ $conflicts ]]  && printf "conflict = %s\n"  "${conflicts[@]}"
+	[[ $provides ]]   && printf "provides = %s\n"  "${provides[@]}"
+	[[ $backup ]]     && printf "backup = %s\n"    "${backup[@]}"
+
 	local it
-	for it in "${license[@]}"; do
-		echo "license = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${replaces[@]}"; do
-		echo "replaces = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${groups[@]}"; do
-		echo "group = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${depends[@]}"; do
-		echo "depend = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${optdepends[@]}"; do
-		echo "optdepend = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${conflicts[@]}"; do
-		echo "conflict = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${provides[@]}"; do
-		echo "provides = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
-	for it in "${backup[@]}"; do
-		echo "backup = $it" >>.PKGINFO
-	done
 	for it in "${packaging_options[@]}"; do
 		local ret="$(check_option $it)"
 		if [[ $ret != "?" ]]; then
 			if [[ $ret = y ]]; then
-				echo "makepkgopt = $it" >>.PKGINFO
+				echo "makepkgopt = $it"
 			else
-				echo "makepkgopt = !$it" >>.PKGINFO
+				echo "makepkgopt = !$it"
 			fi
 		fi
 	done
@@ -974,7 +968,7 @@ check_package() {
 	local file
 	for file in "${backup[@]}"; do
 		if [[ ! -f $file ]]; then
-			warning "$(gettext "Invalid backup entry : %s")" "$file"
+			warning "$(gettext "Backup entry file not in package : %s")" "$file"
 		fi
 	done
 
@@ -996,6 +990,7 @@ create_package() {
 	cd "$pkgdir"
 	msg "$(gettext "Creating package...")"
 
+	local nameofpkg
 	if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
 		nameofpkg="$pkgname"
 	else
@@ -1008,33 +1003,32 @@ create_package() {
 		PKGARCH=$CARCH
 	fi
 
-	write_pkginfo $nameofpkg
+	write_pkginfo $nameofpkg > .PKGINFO
 
 	local comp_files=".PKGINFO"
 
-	# check for an install script
-	if [[ -n $install ]]; then
-		msg2 "$(gettext "Adding install script...")"
-		cp "$startdir/$install" .INSTALL
-		chmod 644 .INSTALL
-		comp_files="$comp_files .INSTALL"
-	fi
-
-	# do we have a changelog?
-	if [[ -n $changelog ]]; then
-		msg2 "$(gettext "Adding package changelog...")"
-		cp "$startdir/$changelog" .CHANGELOG
-		chmod 644 .CHANGELOG
-		comp_files="$comp_files .CHANGELOG"
-	fi
+	# check for changelog/install files
+	for i in 'changelog' 'install'; do
+		orig=${!i}
+		dest=$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<<".$i")
+
+		if [[ -n $orig ]]; then
+			msg2 "$(gettext "Adding %s file...")" "$i"
+			cp "$startdir/$orig" "$dest"
+			chmod 644 "$dest"
+			comp_files+=" $dest"
+		fi
+	done
 
