diff --git a/SPECS/autoconf.spec b/SPECS/autoconf.spec
index d2bc8e3..ae11203 100644
--- a/SPECS/autoconf.spec
+++ b/SPECS/autoconf.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %if 0%{!?__sed:1} == 1
 %global __sed %{_bindir}/sed
 %endif
-%if %{!?insinfo:1}%{?insinfo:0}
+%if 0%{?!insinfo:1} == 1
 %global insinfo /sbin/install-info
 %endif
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ License:  GPL-3.0-or-later with Exception
 URL:      https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
 Source0:  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-BuildRequires:  m4 >= 1.4.13
-BuildRequires:  %{__sed}
-Requires: m4 >= 1.4.13
+BuildRequires:    m4 >= 1.4.13
+BuildRequires:    %{__sed}
+Requires:         m4 >= 1.4.13
 Requires(post):   %{insinfo}
 Requires(preun):  %{insinfo}
 
diff --git a/SPECS/automake.spec b/SPECS/automake.spec
index 2ce8fda..93abd6d 100644
--- a/SPECS/automake.spec
+++ b/SPECS/automake.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%if %{!?insinfo:1}%{?insinfo:0}
+%if 0%{?!insinfo:1} == 1
 %global insinfo /sbin/install-info
 %endif
 
diff --git a/SPECS/bash.spec b/SPECS/bash.spec
index b76fb8f..bb5b1c9 100644
--- a/SPECS/bash.spec
+++ b/SPECS/bash.spec
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 %global bcompv 2.11
 %global bcompdir %{_datadir}/bash-completion
 
-# Many (most?) distributions put install-info in /{,usr/}sbin
-#  YJL defines this macro to /usr/bin/install-info
-#  so define it to be in /sbin/ if not defined.
-%if %{!?insinfo:1}%{?insinfo:0}
+%if 0%{?!insinfo:1} == 1
 %global insinfo /sbin/install-info
 %endif
 
@@ -23,11 +20,11 @@ Source1:  https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/releases/download/%{bcompv}/ba
 Source11: bash-profile
 Source12: bash-bashrc
 
-BuildRequires:  readline-devel
-BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:    readline-devel
+BuildRequires:    ncurses-devel
 Requires(post):   %{insinfo}
 Requires(preun):  %{insinfo}
-Provides: bash-completion
+Provides:         bash-completion
 
 %description
 Bash is a Unix shell and scripting language developed for the GNU project as a
diff --git a/SPECS/binutils.spec b/SPECS/binutils.spec
index fc48abe..36e8b17 100644
--- a/SPECS/binutils.spec
+++ b/SPECS/binutils.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-# Many (most?) distributions put install-info in /{,usr/}sbin
-#  YJL defines this macro to /usr/bin/install-info
-#  so define it to be in /sbin/ if not defined.
-%if %{!?insinfo:1}%{?insinfo:0}
+%if 0%{?!insinfo:1} == 1
 %global insinfo /sbin/install-info
 %endif
 %global triplet %(%{_bindir}/gcc -dumpmachine)
 
 # no stripping
 %define __strip /bin/true
+
 Name:     binutils
 Version:  2.40
 Release:  %{?repo}0.rc5%{?dist}
@@ -18,14 +16,14 @@ License:  GPLv2, GPLv3, LGPLv2, LGPLv3
 URL:      https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
 Source0:  https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-Requires: %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:         %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires(post):   %{insinfo}
 Requires(preun):  %{insinfo}
-BuildRequires:  elfutils-devel
-BuildRequires:  libfl-devel
-BuildRequires:  libstdc++-devel
-BuildRequires:  libzstd-devel
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:    elfutils-devel
+BuildRequires:    libfl-devel
+BuildRequires:    libstdc++-devel
+BuildRequires:    libzstd-devel
+BuildRequires:    zlib-devel
 
 %description
 These are the GNU binutils.  These are utilities of use when dealing
diff --git a/SPECS/bison.spec b/SPECS/bison.spec
index 7e4d8a7..9e85a34 100644
--- a/SPECS/bison.spec
+++ b/SPECS/bison.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%if %{!?insinfo:1}%{?insinfo:0}
+%if 0%{?!insinfo:1} == 1
 %global insinfo /sbin/install-info
 %endif
 
diff --git a/SPECS/git.spec b/SPECS/git.spec
index 98dd507..899183c 100644
--- a/SPECS/git.spec
+++ b/SPECS/git.spec
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 %global gitdocs %{_datadir}/git-documentation
 
