diff --git a/pkgs/MPlayer/MPlayer-build.sh b/pkgs/MPlayer/MPlayer-build.sh
index eb9eea7f3331..cdac34bb45cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/MPlayer/MPlayer-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/MPlayer/MPlayer-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 envpkgs="$freetype"
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 tar xvfj $fonts || exit 1
@@ -18,5 +20,3 @@ cd MPlayer-* || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
 cp -p ../font-arial-iso-8859-1/font-arial-18-iso-8859-1/* $out/share/mplayer/font || exit 1
-
-echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/aterm/aterm-build.sh b/pkgs/aterm/aterm-build.sh
index 564af228db7f..22e1c8d29992 100755
--- a/pkgs/aterm/aterm-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/aterm/aterm-build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd aterm-* || exit 1
-./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --with-gcc || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
-(cd $out/lib && ln -s libATerm.a libATerm-gcc.a) || exit 1
+strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/atk/atk-build.sh b/pkgs/atk/atk-build.sh
index 67f87930c431..0bb71d047a20 100755
--- a/pkgs/atk/atk-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/atk/atk-build.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:$PATH
 envpkgs=$glib
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 cd atk-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+
 echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/db4/db4-build.sh b/pkgs/db4/db4-build.sh
index 4298bfa1c594..57d12f3e485f 100755
--- a/pkgs/db4/db4-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/db4/db4-build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd db-*/build_unix || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ../dist/configure --prefix=$out --enable-cxx --enable-compat185 || exit 1
+../dist/configure --prefix=$out --enable-cxx --enable-compat185 || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
 rm -rf $out/doc || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/db4/db4.fix b/pkgs/db4/db4.fix
index 32a033236159..561fcc267e59 100644
--- a/pkgs/db4/db4.fix
+++ b/pkgs/db4/db4.fix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package(
-  [ ("name", "db-4.0.14")
+  [ ("name", "db4-4.0.14")
   , ("build", Relative("db4/db4-build.sh"))
 
   , ("src", App(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
diff --git a/pkgs/expat/expat-build.sh b/pkgs/expat/expat-build.sh
index 6b6561f99145..61286cc4a5a6 100755
--- a/pkgs/expat/expat-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/expat/expat-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd expat-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig-build.sh b/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig-build.sh
index e4b6f563d21d..04d3ba388eef 100755
--- a/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig-build.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
-envpkgs=$freetype
-. $setenv
+envpkgs="$freetype $expat"
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd fcpackage*/fontconfig || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out --with-confdir=$out/etc/fonts --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --with-confdir=$out/etc/fonts \
+ --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib \
+ --with-expat-includes=$expat/include --with-expat-lib=$expat/lib || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+
 echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig.fix b/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig.fix
index 07c00f1a193d..e953222c0cea 100644
--- a/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig.fix
+++ b/pkgs/fontconfig/fontconfig.fix
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ Package(
 
   , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv/stdenv.fix"))
   , ("freetype", IncludeFix("freetype/freetype.fix"))
+  , ("expat", IncludeFix("expat/expat.fix"))
   ]
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/freetype/freetype-build.sh b/pkgs/freetype/freetype-build.sh
index 7c27e7ff373f..07b087ff1fe0 100755
--- a/pkgs/freetype/freetype-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/freetype/freetype-build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 cd freetype-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
 strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/glib-1/glib-build.sh b/pkgs/glib-1/glib-build.sh
index 174ae5b2e1e6..d32fa470420c 100755
--- a/pkgs/glib-1/glib-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/glib-1/glib-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd glib-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh b/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh
index 946bab455f38..f6966d41a986 100755
--- a/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/glib/glib-build.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:$PATH
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 cd glib-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/glibc/glibc-build.sh b/pkgs/glibc/glibc-build.sh
index 3066121ca67a..138585ddf949 100755
--- a/pkgs/glibc/glibc-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/glibc/glibc-build.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ make localedata/install-locales || exit 1
 strip -S $out/lib/*.a $out/lib/*.so $out/lib/gconv/*.so
 strip -s $out/bin/* $out/sbin/* $out/libexec/*
 
-ln -s /etc/ld.so.conf $out/etc/ld.so.conf || exit 1
-$out/sbin/ldconfig /lib /usr/lib || exit 1
+ln -sf /etc/ld.so.cache $out/etc/ld.so.cache || exit 1
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/pkgs/gnet/gnet-build.sh b/pkgs/gnet/gnet-build.sh
index c57703ea77a5..b89a492480d8 100755
--- a/pkgs/gnet/gnet-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/gnet/gnet-build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
@@ -8,7 +10,8 @@ envpkgs=$glib
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd gnet-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+
 echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/gtk+-1/gtk+-build.sh b/pkgs/gtk+-1/gtk+-build.sh
index 786002408378..16553ff2174b 100755
--- a/pkgs/gtk+-1/gtk+-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/gtk+-1/gtk+-build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 envpkgs="$glib"
@@ -7,7 +9,8 @@ envpkgs="$glib"
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd gtk+-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-s ./configure --prefix=$out --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+
 echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/gtk+/gtk+-build.sh b/pkgs/gtk+/gtk+-build.sh
index 6ae4ffbdade5..bb6df1c3a1e7 100755
--- a/pkgs/gtk+/gtk+-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/gtk+/gtk+-build.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
-export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
+export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:$PATH
 envpkgs="$glib $atk $pango"
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 cd gtk+-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s ./configure --prefix=$out --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
 