 	# tar it up
 	msg2 "$(gettext "Compressing package...")"
 
+	local EXT
 	case "$PKGEXT" in
 		*tar.gz)  EXT=${PKGEXT%.gz} ;;
 		*tar.bz2) EXT=${PKGEXT%.bz2} ;;
 		*tar.xz)  EXT=${PKGEXT%.xz} ;;
+		*tar)     EXT=${PKGEXT} ;;
 		*) warning "$(gettext "'%s' is not a valid archive extension.")" \
 		"$PKGEXT" ; EXT=$PKGEXT ;;
 	esac
@@ -1054,6 +1048,7 @@ create_package() {
 			*tar.gz)  gzip -f -n "$tar_file" ;;
 			*tar.bz2) bzip2 -f "$tar_file" ;;
 			*tar.xz)  xz -z -f "$tar_file" ;;
+			*tar)     true ;;
 		esac
 		ret=$?
 	fi
@@ -1129,6 +1124,7 @@ create_srcpackage() {
 		*tar.gz)  TAR_OPT="z" ;;
 		*tar.bz2) TAR_OPT="j" ;;
 		*tar.xz)  TAR_OPT="J" ;;
+		*tar)     TAR_OPT=""  ;;
 		*) warning "$(gettext "'%s' is not a valid archive extension.")" \
 		"$SRCEXT" ;;
 	esac
@@ -1142,6 +1138,16 @@ create_srcpackage() {
 		error "$(gettext "Failed to create source package file.")"
 		exit 1 # TODO: error code
 	fi
+
+       if (( ! ret )) && [[ "$SRCPKGDEST" != "${startdir}" ]]; then
+           ln -sf "${pkg_file}" "${pkg_file/$SRCPKGDEST/$startdir}"
+           ret=$?
+       fi
+
+       if (( ret )); then
+           warning "$(gettext "Failed to create symlink to source package file.")"
+       fi
+
 	cd "${startdir}"
 	rm -rf "${srclinks}"
 }
@@ -1155,12 +1161,12 @@ install_package() {
 		msg "$(gettext "Installing %s package group with %s -U...")" "$pkgbase" "$PACMAN"
 	fi
 
-	local pkglist
+	local pkg pkglist
 	for pkg in ${pkgname[@]}; do
 		if [[ -f $PKGDEST/${pkg}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}${PKGEXT} ]]; then
-			pkglist="${pkglist} $PKGDEST/${pkg}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}${PKGEXT}"
+			pkglist+=" $PKGDEST/${pkg}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}${PKGEXT}"
 		else
-			pkglist="${pkglist} $PKGDEST/${pkg}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-any${PKGEXT}"
+			pkglist+=" $PKGDEST/${pkg}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-any${PKGEXT}"
 		fi
 	done
 
@@ -1172,22 +1178,16 @@ install_package() {
 
 check_sanity() {
 	# check for no-no's in the build script
-	if [[ -z $pkgname ]]; then
-		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to be empty.")" "pkgname"
-		return 1
-	fi
-	if [[ -z $pkgver ]]; then
-		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to be empty.")" "pkgver"
-		return 1
-	fi
-	if [[ -z $pkgrel ]]; then
-		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to be empty.")" "pkgrel"
-		return 1
-	fi
+	local i
+	for i in 'pkgname' 'pkgrel' 'pkgver'; do
+		if [[ -z ${!i} ]]; then
+			error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to be empty.")" "$i"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	done
 
-	local name
-	for name in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
-		if [[ ${name:0:1} = "-" ]]; then
+	for i in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
+		if [[ ${i:0:1} = "-" ]]; then
 			error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to start with a hyphen.")" "pkgname"
 			return 1
 		fi
@@ -1217,31 +1217,27 @@ check_sanity() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	local provide
-	for provide in ${provides[@]}; do
-		if [[ $provide != ${provide//</} || $provide != ${provide//>/} ]]; then
+	for i in ${provides[@]}; do
+		if [[ $i != ${i//</} || $i != ${i//>/} ]]; then
 			error "$(gettext "Provides array cannot contain comparison (< or >) operators.")"
 			return 1
 		fi
 	done
 
-	local file
-	for file in "${backup[@]}"; do
-		if [[ ${file:0:1} = "/" ]]; then
-			error "$(gettext "Invalid backup entry : %s")" "$file"
+	for i in "${backup[@]}"; do
+		if [[ ${i:0:1} = "/" ]]; then
+			error "$(gettext "Backup entry should not contain leading slash : %s")" "$i"
 			return 1
 		fi
 	done
 
