diff --git a/lua/lua/build.patch b/lua/lua/ar.patch
similarity index 56%
rename from lua/lua/build.patch
rename to lua/lua/ar.patch
index cf8a648cc..178b598d1 100644
--- a/lua/lua/build.patch
+++ b/lua/lua/ar.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
-# Filename: package/.../lua/build.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
+# Filename: package/.../lua/ar.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -14,16 +14,23 @@
 # version.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
---- lua-5.1/Makefile.orig	2006-02-16 16:45:17.000000000 +0100
-+++ lua-5.1/Makefile	2006-03-08 16:48:29.000000000 +0100
-@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@
- # Lua version. Currently used only for messages.
- V= 5.1
+--- ./src/Makefile.orig	2009-05-12 23:25:09.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/Makefile	2009-05-12 23:25:41.000000000 +0000
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
--all:	$(PLAT)
--
--$(PLATS) clean:
-+all:
- 	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
+ CC= gcc
+ CFLAGS= -O2 -Wall $(MYCFLAGS)
+-AR= ar rcu
++AR= ar
+ RANLIB= ranlib
+ RM= rm -f
+ LIBS= -lm $(MYLIBS)
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+ a:	$(ALL_A)
  
- test:	dummy
+ $(LUA_A): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
+-	$(AR) $@ $?
++	$(AR) rcu $@ $?
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
+ $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
diff --git a/lua/lua/lua-conf.in b/lua/lua/lua-conf.in
index 4311d302f..897539066 100644
--- a/lua/lua/lua-conf.in
+++ b/lua/lua/lua-conf.in
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../lua/lua-conf.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -13,31 +12,13 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-myCFLAGS="-DLUA_USE_POSIX -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN -DLUA_USE_READLINE"
-myLIBS="-lm -ldl -lreadline -lhistory -lncurses"
-
-luaver=$( pkgdesc ver lua )
-pkglibdir=$libdir/lua/$luaver
-pkgdatadir=$datadir/lua/$luaver
-
-# install function for installing lua modules sources
-install_lua_module_src() {
-	mkdir -p $root/$pkgdatadir
-	cp -av $builddir/$xsrcdir/src/* $root/$pkgdatadir/
-}
-
-# function to install documentation
-install_lua_module_doc() {
-	if [ -e $builddir/$xsrcdir/doc ]; then
-		mkdir -p $root/$docdir
-		cp -av $builddir/$xsrcdir/doc/* $root/$docdir
-	else
-		createdocs="0"
-	fi
-}
-
-# install function for installing lua modules
-install_lua_module() {
-	install_lua_module_src
-	install_lua_module_doc
-}
+if [ "$pkg" = "lua" ]; then
+	luaver=$(echo $ver | cut -d. -f1,2)
+	lualibdir="$libdir/lua/$luaver"
+	luadatadir="$datadir/lua/$luaver"
+else
+	pkgprefix -t lua
+	luaver=$(pkgdesc ver lua | cut -d. -f1,2)
+	lualibdir="$(pkgprefix libdir lua)/lua/$luaver"
+	luadatadir="$(pkgprefix datadir lua)/lua/$luaver"
+fi
diff --git a/lua/lua/lua-config b/lua/lua/lua-config
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b06a3b96..000000000
--- a/lua/lua/lua-config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../lua/lua-config
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-
-version="@version@"
-prefix="@prefix@"
-libdir="@libdir@"
-includedir="@includedir@"
-pkglibdir="@pkglibdir@"
-pkgdatadir="@pkgdatadir@"
-LIBS="@LIBS@"
-CFLAGS="@CFLAGS@"
-
-usage()
-{
-  cat <<EOF
-Usage: lua-config [OPTIONS]
-Options:
- [--prefix]
- [--version]
- [--libdir]
- [--includedir]
- [--libs]
- [--cflags]
- [--pkglibdir]
- [--pkgdatadir]
-EOF
-  exit $1
-}
-
-if test $# -eq 0 ; then
-  usage 1 1>&2
-fi
-
-while test $# -gt 0 ; do
-  case $1 in
-  --version) echo $version ;;
-  --prefix) echo $prefix ;;
-  --cflags) echo $CFLAGS ;;
-  --libdir) echo $libdir ;;
-  --includedir) echo $includedir ;;
-  --libs) echo $LIBS ;;
-  --pkglibdir) echo $pkglibdir ;;
-  --pkgdatadir) echo $pkgdatadir ;;
-  *)
-    usage 1 1>&2
-    ;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
diff --git a/lua/lua/lua.conf b/lua/lua/lua.conf
index 622ddff1c..968cd86ae 100644
--- a/lua/lua/lua.conf
+++ b/lua/lua/lua.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../lua/lua.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2008 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -15,91 +15,36 @@
 
 # FIXME also build and install swig runtime
 
-# AR=ar rcu
-export AR="$AR rcu"
+# choose platform
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'linux'
+
+# packages support
+pkginstalled readline || var_append patchfiles ' ' "$confdir/no-readline.diff"
 
 # adjust installation path
-var_append makeopt ' ' "INSTALL_TOP=$root/$prefix"
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "INSTALL_TOP=$root/$prefix"
 
-# configure:
-#  -enable dynamic module loading
-#  -enable CLI with readline
-
-var_append makeopt ' ' "MYCFLAGS=\"$myCFLAGS\""
-var_append makeopt ' ' "MYLIBS=\"-Wl,-E $myLIBS\""
-
-# adjust luaconf.h header
 lua_conf() {
-	if [ "$root" = "/" ]; then
-		LUA_ROOT="/$prefix"
-	else
- 		LUA_ROOT="$root/$prefix"
-	fi
+	local LUA_ROOT="${prefix:+/$prefix}/"
+	local LUA_LDIR="LUA_ROOT \"${luadatadir#$LUA_ROOT}/\""
+	local LUA_CDIR="LUA_ROOT \"${lualibdir#$LUA_ROOT}/\""
 
