diff --git a/burg-bzr/PKGBUILD b/burg-bzr/PKGBUILD
index 3a8e4d444..e8a9a288a 100755
--- a/burg-bzr/PKGBUILD
+++ b/burg-bzr/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ url="https://launchpad.net/burg"
 license="GPL3"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-    depends=('gettext' 'freetype2')
+    depends=('freetype2')
     pkgdesc="Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB2 - Built for i386 BIOS"
 fi
 if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
diff --git a/cmake/PKGBUILD b/cmake/PKGBUILD
index 2f22ee395..747b3aabf 100644
--- a/cmake/PKGBUILD
+++ b/cmake/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 # maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
 # maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
 
-# include global config
-source ../_buildscripts/${current_repo}-${_arch}-cfg.conf
 
 pkgname=cmake
 pkgver=2.8.7
diff --git a/gobject-introspection/PKGBUILD b/gobject-introspection/PKGBUILD
index ea1017cc3..ae1a01d88 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection/PKGBUILD
+++ b/gobject-introspection/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 # maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
 # maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
 
+
 pkgname=gobject-introspection
-pkgver=0.10.8
+pkgver=1.30.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Introspection system for GObject-based libraries"
 url="http://live.gnome.org/GObjectInstrospection"
@@ -14,8 +15,9 @@ license=('LGPL' 'GPL')
 depends=('libffi' 'glib2' 'python2')
 makedepends=('cairo')
 options=('!libtool')
-source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/${pkgname}/0.10/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2)
-sha256sums=('5b1387ff37f03db880a2b1cbd6c6b6dfb923a29468d4d8367c458abf7704c61e')
+source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/${pkgname}/1.30/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz)
+sha256sums=('8e4274579096e983fad3148cdab50295a4701e45cd9a4e02f7242fc0a04c47b2')
+
 
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
diff --git a/libcroco/PKGBUILD b/libcroco/PKGBUILD
index 7ed945703..d3de73f94 100644
--- a/libcroco/PKGBUILD
+++ b/libcroco/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@
 # maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
 # maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
 
+
 pkgname=libcroco
-pkgver=0.6.2
-pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc="GNOME CSS2 parsing and manipulation toolkit"
+pkgver=0.6.3
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A CSS parsing library"
 arch=('x86_64' 'i686')
-depends=('glib2>=2.18.4' 'libxml2>=2.7.3')
-makedepends=('intltool' 'pkgconfig')
+depends=('glib2' 'libxml2')
+makedepends=('intltool')
 license=('LGPL')
 options=('!libtool')
-source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/${pkgname}/0.6/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2)
+source=(http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/$pkgname/0.6/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz)
 url="http://www.gnome.org"
-md5sums=('1429c597aa4b75fc610ab3a542c99209')
+sha256sums=('8b7c565bf3eae1dff0a09d128fc3726acc1a492a7de23b25dce803a4f93d42c1')
 
 build() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-  ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static || return 1
-  make || return 1
-  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install || return 1
+  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
 }
diff --git a/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD b/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD
index 8544e5865..d6e3e7ab6 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD
+++ b/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,52 +4,56 @@
 # maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
 # maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
 
-# include global config
-source ../_buildscripts/${current_repo}-${_arch}-cfg.conf
 
 pkgname=syslog-ng
-pkgver=3.2.4
+pkgver=3.3.4
 pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Next-generation syslogd with advanced networking and filtering capabilities"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('GPL2')
 groups=('base')
 url="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/"
-depends=('glib2' 'eventlog' 'tcp_wrappers' 'openssl' 'libcap' 'awk')
-makedepends=('flex' 'pkgconfig')
-optdepends=('logrotate')
+depends=('glib2' 'eventlog' 'openssl' 'libcap' 'awk')
+makedepends=('flex' 'pkg-config')
+optdepends=('logrotate: for rotating log files')
 provides=('logger')
+options=('!libtool')
 backup=('etc/syslog-ng/modules.conf' 'etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf' \
         'etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf' 'etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng')
-source=(http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/sources/$pkgver/source/$pkgname\_$pkgver.tar.gz
+source=("http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/sources/$pkgver/source/${pkgname}_$pkgver.tar.gz"
         syslog-ng.conf
         syslog-ng.logrotate
-        syslog-ng.rc
-        cap_syslog.patch)
-md5sums=('5995f7dad0053a478b60a63f6f754203'
-         '344dddfff946300f5576b13a7e8ea19f'
-         '735636090be4582885974542d2a75855'
-         '9bd98250cfa49e13fa3fa731b6040549'
-         '46e5dcff71f820d497898331a3f608fe')
+        syslog-ng.rc)
+sha1sums=('3437a50af027f281747087ab47a45aa5fbabbf14'
+          '98074e0facfc6ef036202662cc86d04b38a2c142'
+          '949128fe3d7f77a7aab99048061f885bc758000c'
+          'a6ad26912b5bcbe1b47b003309945d733613b98f')
 