-	local optdepend
-	for optdepend in "${optdepends[@]}"; do
-		pkg=${optdepend%%:*}
-		if [[ ! $pkg =~ ^[[:alnum:]\>\<\=\.\+\_\-]*$ ]]; then
-			error "$(gettext "Invalid syntax for optdepend : '%s'")" "$optdepend"
+	for i in "${optdepends[@]}"; do
+		local pkg=${i%%:*}
+		if [[ ! $pkg =~ ^[[:alnum:]\>\<\=\.\+\_\-]+$ ]]; then
+			error "$(gettext "Invalid syntax for optdepend : '%s'")" "$i"
 		fi
 	done
 
-	local i
 	for i in 'changelog' 'install'; do
 		local filelist=$(sed -n "s/^[[:space:]]*$i=//p" "$BUILDFILE") 
 		local file
@@ -1256,17 +1252,17 @@ check_sanity() {
 	done
 
 	local valid_options=1
-	local opt known kopt
-	for opt in ${options[@]}; do
+	local known kopt
+	for i in ${options[@]}; do
 		known=0
 		# check if option matches a known option or its inverse
 		for kopt in ${packaging_options[@]} ${other_options[@]}; do
-			if [[ ${opt} = ${kopt} || ${opt} = "!${kopt}" ]]; then
+			if [[ ${i} = ${kopt} || ${i} = "!${kopt}" ]]; then
 				known=1
 			fi
 		done
 		if (( ! known )); then
-			error "$(gettext "options array contains unknown option '%s'")" "$opt"
+			error "$(gettext "options array contains unknown option '%s'")" "$i"
 			valid_options=0
 		fi
 	done
@@ -1275,22 +1271,20 @@ check_sanity() {
 	fi
 
 	if (( ${#pkgname[@]} > 1 )); then
-		for pkg in ${pkgname[@]}; do
-			if [ "$(type -t package_${pkg})" != "function" ]; then
-				error "$(gettext "missing package function for split package '%s'")" "$pkg"
+		for i in ${pkgname[@]}; do
+			if ! declare -f package_${i} >/dev/null; then
+				error "$(gettext "missing package function for split package '%s'")" "$i"
 				return 1
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -n "${PKGLIST[@]}" ]]; then
-		for pkg in ${PKGLIST[@]}; do
-			if ! in_array $pkg ${pkgname[@]}; then
-				error "$(gettext "requested package %s is not provided in %s")" "$pkg" "$BUILDFILE"
-				return 1
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
+	for i in ${PKGLIST[@]}; do
+		if ! in_array $i ${pkgname[@]}; then
+			error "$(gettext "requested package %s is not provided in %s")" "$i" "$BUILDFILE"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	done
 
 	return 0
 }
@@ -1313,27 +1307,27 @@ devel_check() {
 		# Also do a brief check to make sure we have the VCS tool available.
 		oldpkgver=$pkgver
 		if [[ -n ${_darcstrunk} && -n ${_darcsmod} ]] ; then
-			[ $(type -p darcs) ] || return 0
+			type -p darcs >/dev/null || return 0
 			msg "$(gettext "Determining latest darcs revision...")"
 			newpkgver=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 		elif [[ -n ${_cvsroot} && -n ${_cvsmod} ]] ; then
-			[ $(type -p cvs) ] || return 0
+			type -p cvs >/dev/null || return 0
 			msg "$(gettext "Determining latest cvs revision...")"
 			newpkgver=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 		elif [[ -n ${_gitroot} && -n ${_gitname} ]] ; then
-			[ $(type -p git) ] || return 0
+			type -p git >/dev/null || return 0
 			msg "$(gettext "Determining latest git revision...")"
 			newpkgver=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 		elif [[ -n ${_svntrunk} && -n ${_svnmod} ]] ; then
-			[ $(type -p svn) ] || return 0
+			type -p svn >/dev/null || return 0
 			msg "$(gettext "Determining latest svn revision...")"
 			newpkgver=$(LC_ALL=C svn info $_svntrunk | sed -n 's/^Last Changed Rev: \([0-9]*\)$/\1/p')
 		elif [[ -n ${_bzrtrunk} && -n ${_bzrmod} ]] ; then
-			[ $(type -p bzr) ] || return 0
+			type -p bzr >/dev/null || return 0
 			msg "$(gettext "Determining latest bzr revision...")"
 			newpkgver=$(bzr revno ${_bzrtrunk})
 		elif [[ -n ${_hgroot} && -n ${_hgrepo} ]] ; then
-			[ $(type -p hg) ] || return 0
+			type -p hg >/dev/null || return 0
 			msg "$(gettext "Determining latest hg revision...")"
 			if [[ -d ./src/$_hgrepo ]] ; then
 				cd ./src/$_hgrepo
@@ -1380,15 +1374,17 @@ devel_update() {
 }
 