-	sed -i "s,^#define LUA_ROOT.*,#define LUA_ROOT \"$LUA_ROOT/\"," src/luaconf.h
+	LUA_ROOT="\"$LUA_ROOT\""
 
-	if [[ $libdir != "*/lib" ]]; then
-		sed -i "s,^\(#define LUA_CDIR.*\)lib\(/.*\),\1${libdir##*/}\2," src/luaconf.h
-	fi
+	sed -i	-e "s,^\(#define LUA_ROOT[ \t]\+\)[^ \t].*,\1$LUA_ROOT," \
+		-e "s,^\(#define LUA_LDIR[ \t]\+\)[^ \t].*,\1$LUA_LDIR," \
+		-e "s,^\(#define LUA_CDIR[ \t]\+\)[^ \t].*,\1$LUA_CDIR," \
+		src/luaconf.h
 }
 
 hook_add premake 3 lua_conf
 
-# create a lua-config script
-lua_config_postmake() {
-	cat $confdir/lua-config | sed \
-		-e "s,@version@,$luaver," \
-		-e "s,@prefix@,$root/$prefix," \
-		-e "s,@libdir@,$root/$libdir," \
-		-e "s,@includedir@,$root/$includedir," \
-		-e "s,@LIBS@,$myLIBS," \
-		-e "s,@CFLAGS@,$myCFLAGS," \
-		-e "s,@pkglibdir@,$root/$pkglibdir," \
-		-e "s,@pkgdatadir@,$root/$pkgdatadir," \
-		-e "s,//,/,g" > $root/$bindir/lua-config
-	chmod 0755 $root/$bindir/lua-config
-}
-
-# create a lua.pc pkgconfig file
-lua_pc_postmake() {
-        cat $confdir/lua.pc | sed \
-		-e "s,@version@,$luaver," \
-		-e "s,@prefix@,$root/$prefix," \
-		-e "s,@bindir@,$root/$bindir," \
-		-e "s,@libdir@,$root/$libdir," \
-		-e "s,@includedir@,$root/$includedir," \
-		-e "s,@mandir@,$root/$mandir," \
-		-e "s,@LIBS@,$myLIBS," \
-		-e "s,@CFLAGS@,$myCFLAGS," \
-		-e "s,@pkglibdir@,$root/$pkglibdir," \
-		-e "s,@pkgdatadir@,$root/$pkgdatadir," \
-		-e "s,//,/,g" > $pc_install_path/lua.pc
-}
-
 # create missing directories and copy documentation
 lua_postmake() {
-	mkdir -p $root/$pkglibdir/
-	mkdir -p $root/$pkgdatadir/
+	mkdir -p "$root$lualibdir"
+	mkdir -p "$root$luadatadir"
 
-	mkdir -p $root/usr/share/doc/lua
-	cp -v doc/* $root/usr/share/doc/lua/
+	cp -v doc/* "$root$docdir"
 }
 
-
-# [WARNING] 2006/08/26 //morfoh
-# I disabled the hook to inject the lua-config, which is even not
-# distributed with the original lua package.
-# It breaks lighttpd to build mod_cml properly and needs more
-# observation!
-# hook for creating lua-config
-# hook_add postmake 3 lua_config_postmake
-
-# hook for creating lua.pc
-if pkginstalled pkgconfig; then
-        pkgprefix -t pkgconfig
-        pc_install_path=$root/$( pkgprefix libdir pkgconfig)/pkgconfig
-        hook_add postmake 3 lua_pc_postmake
-fi
-
 hook_add postmake 3 lua_postmake
diff --git a/lua/lua/lua.pc b/lua/lua/lua.pc
deleted file mode 100644
index 03118e93f..000000000
--- a/lua/lua/lua.pc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-
-prefix=@prefix@
-INSTALL_BIN=@bindir@
-INSTALL_INC=@includedir@
-INSTALL_LIB=@libdir@
-INSTALL_MAN=@mandir@
-INSTALL_LMOD=@pkgdatadir@
-INSTALL_CMOD=@pkglibdir@
-
-exec_prefix=@prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@
-
-Name: Lua
-Description: An Extensible Extension Language
-Version: @version@
-Requires:
-Libs: -L@libdir@ -llua @LIBS@
-Cflags: -I@includedir@ @CFLAGS@
diff --git a/lua/lua/no-readline.diff b/lua/lua/no-readline.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df11308c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/lua/no-readline.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../lua/no-readline.diff
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- ./src/luaconf.h.orig	2009-05-12 23:27:14.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/luaconf.h	2009-05-12 23:27:36.000000000 +0000
+@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
+ #if defined(LUA_USE_LINUX)
+ #define LUA_USE_POSIX
+ #define LUA_USE_DLOPEN		/* needs an extra library: -ldl */
+-#define LUA_USE_READLINE	/* needs some extra libraries */
+ #endif
+ 
+ #if defined(LUA_USE_MACOSX)
+--- ./src/Makefile.orig	2009-05-12 23:26:21.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/Makefile	2009-05-12 23:26:53.000000000 +0000
+@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
+ 	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=
+ 
+ linux:
+-	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=-DLUA_USE_LINUX MYLIBS="-Wl,-E -ldl -lreadline -lhistory -lncurses"
++	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=-DLUA_USE_LINUX MYLIBS="-Wl,-E -ldl -lncurses"
+ 
+ macosx:
+ 	$(MAKE) all MYCFLAGS=-DLUA_USE_LINUX MYLIBS="-lreadline"