diff --git a/pkgs/gtkspell/gtkspell-build.sh b/pkgs/gtkspell/gtkspell-build.sh
index 452e179ad71b..ed442b652dc6 100755
--- a/pkgs/gtkspell/gtkspell-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/gtkspell/gtkspell-build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:$PATH
@@ -10,7 +12,8 @@ export C_INCLUDE_PATH=$pspell/include:$C_INCLUDE_PATH
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd gtkspell-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out --disable-gtk-doc || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --disable-gtk-doc || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+
 echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh b/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh
index f28e9af18f15..cc36af509c1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh
+++ b/pkgs/helpers/set-env.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ addtoenv()
     fi
 
     if test -d $1/lib; then
-        export LIBRARY_PATH=$1/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH
-        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$1/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	export NIX_LDFLAGS="-L $1/lib -Wl,-rpath,$1/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS"
     fi
 
     if test -d $1/lib/pkgconfig; then
@@ -28,3 +27,5 @@ envpkgs=
 for i in $oldenvpkgs; do
     addtoenv $i
 done
+
+export NIX_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$out/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS"
diff --git a/pkgs/httpd/httpd-build.sh b/pkgs/httpd/httpd-build.sh
index d226251eb024..c35e5d5b28ec 100755
--- a/pkgs/httpd/httpd-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/httpd/httpd-build.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 envpkgs="$ssl $db4 $expat"
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd httpd-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out --enable-ssl --with-ssl=$ssl --with-berkeley-db=$db4 \
+./configure --prefix=$out --enable-ssl --with-ssl=$ssl --with-berkeley-db=$db4 \
  --with-expat=$expat --enable-mods-shared=all --without-gdbm || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/libxml2/libxml2-build.sh b/pkgs/libxml2/libxml2-build.sh
index e88ac55e069d..f691e1d5702b 100755
--- a/pkgs/libxml2/libxml2-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/libxml2/libxml2-build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd libxml2-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
 strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/libxslt/libxslt-build.sh b/pkgs/libxslt/libxslt-build.sh
index aa6db2f045f2..3b52df125f87 100755
--- a/pkgs/libxslt/libxslt-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/libxslt/libxslt-build.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 envpkgs="$libxml"
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd libxslt-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
 strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/openssl/openssl-build.sh b/pkgs/openssl/openssl-build.sh
index 4884c288d979..bbc8b7e14b3d 100755
--- a/pkgs/openssl/openssl-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/openssl/openssl-build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd openssl-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./config --prefix=$out shared || exit 1
+./config --prefix=$out shared || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 mkdir $out || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/pan/pan-build.sh b/pkgs/pan/pan-build.sh
index 2b3393e0cd67..efe51857f66b 100755
--- a/pkgs/pan/pan-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/pan/pan-build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:$PATH
@@ -8,7 +10,6 @@ envpkgs="$gtk $gtkspell $gnet $libxml"
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 cd pan-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
-echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/pan/pan.fix b/pkgs/pan/pan.fix
index 60b474538754..be3c8066ca01 100644
--- a/pkgs/pan/pan.fix
+++ b/pkgs/pan/pan.fix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Package(
   , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv/stdenv.fix"))
   , ("pkgconfig", IncludeFix("pkgconfig/pkgconfig.fix"))
   , ("gtk", IncludeFix("gtk+/gtk+.fix"))
-
+  , ("gtkspell", IncludeFix("gtkspell/gtkspell.fix"))
   , ("gnet", IncludeFix("gnet/gnet.fix"))
   , ("libxml", IncludeFix("libxml2/libxml2.fix"))
   ]
diff --git a/pkgs/pango/pango-build.sh b/pkgs/pango/pango-build.sh
index 82e38a8223fa..855bf27396bb 100755
--- a/pkgs/pango/pango-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/pango/pango-build.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
-export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
+export PATH=$pkgconfig/bin:$PATH
 envpkgs="$glib $Xft"
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 tar xvfj $src || exit 1
 cd pango-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+
 echo $envpkgs > $out/envpkgs || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/pspell/pspell-build.sh b/pkgs/pspell/pspell-build.sh
index 8183ea525758..6d5675110acf 100755
--- a/pkgs/pspell/pspell-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/pspell/pspell-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd pspell-* || exit 1
-CXX=g++ LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
+strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/sdf2/sdf2-build.sh b/pkgs/sdf2/sdf2-build.sh
index ba95536179d0..9639bdfef2c1 100755
--- a/pkgs/sdf2/sdf2-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/sdf2/sdf2-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd sdf2-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out --with-aterm=$aterm || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --with-aterm=$aterm || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/gcc-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/gcc-wrapper.sh
index 95c876056680..63530408bfdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/gcc-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/gcc-wrapper.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,26 @@ for i in $@; do
     if test "$i" == "-c"; then
         justcompile=1
     fi
+    if test "$i" == "-S"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    fi
+    if test "$i" == "-E"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    fi
 done
 