 backup_package_variables() {
+	local var
 	for var in ${splitpkg_overrides[@]}; do
-		indirect="${var}_backup"
+		local indirect="${var}_backup"
 		eval "${indirect}=(\"\${$var[@]}\")"
 	done
 }
 
 restore_package_variables() {
+	local var
 	for var in ${splitpkg_overrides[@]}; do
-		indirect="${var}_backup"
+		local indirect="${var}_backup"
 		if [[ -n ${!indirect} ]]; then
 			eval "${var}=(\"\${$indirect[@]}\")"
 		else
@@ -1397,12 +1393,27 @@ restore_package_variables() {
 	done
 }
 
+run_split_packaging() {
+	for pkg in ${pkgname[@]}; do
+		pkgdir="$pkgdir/$pkg"
+		mkdir -p "$pkgdir"
+		chmod a-s "$pkgdir"
+		backup_package_variables
+		run_package $pkg
+		tidy_install
+		create_package $pkg
+		restore_package_variables
+		pkgdir="${pkgdir%/*}"
+	done
+}
+
 # getopt like parser
 parse_options() {
 	local short_options=$1; shift;
 	local long_options=$1; shift;
 	local ret=0;
 	local unused_options=""
+	local i
 
 	while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
 		if [[ ${1:0:2} = '--' ]]; then
@@ -1535,7 +1546,7 @@ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n")"
 # PROGRAM START
 
 # determine whether we have gettext; make it a no-op if we do not
-if [ ! $(type -t gettext) ]; then
+if ! type -p gettext >/dev/null; then
 	gettext() {
 		echo "$@"
 	}
@@ -1546,11 +1557,11 @@ ARGLIST=("$@")
 # Parse Command Line Options.
 OPT_SHORT="AcCdefFghiLmop:rRsV"
 OPT_LONG="allsource,asroot,ignorearch,clean,cleancache,nodeps"
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noextract,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver"
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,install,log,nocolor,nobuild,pkg:,rmdeps,repackage,skipinteg"
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,source,syncdeps,version,config:"
+OPT_LONG+=",noextract,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver"
+OPT_LONG+=",install,log,nocolor,nobuild,pkg:,rmdeps,repackage,skipinteg"
+OPT_LONG+=",source,syncdeps,version,config:"
 # Pacman Options
-OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noconfirm,noprogressbar"
+OPT_LONG+=",noconfirm,noprogressbar"
 OPT_TEMP="$(parse_options $OPT_SHORT $OPT_LONG "$@" || echo 'PARSE_OPTIONS FAILED')"
 if [[ $OPT_TEMP = *'PARSE_OPTIONS FAILED'* ]]; then
 	# This is a small hack to stop the script bailing with 'set -e'
@@ -1562,8 +1573,8 @@ unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPT_TEMP
 while true; do
 	case "$1" in
 		# Pacman Options
-		--noconfirm)      PACMAN_OPTS="$PACMAN_OPTS --noconfirm" ;;
-		--noprogressbar)  PACMAN_OPTS="$PACMAN_OPTS --noprogressbar" ;;
+		--noconfirm)      PACMAN_OPTS+=" --noconfirm" ;;
+		--noprogressbar)  PACMAN_OPTS+=" --noprogressbar" ;;
 