 build() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-# fix #22555 for kernels >=2.6.38
-  patch -p1 -i ../cap_syslog.patch 
-  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/syslog-ng \
-    --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib/syslog-ng \
-    --enable-tcp-wrapper \
-    --with-pidfile-dir=/var/run \
-    --disable-spoof-source
+  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
-    make || return 1
+  ./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc/syslog-ng \
+    --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+    --localstatedir=/var/lib/syslog-ng \
+    --with-pidfile-dir=/run \
+    --disable-spoof-source \
+    --enable-systemd \
+    --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system
+
+  make
 }
 
 package() {
-    cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
-    make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
-    install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/var/lib/syslog-ng" "${pkgdir}/etc/syslog-ng/patterndb.d"
-    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/syslog-ng.conf" "${pkgdir}/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf"
-    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/syslog-ng.logrotate" "${pkgdir}/etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng"
-    install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/syslog-ng.rc" "${pkgdir}/etc/rc.d/syslog-ng"
+  make -C "$pkgname-$pkgver" DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+
+  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/var/lib/syslog-ng" "$pkgdir/etc/syslog-ng/patterndb.d"
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/syslog-ng.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf"
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/syslog-ng.logrotate" "$pkgdir/etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng"
+  install -Dm755 "$srcdir/syslog-ng.rc" "$pkgdir/etc/rc.d/syslog-ng"
+
+  # compat with pre-systemd 38
+  # XXX: remove this once the journal is in extra
+  sed -i '/^ExecStartPre/s/=/=-/' "$pkgdir/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service"
 }
diff --git a/syslog-ng/cap_syslog.patch b/syslog-ng/cap_syslog.patch
index b6e6db6e4..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/cap_syslog.patch
+++ b/syslog-ng/cap_syslog.patch
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/gprocess.h b/lib/gprocess.h
-index cda35b0..5c449f7 100644
---- a/lib/gprocess.h
-+++ b/lib/gprocess.h
-@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@
- #include "syslog-ng.h"
- 
- #include <sys/types.h>
-+#include <sys/utsname.h>
- 
- #if ENABLE_LINUX_CAPS
- #  include <sys/capability.h>
-+#
-+#  ifndef CAP_SYSLOG
-+#    define CAP_SYSLOG 34
-+#  endif
- #endif
- 
- typedef enum
-@@ -78,5 +83,8 @@ void g_process_finish(void);
- 
- void g_process_add_option_group(GOptionContext *ctx);
- 
-+extern int kernel_version;
-+extern void get_kernel_version(void);
-+#define LINUX_VERSION(x,y,z)    (0x10000*(x) + 0x100*(y) + z)
- 
- #endif
-diff --git a/modules/affile/affile.c b/modules/affile/affile.c
-index e145324..886fa72 100644
---- a/modules/affile/affile.c
-+++ b/modules/affile/affile.c
-@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ affile_open_file(gchar *name, gint flags,
-   if (privileged)
-     {
-       g_process_cap_modify(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH, TRUE);
--      g_process_cap_modify(CAP_SYS_ADMIN, TRUE);
-+      if (!kernel_version)
-+        get_kernel_version();
-+      if (kernel_version < LINUX_VERSION(2, 6, 38))
-+        g_process_cap_modify(CAP_SYS_ADMIN, TRUE);
-+      else
-+        g_process_cap_modify(CAP_SYSLOG, TRUE);
-     }
-   else
-     {
-diff --git a/syslog-ng/main.c b/syslog-ng/main.c
-index 9880c1f..ee5031b 100644
---- a/syslog-ng/main.c
-+++ b/syslog-ng/main.c
-@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static gboolean syntax_only = FALSE;
- static gboolean display_version = FALSE;
- static gchar *ctlfilename = PATH_CONTROL_SOCKET;
- static gchar *preprocess_into = NULL;
-+int kernel_version;
- 
- static volatile sig_atomic_t sig_hup_received = FALSE;
- static volatile sig_atomic_t sig_term_received = FALSE;
-@@ -363,6 +364,20 @@ version(void)
-          ON_OFF_STR(ENABLE_PACCT_MODULE));
- }
- 
-+void
-+get_kernel_version(void) {
-+	static struct utsname uts;
-+	int x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
-+
-+	if (uname(&uts) == -1) {
-+		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to retrieve kernel version.\n");
-+		exit(1);
-+	}
-+
-+	sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &x, &y, &z);
-+	kernel_version = LINUX_VERSION(x, y, z);
-+}
-+
- int 
- main(int argc, char *argv[])
- {
-@@ -379,9 +394,20 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
-    * indicate readability. Enabling/disabling cap_sys_admin on every poll
-    * invocation seems to be too expensive. So I enable it for now. */
-   
--  g_process_set_caps("cap_net_bind_service,cap_net_broadcast,cap_net_raw,"
-+  if (!kernel_version)
-+    get_kernel_version();
-+  if (kernel_version < LINUX_VERSION(2, 6, 34))
-+    g_process_set_caps("cap_net_bind_service,cap_net_broadcast,cap_net_raw,"
-                      "cap_dac_read_search,cap_dac_override,cap_chown,cap_fowner=p "
-                      "cap_sys_admin=ep");
-+  else if (kernel_version < LINUX_VERSION(2, 6, 38))
-+    g_process_set_caps("cap_net_bind_service,cap_net_broadcast,cap_net_raw,"
-+                     "cap_dac_read_search,cap_dac_override,cap_chown,cap_fowner,"
-+                     "cap_sys_admin=p");
-+  else
-+    g_process_set_caps("cap_net_bind_service,cap_net_broadcast,cap_net_raw,"
-+                     "cap_dac_read_search,cap_dac_override,cap_chown,cap_fowner,"
-+                     "cap_syslog=p");
-   ctx = g_option_context_new("syslog-ng");
-   g_process_add_option_group(ctx);
-   msg_add_option_group(ctx);
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
index 6e3362681..8f86eac2f 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@version: 3.2
+@version: 3.3
 #
 # /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
 #
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ options {
   stats_freq (0);
   flush_lines (0);
   time_reopen (10);
-  log_fifo_size (1000);
-  long_hostnames(off); 
+  log_fifo_size (10000);
+  chain_hostnames (off);
   use_dns (no);
   use_fqdn (no);
   create_dirs (no);
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.install b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.install
index 96f5dd80a..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.install
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.install
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# arg 1:  the new package version
-# arg 2:  the old package version
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  if [ "$(vercmp $2 2.1.3-3)" -lt 0 -a -e /etc/syslog-ng.conf.pacnew ]; then
-    echo "Attention syslog-ng update:"
-    echo "Configuration file syntax has changed. Make sure to update /etc/syslog-ng.conf"
-
-  fi
-}
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.logrotate b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.logrotate
index e0e6929f2..3509f2970 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.logrotate
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.logrotate
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 	missingok
 	sharedscripts
 	postrotate
-		/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog-ng.pid 2>/dev/null`  2> /dev/null || true
+		/bin/kill -HUP $(cat /run/syslog-ng.pid 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null || true
 	endscript
 }
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc
index f9d14c7f6..7d2760127 100755
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.rc
@@ -3,29 +3,57 @@
 . /etc/rc.conf
 . /etc/rc.d/functions
 
