diff --git a/package/base/hal-info/hal-info.desc b/package/base/hal-info/hal-info.desc
index 6a796d32c..05eafb9cb 100644
--- a/package/base/hal-info/hal-info.desc
+++ b/package/base/hal-info/hal-info.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 20070618
+[V] 20081013
 [P] X -----5---9 172.600
 
 # git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/hal-info
-[D] 4004508587 hal-info-20070618.tar.gz http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/dist/
+[D] 2514356373 hal-info-20081013.tar.gz http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/
diff --git a/package/base/hal/hal.conf b/package/base/hal/hal.conf
index 0c6966c28..1c069c706 100644
--- a/package/base/hal/hal.conf
+++ b/package/base/hal/hal.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 
 var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-verbose-mode"
 
+pkginstalled policykit || var_append extraconfopt " " "--disable-policy-kit"
+pkginstalled parted && var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-parted"
+if pkginstalled acl && pkginstalled attr ; then
+	var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-acl-management"
+fi
+
 hook_add postmake 3 "install_init hal $confdir/hal.init"
 
 # are these still needed without fstab sync?
diff --git a/package/base/hal/hal.desc b/package/base/hal/hal.desc
index fd07b02bb..826ccbb46 100644
--- a/package/base/hal/hal.desc
+++ b/package/base/hal/hal.desc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 [T] This daemon actively monitores hardware for changes.
 
-[U] http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fhal
+[U] http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal
 
 [A] Various Authors
 [M] Andreas V. 'netrunner' Meier <avmeier@web.de>
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 0.5.9.1
+[V] 0.5.11
 [P] X -----5---9 129.500
 
-[D] 4213366806 hal-0.5.9.1.tar.gz http://freedesktop.org/~david/dist/
+[D] 3210831150 hal-0.5.11.tar.gz http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/
 
diff --git a/package/base/policykit/policykit.conf b/package/base/policykit/policykit.conf
index 6f9e01f48..beee697a9 100644
--- a/package/base/policykit/policykit.conf
+++ b/package/base/policykit/policykit.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 autogen=1
-pkginstalled xmlto || var_append extraconfopt " " "--disable-docbook-docs"
 
-# polkitd seems to have been removed.
-# hook_add postmake 3 "install_init policykit $confdir/policykit.init"
+if ! pkginstalled libxslt || ! pkginstalled docbook-xsl ; then
+	# both are needed to build man pages
+	var_append extraconfopt " " "--disable-man-pages"
+fi
+
diff --git a/package/base/policykit/policykit.desc b/package/base/policykit/policykit.desc
index 8a33bcceb..fd4d397bd 100644
--- a/package/base/policykit/policykit.desc
+++ b/package/base/policykit/policykit.desc
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 [T] PolicyKit is a framework for defining policy for system-wide components
 [T] and for desktop pieces to configure it. It is used by HAL.
 
+[U] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PolicyKit
+
 [A] David Zeuthen <davidz at redhat.com>
 [M] The ROCK Linux Project
 
@@ -34,9 +36,9 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 0.3
+[V] 0.9
 [P] X -----5---9 129.300
 
 # git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/PolicyKit
-[D] 2019877367 PolicyKit-0.3.tar.gz http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/dist/
+[D] 3710280297 PolicyKit-0.9.tar.gz http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/
 
diff --git a/package/public/consolekit/consolekit.desc b/package/public/consolekit/consolekit.desc
index 88148f368..053310570 100644
--- a/package/public/consolekit/consolekit.desc
+++ b/package/public/consolekit/consolekit.desc
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 0.2.3
-[P] X -----5---9 171.500
+[V] 0.3.0
+[P] X -----5---9 129.400
 
-[D] 2400043252 ConsoleKit-0.2.3.tar.gz http://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/dist/
+[D] 3559955406 ConsoleKit-0.3.0.tar.bz2 http://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/dist/