 		# Makepkg Options
 		--allsource)      SOURCEONLY=2 ;;
@@ -1719,7 +1730,7 @@ if (( ! INFAKEROOT )); then
 		plain "$(gettext "Please rerun makepkg without the --asroot flag.")"
 		exit 1 # $E_USER_ABORT
 	elif [[ $(check_buildenv fakeroot) = "y" ]] && (( EUID > 0 )); then
-		if [ ! $(type -p fakeroot) ]; then
+		if ! type -p fakeroot >/dev/null; then
 			error "$(gettext "Fakeroot must be installed if using the 'fakeroot' option")"
 			plain "$(gettext "in the BUILDENV array in %s.")" "$MAKEPKG_CONF"
 			exit 1
@@ -1739,7 +1750,7 @@ fi
 
 # check for sudo if we will need it during makepkg execution
 if (( ! ( ASROOT || INFAKEROOT ) && ( DEP_BIN || RMDEPS || INSTALL ) )); then
-	if [ ! "$(type -p sudo)" ]; then
+	if ! type -p sudo >/dev/null; then
 		warning "$(gettext "Sudo can not be found. Will use su to acquire root privileges.")"
 	fi
 fi
@@ -1795,14 +1806,12 @@ if (( ${#pkgname[@]} > 1 )); then
 fi
 
 # test for available PKGBUILD functions
-# The exclamation mark is required here to avoid triggering the ERR trap when
-# a tested function does not exist.
-if [[ $(! type -t build) = "function" ]]; then
+if declare -f build >/dev/null; then
 	BUILDFUNC=1
 fi
-if [ "$(type -t package)" = "function" ]; then
+if declare -f package >/dev/null; then
 	PKGFUNC=1
-elif [ $SPLITPKG -eq 0 -a "$(type -t package_${pkgname})" = "function" ]; then
+elif [[ $SPLITPKG -eq 0 ]] && declare -f package_${pkgname} >/dev/null; then
 	SPLITPKG=1
 fi
 
@@ -1875,17 +1884,7 @@ if (( INFAKEROOT )); then
 		fi
 		create_package
 	else
-		for pkg in ${pkgname[@]}; do
-			pkgdir="$pkgdir/$pkg"
-			mkdir -p "$pkgdir"
-			chmod a-s "$pkgdir"
-			backup_package_variables
-			run_package $pkg
-			tidy_install
-			create_package $pkg
-			restore_package_variables
-			pkgdir="${pkgdir%/*}"
-		done
+		run_split_packaging
 	fi
 
 	msg "$(gettext "Leaving fakeroot environment.")"
@@ -1911,20 +1910,20 @@ if (( NODEPS || ( (NOBUILD || REPKG) && !DEP_BIN ) )); then
 	if (( NODEPS || ( REPKG && PKGFUNC ) )); then
 		warning "$(gettext "Skipping dependency checks.")"
 	fi
-elif [ $(type -p "${PACMAN%% *}") ]; then
+elif type -p "${PACMAN%% *}" >/dev/null; then
 	if (( RMDEPS )); then
-		original_pkglist=($(run_pacman -Qq | sort))    # required by remove_dep
+		original_pkglist=($(run_pacman -Qq))    # required by remove_dep
 	fi
 	deperr=0
 
-	msg "$(gettext "Checking Runtime Dependencies...")"
+	msg "$(gettext "Checking runtime dependencies...")"
 	resolve_deps ${depends[@]} || deperr=1
 
