diff --git a/adobereader/.md5sum b/adobereader/.md5sum
index d6f4e0eb2..3dd8260f2 100644
--- a/adobereader/.md5sum
+++ b/adobereader/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-e753016e8f11cdeaabcc576a7a320af3  AdbeRdr9.5.1-1_i486linux_enu.tar.bz2
-c74a98fdca45e1d17b5fd44a94194fcf  acroread.diff
+aeb7cdb8b675b3e01e32233d167fb1eb  AdbeRdr9.5.3-1_i486linux_enu.tar.bz2
diff --git a/adobereader/Pkgfile b/adobereader/Pkgfile
index e72fe8bff..cf51852f8 100644
--- a/adobereader/Pkgfile
+++ b/adobereader/Pkgfile
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 # Depends on: gtk libstdc++-compat
 
 name=adobereader
-version=9.5.1
+version=9.5.3
 release=1
-source=(ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/$version/enu/AdbeRdr${version}-1_i486linux_enu.tar.bz2 \
-        acroread.diff)
+source=(ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/$version/enu/AdbeRdr${version}-1_i486linux_enu.tar.bz2)
 
 PKGMK_NO_STRIP="yes"
 
@@ -22,6 +21,5 @@ build() {
     $(find $PKG/usr/lib -name PPKLite.api) \
     $PKG/usr/lib/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/lib/libauthplay*
 
-  patch $PKG/usr/lib/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread $SRC/acroread.diff
   ln -sf /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader9/bin/acroread $PKG/usr/bin/acroread
 }
diff --git a/adobereader/acroread.diff b/adobereader/acroread.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 635b9a671..000000000
--- a/adobereader/acroread.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- acroread.orig	2011-11-18 11:39:00.303834998 +0100
-+++ acroread	2011-11-18 11:30:59.000000000 +0100
-@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ fi
- if [ -z "$mozillaPath" ]; then
-   MozPath="`gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command 2>/dev/null | cut -d ' ' -f1 2>/dev/null`"
-   [ -x "${MozPath}" ] || MozPath="`Which "$MozPath"`"
--  mozillaPath="`readlink "$MozPath" | xargs dirname`"
-+  [ -n $MozPath ] || mozillaPath="`readlink "$MozPath" | xargs dirname`"
-   if [ -n "$mozillaPath" ] &&  $TestCmd $TestCmdOption "$mozillaPath/libgtkembedmoz.so" || $TestCmd $TestCmdOption "$mozillaPath/libxul.so" ; then
-     MOZILLA_COMP_PATH="$mozillaPath"
-     export MOZILLA_COMP_PATH
diff --git a/dialog/.md5sum b/dialog/.md5sum
index 18f281604..062a7e3bf 100644
--- a/dialog/.md5sum
+++ b/dialog/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2e538305977178eb085a9859511c299d  dialog-1.1-20120706.tgz
+4ba1e07b44cd767c3b33039771a76c74  dialog-1.2-20121230.tar.xz
diff --git a/dialog/Pkgfile b/dialog/Pkgfile
index d45642559..1a22ad5de 100644
--- a/dialog/Pkgfile
+++ b/dialog/Pkgfile
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 # Depends on: ncurses
 
 name=dialog
-version=1.1-20120706
+version=1.2-20121230
 release=1
-source=(ftp://dickey.his.com/$name/$name-$version.tgz)
+source=(http://fossies.org/linux/misc/$name-$version.tar.xz)
 
 build () {
   cd $name-$version
 
   ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+              --mandir=/usr/man \
               --with-ncursesw
 
   make
diff --git a/flash-player-plugin/.md5sum b/flash-player-plugin/.md5sum
index 0e4ea8ef4..a43675f70 100644
--- a/flash-player-plugin/.md5sum
+++ b/flash-player-plugin/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-999fec504e6d85b1b995264d796d49bf  install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
+e4948cfd8a7687fc0d4dd3e6e81777b8  install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
diff --git a/flash-player-plugin/Pkgfile b/flash-player-plugin/Pkgfile
index 26791ec5e..67c653913 100644
--- a/flash-player-plugin/Pkgfile
+++ b/flash-player-plugin/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on:
 
 name=flash-player-plugin
-version=11.2.202.258
+version=11.2.202.261
 release=1
 source=(http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/$version/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz)
 