-extra=("-isystem" "$libc/include")
+IFS=" "
+extra=$NIX_CFLAGS
 if test "$justcompile" != "1"; then
-    extra=(${extra[@]} "-L" "$libc/lib" "-Wl,-dynamic-linker,$libc/lib/ld-linux.so.2,-rpath,$libc/lib")
+    extra=(${extra[@]} $NIX_LDFLAGS)
 fi
 
+if test "$NIX_DEBUG" == "1"; then
+  echo "extra gcc flags:"
+  for i in ${extra[@]}; do
+      echo "  $i"
+  done
+fi
+
+IFS=
 exec $realgcc $@ ${extra[@]}
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/stdenv-build.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/stdenv-build.sh
index 8d3a7ae7b280..5b5ba436d81e 100755
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/stdenv-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/stdenv-build.sh
@@ -6,19 +6,23 @@ mkdir $out || exit 1
 mkdir $out/bin || exit 1
 
 echo "export PATH=$out/bin:/bin:/usr/bin" >> $out/setup || exit 1
+echo "export NIX_CFLAGS=\"-isystem $glibc/include \$NIX_CFLAGS\"" >> $out/setup || exit 1
+echo "export NIX_LDFLAGS=\"-L $glibc/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker,$glibc/lib/ld-linux.so.2,-rpath,$glibc/lib \$NIX_LDFLAGS\"" >> $out/setup || exit 1
 
 gcc=/usr/bin/gcc
 
 sed \
  -e s^@GCC\@^$gcc^g \
- -e s^@LIBC\@^$glibc^g \
  < $gccwrapper > $out/bin/gcc || exit 1
 chmod +x $out/bin/gcc || exit 1
 
+ln -s gcc $out/bin/cc
+
 gplusplus=/usr/bin/g++
 
 sed \
  -e s^@GCC\@^$gplusplus^g \
- -e s^@LIBC\@^$glibc^g \
  < $gccwrapper > $out/bin/g++ || exit 1
 chmod +x $out/bin/g++ || exit 1
+
+ln -s g++ $out/bin/c++
diff --git a/pkgs/strategoxt/strategoxt-build.sh b/pkgs/strategoxt/strategoxt-build.sh
index 21fd1c2a29cf..585d2d011f86 100755
--- a/pkgs/strategoxt/strategoxt-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/strategoxt/strategoxt-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd strategoxt-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out --with-aterm=$aterm --with-sdf=$sdf2 || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out --with-aterm=$aterm --with-sdf=$sdf2 || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/subversion/subversion-build.sh b/pkgs/subversion/subversion-build.sh
index 8da5e692b169..fa2de05e5a21 100755
--- a/pkgs/subversion/subversion-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/subversion/subversion-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 envpkgs="$ssl $db4 $httpd $swig $libxml"
-. $setenv
+. $setenv || exit 1
 
 if test $localServer; then
     extraflags="--with-berkeley-db=$db4 $extraflags"
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ echo "extra flags: $extraflags"
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd subversion-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out $extraflags \
+./configure --prefix=$out $extraflags \
  --without-gdbm --disable-static || exit 1
 make $extramakeflags || exit 1
 make install $extramakeflags || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/swig/swig-build.sh b/pkgs/swig/swig-build.sh
index 151d8760c194..8f954c8eae85 100755
--- a/pkgs/swig/swig-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/swig/swig-build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export NIX_LDFLAGS=-Wl,-s
+
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar xvfz $src || exit 1
 cd SWIG-* || exit 1
-LDFLAGS=-Wl,-S ./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
 gmake || exit 1
 gmake install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-linkdirs.pl b/pkgs/system/populate-linkdirs.pl
index c551e9836cb1..23dedfa92481 100755
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-linkdirs.pl
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-linkdirs.pl
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ sub addPkg {
 
     createLinks("$pkgdir", "$selfdir");
 
-    if (-f "$pkgdir/envpkgs") {
-	my $envpkgs = `cat $pkgdir/envpkgs`;
-	chomp $envpkgs;
-	my @envpkgs = split / +/, $envpkgs;
-	foreach my $envpkg (@envpkgs) {
-	    addPkg($envpkg);
-	}
-    }
+#    if (-f "$pkgdir/envpkgs") {
+#	my $envpkgs = `cat $pkgdir/envpkgs`;
+#	chomp $envpkgs;
+#	my @envpkgs = split / +/, $envpkgs;
+#	foreach my $envpkg (@envpkgs) {
+#	    addPkg($envpkg);
+#	}
+#    }
 }