-	msg "$(gettext "Checking Buildtime Dependencies...")"
+	msg "$(gettext "Checking buildtime dependencies...")"
 	resolve_deps ${makedepends[@]} || deperr=1
 
 	if (( RMDEPS )); then
-		current_pkglist=($(run_pacman -Qq | sort))    # required by remove_deps
+		current_pkglist=($(run_pacman -Qq))    # required by remove_deps
 	fi
 
 	if (( deperr )); then
@@ -2003,17 +2002,7 @@ else
 			fi
 			create_package
 		else
-			for pkg in ${pkgname[@]}; do
-				pkgdir="$pkgdir/$pkg"
-				mkdir -p "$pkgdir"
-				chmod a-s "$pkgdir"
-				backup_package_variables
-				run_package $pkg
-				tidy_install
-				create_package $pkg
-				restore_package_variables
-				pkgdir="${pkgdir%/*}"
-			done
+			run_split_packaging
 		fi
 	else
 		if (( ! REPKG && ( PKGFUNC || SPLITPKG ) )); then
diff --git a/scripts/rankmirrors.sh.in b/scripts/rankmirrors.sh.in
index b0dc1ab7..0cd4c083 100644
--- a/scripts/rankmirrors.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/rankmirrors.sh.in
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ getfetchurl() {
 	if [[ -z $reponame || $reponame = $replacedurl ]]; then
 		echo "fail"
 	else
-		local fetchurl="${replacedurl}/$reponame@DBEXT@"
+		local fetchurl="${replacedurl}/$reponame.db"
 		echo "$fetchurl"
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index f5bf17d1..3696d3cd 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void cb_trans_conv(pmtransconv_t event, void *data1, void *data2,
 		case PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG:
 			/* data parameters: target package, local package, conflict (strings) */
 			/* print conflict only if it contains new information */
-			if(!strcmp(data1, data3) || !strcmp(data2, data3)) {
+			if(strcmp(data1, data3) == 0 || strcmp(data2, data3) == 0) {
 				*response = noyes(_(":: %s and %s are in conflict. Remove %s?"),
 						(char *)data1,
 						(char *)data2,
@@ -283,11 +283,16 @@ void cb_trans_conv(pmtransconv_t event, void *data1, void *data2,
 					namelist = alpm_list_add(namelist,
 							(char *)alpm_pkg_get_name(i->data));
 				}
-				printf(_(":: the following package(s) cannot be upgraded due to "
-						"unresolvable dependencies:\n"));
+				printf(_n(
+							":: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:\n",
+							":: The following packages cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:\n",
+							alpm_list_count(namelist)));
 				list_display("     ", namelist);
-				*response = noyes(_("\nDo you want to skip the above "
-							"package(s) for this upgrade?"));
+				printf("\n");
+				*response = noyes(_n(
+							"Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade?",
+							"Do you want to skip the above packages for this upgrade?",
+							alpm_list_count(namelist)));
 				alpm_list_free(namelist);
 			}
 			break;
diff --git a/src/pacman/package.c b/src/pacman/package.c
index 413754c7..ac84a0c7 100644
--- a/src/pacman/package.c
+++ b/src/pacman/package.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void dump_pkg_backups(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 				}
 
 				/* if checksums don't match, file has been modified */
-				if (strcmp(md5sum, ptr)) {
+				if (strcmp(md5sum, ptr) != 0) {
 					printf(_("MODIFIED\t%s\n"), path);
 				} else {
 					printf(_("Not Modified\t%s\n"), path);
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 78407d67..049bc40b 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ int download_with_xfercommand(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 	struct stat st;
 	char *parsedcmd,*tempcmd;
 	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	int restore_cwd = 0;
 	char *destfile, *tempfile, *filename;
 
 	if(!config->xfercommand) {
@@ -708,8 +709,14 @@ int download_with_xfercommand(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 	parsedcmd = strreplace(tempcmd, "%u", url);
 	free(tempcmd);
 