-PID=`pidof -o %PPID /usr/sbin/syslog-ng`
-case "$1" in
+checkconfig() {
+  if ! syslog-ng -s -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf; then
+    stat_fail
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+pidfile=/run/syslog-ng.pid
+if [[ -r $pidfile ]]; then
+  read -r PID < "$pidfile"
+  if [[ $PID && ! -d /proc/$PID ]]; then
+    # stale pidfile
+    unset PID
+    rm -f "$pidfile"
+  fi
+fi
+
+case $1 in
   start)
     stat_busy "Starting Syslog-NG"
-    [ -z "$PID" ] && /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
-    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-      stat_fail
-    else
+    checkconfig
+    if [[ -z $PID ]] && /usr/sbin/syslog-ng; then
       add_daemon syslog-ng
       stat_done
+    else
+      stat_fail
+      exit 1
     fi
     ;;
   stop)
     stat_busy "Stopping Syslog-NG"
-    [ ! -z "$PID" ]  && kill $PID &> /dev/null
-    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-      stat_fail
-    else
-      rm -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid
-#     Removing stale syslog-ng.persist file. It's new location, as of 2.0.6-1, is /var/lib/syslog-ng/
-      rm -f /var/syslog-ng.persist
+    if [[ $PID ]] && kill $PID &>/dev/null; then
       rm_daemon syslog-ng
       stat_done
+    else
+      stat_fail
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  reload)
+    stat_busy "Reloading Syslog-NG configuration and re-opening log files"
+    if [[ -z $PID ]]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      checkconfig
+      if kill -HUP $PID &>/dev/null; then
+        stat_done
+      else
+        stat_fail
+        exit 1
+      fi
     fi
     ;;
   restart)
@@ -34,6 +62,6 @@ case "$1" in
     $0 start
     ;;
   *)
-    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"  
+    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
 esac
 exit 0