diff --git a/libidn/.footprint b/libidn/.footprint
index f3f9ce272..f2b8faced 100644
--- a/libidn/.footprint
+++ b/libidn/.footprint
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/tld.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.so -> libidn.so.11.6.8
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.so.11 -> libidn.so.11.6.8
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.8
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.so -> libidn.so.11.6.9
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.so.11 -> libidn.so.11.6.9
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.9
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libidn.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
diff --git a/libidn/.md5sum b/libidn/.md5sum
index 229a7d0be..0b41bac91 100644
--- a/libidn/.md5sum
+++ b/libidn/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-45ffabce4b8ca87fe98fe4542668d33d  libidn-1.25.tar.gz
+7533d14fbbb6c026a1a9eaa2179ccb69  libidn-1.26.tar.gz
diff --git a/libidn/Pkgfile b/libidn/Pkgfile
index 03240c93a..235e73576 100644
--- a/libidn/Pkgfile
+++ b/libidn/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Packager: Daniel Mueller, daniel at danm dot de
 
 name=libidn
-version=1.25
+version=1.26
 release=1
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
diff --git a/mtools/.md5sum b/mtools/.md5sum
index 21877b190..099725583 100644
--- a/mtools/.md5sum
+++ b/mtools/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-15571c615d8f75f5f6d294272f80c7fa  mtools-4.0.17.tar.bz2
+a23646617546bf6ad56f061d8b283c85  mtools-4.0.18.tar.bz2
diff --git a/mtools/Pkgfile b/mtools/Pkgfile
index 71c30de5e..83f976b33 100644
--- a/mtools/Pkgfile
+++ b/mtools/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on:
 
 name=mtools
-version=4.0.17
+version=4.0.18
 release=1
 source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/$name-$version.tar.bz2)
 
diff --git a/sharutils/.md5sum b/sharutils/.md5sum
index 815466074..56642d2b9 100644
--- a/sharutils/.md5sum
+++ b/sharutils/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-52dd02b6f5e0a148ba871234ae29bba2  sharutils-4.11.1.tar.bz2
+ac996dbe2dfc74647b500506af56779b  sharutils-4.13.3.tar.xz
diff --git a/sharutils/Pkgfile b/sharutils/Pkgfile
index 938ad2525..4d2ef7841 100644
--- a/sharutils/Pkgfile
+++ b/sharutils/Pkgfile
@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@
 # Depends on: 
 
 name=sharutils
-version=4.11.1
-release=2
-source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2)
+version=4.13.3
+release=1
+source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.xz)
 
 build(){
   cd $name-$version
 
-  # fix for glibc 'gets' removal
-  sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' lib/stdio.in.h
-
   ./configure --prefix=/usr \
               --mandir=/usr/man \
               --disable-nls
diff --git a/syslinux/.footprint b/syslinux/.footprint
index 6ef6cdc8d..f64dfb9aa 100644
--- a/syslinux/.footprint
+++ b/syslinux/.footprint
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/bitsize/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/cpufeature.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/ctype.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/dev.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/dhcp.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/dirent.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/dprintf.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/elf.h
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/bootpm.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/bootrm.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/config.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/disk.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/features.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/idle.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/io.h
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/dosutil/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/host.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/ifcpu.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/ifcpu64.c32
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/ifmemdsk.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/ifplop.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/int18.com
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/isohdpfx.bin
@@ -217,6 +220,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/dosutil/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/isolinux-debug.bin
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/kbdmap.c32
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/kontron_wdt.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/linux.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/ls.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/lua.c32
@@ -231,8 +235,10 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/dosutil/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/pcitest.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/pmload.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/poweroff.com
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/prdhcp.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/pwd.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/pxechain.com
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/pxechn.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/reboot.c32
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/syslinux/rosh.c32
diff --git a/syslinux/.md5sum b/syslinux/.md5sum
index 8980d4b45..cb9112aef 100644
--- a/syslinux/.md5sum
+++ b/syslinux/.md5sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 270a533a91d5f72579c3efa93dfdc222  avoid-ext2_fs.patch
-82299242418385da1274c9479a778cb2  syslinux-4.05.tar.bz2
+77d33140860621cd850c3a7ab0ebb7d6  syslinux-4.06.tar.xz
diff --git a/syslinux/Pkgfile b/syslinux/Pkgfile
index dd645865c..73624663a 100644
--- a/syslinux/Pkgfile
+++ b/syslinux/Pkgfile
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 # Depends on: mtools perl
 
 name=syslinux
-version=4.05
-release=2
-source=(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2 \
+version=4.06
+release=1
+source=(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/$name/$name-$version.tar.xz \
         avoid-ext2_fs.patch)
 
 build() {
   cd $name-$version
 
-  patch -p1 -i $SRC/avoid-ext2_fs.patch
-
   # compilation will fail with LDFLAGS
   unset LDFLAGS