+	/* save the cwd so we can restore it later */
+	if(getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX) == NULL) {
+		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not get current working directory\n"));
+	} else {
+		restore_cwd = 1;
+	}
+
 	/* cwd to the download directory */
-	getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
 	if(chdir(localpath)) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("could not chdir to download directory %s\n"), localpath);
 		ret = -1;
@@ -736,7 +743,11 @@ int download_with_xfercommand(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	chdir(cwd);
+	/* restore the old cwd if we have it */
+	if(restore_cwd && chdir(cwd) != 0) {
+		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), cwd, strerror(errno));
+	}
+
 	if(ret == -1) {
 		/* hack to let an user the time to cancel a download */
 		sleep(2);
@@ -989,7 +1000,7 @@ static int _parseconfig(const char *file, const char *givensection,
 							file, linenum, value);
 				break;
 				default:
-					for(int gindex = 0; gindex < globbuf.gl_pathc; gindex++) {
+					for(size_t gindex = 0; gindex < globbuf.gl_pathc; gindex++) {
 						pm_printf(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "config file %s, line %d: including %s\n",
 								file, linenum, globbuf.gl_pathv[gindex]);
 						_parseconfig(globbuf.gl_pathv[gindex], section, db);
diff --git a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
index 7f064f23..5538e811 100644
--- a/src/pacman/query.c
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c
@@ -406,8 +406,10 @@ static int check(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	}
 
 	if(!config->quiet) {
-		printf(_("%s: %d total files, %d missing file(s)\n"),
-				pkgname, allfiles, errors);
+		printf(_n("%s: %d total file, ", "%s: %d total files, ", allfiles),
+				pkgname, allfiles);
+		printf(_n("%d missing file\n", "%d missing files\n", errors),
+				errors);
 	}
 
 	return(errors != 0 ? 1 : 0);
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index b2994389..b9497d65 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ static int sync_cleandb(const char *dbpath, int keep_used) {
 		int found = 0;
 		const char *dname = ent->d_name;
 
-		if(!strcmp(dname, ".") || !strcmp(dname, "..")) {
+		if(strcmp(dname, ".") == 0 || strcmp(dname, "..") == 0) {
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* skip the local and sync directories */
-		if(!strcmp(dname, "sync") || !strcmp(dname, "local")) {
+		if(strcmp(dname, "sync") == 0 || strcmp(dname, "local") == 0) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static int sync_cleancache(int level)
 			pmpkg_t *localpkg = NULL, *pkg = NULL;
 			alpm_list_t *j;
 
-			if(!strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(ent->d_name, "..")) {
+			if(strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") == 0) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* build the full filepath */
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets)
 					const char *package2 = alpm_conflict_get_package2(conflict);
 					const char *reason = alpm_conflict_get_reason(conflict);
 					/* only print reason if it contains new information */
-					if(!strcmp(package1, reason) || !strcmp(package2, reason)) {
+					if(strcmp(package1, reason) == 0 || strcmp(package2, reason) == 0) {
 						printf(_(":: %s and %s are in conflict\n"), package1, package2);
 					} else {
 						printf(_(":: %s and %s are in conflict (%s)\n"), package1, package2, reason);
diff --git a/src/pacman/upgrade.c b/src/pacman/upgrade.c
index 1442eb56..c9c8301f 100644
--- a/src/pacman/upgrade.c
+++ b/src/pacman/upgrade.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 					const char *package2 = alpm_conflict_get_package2(conflict);
 					const char *reason = alpm_conflict_get_reason(conflict);
 					/* only print reason if it contains new information */
-					if(!strcmp(package1, reason) || !strcmp(package2, reason)) {
+					if(strcmp(package1, reason) == 0 || strcmp(package2, reason) == 0) {
 						printf(_(":: %s and %s are in conflict\n"), package1, package2);
 					} else {
 						printf(_(":: %s and %s are in conflict (%s)\n"), package1, package2, reason);
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index 557696b0..b0824cfb 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int rmrf(const char *path)
 			if(dp->d_ino) {
 				char name[PATH_MAX];
 				sprintf(name, "%s/%s", path, dp->d_name);
-				if(strcmp(dp->d_name, "..") && strcmp(dp->d_name, ".")) {
+				if(strcmp(dp->d_name, "..") != 0 && strcmp(dp->d_name, ".") != 0) {
 					errflag += rmrf(name);
 				}
 			}
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ void display_optdepends(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 static int question(short preset, char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	char response[32];
-	int sresponse = sizeof(response)-1;
 	FILE *stream;
 
 	if(config->noconfirm) {
@@ -713,15 +712,15 @@ static int question(short preset, char *fmt, va_list args)
 		return(preset);
 	}
 