-%if 0%{?!__tar:1} == 1
-%global __tar %{_bindir}/tar}
-%endif
 %if 0%{?!__sed:1} == 1
 %global __sed %{_bindir}/sed}
 %endif
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ Source0:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-htmldocs-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-BuildRequires:  %{__tar}
 BuildRequires:  %{__sed}
 BuildRequires:  perl-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
@@ -136,10 +132,10 @@ install -m644 -D contrib/completion/git-completion.bash \
 %find_lang git
 
 [ ! -d %{buildroot}%{_mandir} ] && mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}
-%{__tar} -xf %{SOURCE1} \
+tar -xf %{SOURCE1} \
   -C %{buildroot}%{_mandir} --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gitdocs}
-%{__tar} -xf %{SOURCE2} \
+tar -xf %{SOURCE2} \
   -C %{buildroot}%{gitdocs} --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir
 find %{buildroot}%{gitdocs} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
 find %{buildroot}%{gitdocs} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
diff --git a/SPECS/liburing.spec b/SPECS/liburing.spec
index 4062d36..138eeea 100644
--- a/SPECS/liburing.spec
+++ b/SPECS/liburing.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:     liburing
 Version:  %{gittag}
-Release:	%{?repo}0.dev1%{?dist}
+Release:  %{?repo}0.dev1%{?dist}
 Summary:  Linux-native io_uring I/O access library
 
 Group:    System Environment/Libraries
diff --git a/SPECS/llvm.spec b/SPECS/llvm.spec
index 7b0f324..8b7eb95 100644
--- a/SPECS/llvm.spec
+++ b/SPECS/llvm.spec
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 %global specrel 0.dev3
 
-%if 0%{?!__tar:1} == 1
-%global __tar %{_bindir}/tar
-%endif
 %if 0%{?!__sed:1} == 1
 %global __sed %{_bindir}/sed
 %endif
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ Source3:  https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-%{versi
 #Patch0:   https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/11.3/clang-15.0.7-enable_default_ssp-1.patch
 Patch0:   llvm-clang-15.0.7-enable.patch
 
-BuildRequires:  %{__tar}
 BuildRequires:  %{__sed}
 BuildRequires:  %{__ninja}
 BuildRequires:  cmake
@@ -63,14 +59,14 @@ it is the full name of the project.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}.src
-%__tar -xf %{SOURCE1}
+tar -xf %{SOURCE1}
 %__sed -i '/LLVM_COMMON_CMAKE_UTILS/s@../cmake@cmake-%{version}.src@' \
   -i CMakeLists.txt
 
-%__tar -xf %{SOURCE2} -C tools
+tar -xf %{SOURCE2} -C tools
 mv tools/clang-%{version}.src tools/clang
 
-%__tar -xf %{SOURCE3} -C projects
+tar -xf %{SOURCE3} -C projects
 mv projects/compiler-rt-%{version}.src projects/compiler-rt
 
 grep -rl '#!.*python' | xargs sed -i '1s/python$/python3/'
diff --git a/SPECS/plocate.spec b/SPECS/plocate.spec
index 195f48a..d952da4 100644
--- a/SPECS/plocate.spec
+++ b/SPECS/plocate.spec
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cat > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/updatedb.conf << "EOF"
 # %{_sysconfdir}/updatedb.conf
 #   see man 5 updatedb.conf
 #
-PRUNEPATHS = "/backup"
+PRUNEPATHS = "/backup /opt/texlive"
 
 EOF
 
diff --git a/SPECS/python3.spec b/SPECS/python3.spec
index d3b8174..23df800 100644
--- a/SPECS/python3.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python3.spec
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 %if 0%{?!__sed:1} == 1
 %global __sed %{_bindir}/sed
 %endif
-%if 0%{?!__tar:1} == 1
-%global __tar %{_bindir}/tar
-%endif
 
 # Version definitions
 %global python3_version 3.11
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ Provides: %{python3_API}
 Provides: %{python3_ABI}
 
 BuildRequires:  %{__sed}
-BuildRequires:  %{__tar}
 # This is very incomplete
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(expat)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libffi)
@@ -103,9 +99,9 @@ install -m644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.python3
 
 ln -sf python%{python3_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/python
 install -v -m755 -d %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/python-%{version}/html
-%{__tar} --strip-components=1 \
-    --no-same-owner           \
-    --no-same-permissions     \
+tar --strip-components=1  \
+    --no-same-owner       \
+    --no-same-permissions \
     -C %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/python-%{version}/html \
     -xvf %{SOURCE1}