-	if(fgets(response, sresponse, stdin)) {
+	if(fgets(response, sizeof(response), stdin)) {
 		strtrim(response);
 		if(strlen(response) == 0) {
 			return(preset);
 		}
 
-		if(!strcasecmp(response, _("Y")) || !strcasecmp(response, _("YES"))) {
+		if(strcasecmp(response, _("Y")) == 0 || strcasecmp(response, _("YES")) == 0) {
 			return(1);
-		} else if (!strcasecmp(response, _("N")) || !strcasecmp(response, _("NO"))) {
+		} else if (strcasecmp(response, _("N")) == 0 || strcasecmp(response, _("NO")) == 0) {
 			return(0);
 		}
 	}
@@ -824,7 +823,7 @@ int pm_vfprintf(FILE *stream, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, va_list ar
 
 #if defined(PACMAN_DEBUG)
 	/* If debug is on, we'll timestamp the output */
-  if(config->logmask & PM_LOG_DEBUG) {
+	if(config->logmask & PM_LOG_DEBUG) {
 		time_t t;
 		struct tm *tmp;
 		char timestr[10] = {0};
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.h b/src/pacman/util.h
index bbf43827..d85ba7b6 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.h
+++ b/src/pacman/util.h
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 #include <libintl.h> /* here so it doesn't need to be included elsewhere */
 /* define _() as shortcut for gettext() */
 #define _(str) gettext(str)
+#define _n(str1, str2, ct) ngettext(str1, str2, ct)
 #else
 #define _(str) str
+#define _n(str1, str2, ct) (ct == 1 ? str1 : str2)
 #endif
 
 /* update speed for the fill_progress based functions */
diff --git a/src/util/testdb.c b/src/util/testdb.c
index 6d351ebd..45a2626d 100644
--- a/src/util/testdb.c
+++ b/src/util/testdb.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int db_test(char *dbpath, int local)
 	}
 
 	while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
-		if(!strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(ent->d_name, "..")
+		if(strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") == 0
 				|| ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/test/pacman/pmdb.py b/test/pacman/pmdb.py
index 8cb1b832..41bd7384 100755
--- a/test/pacman/pmdb.py
+++ b/test/pacman/pmdb.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class pmdb:
 
         # Generate database archive
         mkdir(path)
-        archive = os.path.join(path, "%s%s" % (self.treename, PM_EXT_DB))
+        archive = os.path.join(path, "%s.db" % (self.treename))
         tar = tarfile.open(archive, "w:gz")
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
             for d in dirs:
diff --git a/test/pacman/pmtest.py b/test/pacman/pmtest.py
index f2b96760..b1d778e1 100755
--- a/test/pacman/pmtest.py
+++ b/test/pacman/pmtest.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class pmtest:
         vprint("    Creating sync database archives")
         for key, value in self.db.iteritems():
             if key == "local": continue
-            archive = value.treename + PM_EXT_DB
+            archive = value.treename + ".db"
             vprint("\t" + os.path.join(SYNCREPO, archive))
             value.gensync(os.path.join(syncdir, value.treename))
 
diff --git a/test/pacman/util.py b/test/pacman/util.py
index e01a3b8f..657230ee 100755
--- a/test/pacman/util.py
+++ b/test/pacman/util.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ PM_DBPATH   = "var/lib/pacman"
 PM_LOCK     = "var/lib/pacman/db.lck"
 PM_CACHEDIR = "var/cache/pacman/pkg"
 PM_EXT_PKG  = ".pkg.tar.gz"
-PM_EXT_DB   = ".db.tar.gz"
 PM_PACNEW   = ".pacnew"
 PM_PACORIG  = ".pacorig"
 PM_PACSAVE  = ".pacsave"