diff --git a/package/base/acl/acl.conf b/package/base/acl/acl.conf
index 1c9bf6351..eace343a1 100644
--- a/package/base/acl/acl.conf
+++ b/package/base/acl/acl.conf
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-# see hotfixes in autoconf.patch
-automakever="-1.7"
-autogen=1
-
-# do not try to detect rpm
-export RPM=/no
-
 # also install headers and libs
 makeinstopt="$makeinstopt install-dev install-lib"
 
diff --git a/package/base/acl/acl.desc b/package/base/acl/acl.desc
index d7f477248..1c6373d91 100644
--- a/package/base/acl/acl.desc
+++ b/package/base/acl/acl.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.2.7
+[V] 2.2.23
 [P] X -?---5---9 141.300
 
-[D] 1293764680 acl-2.2.7.src.tar.gz http://acl.bestbits.at/current/tar/
+[D] 1741465110 acl-2.2.23.src.tar.gz ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/
 
diff --git a/package/base/acl/autoconf.patch b/package/base/acl/autoconf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f1e75a7ba..000000000
--- a/package/base/acl/autoconf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/acl/autoconf.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# 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.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- ./configure.in.orig	2003-04-07 12:28:53.000000000 -0600
-+++ ./configure.in	2003-04-07 12:40:40.000000000 -0600
-@@ -58,37 +58,37 @@
- AC_SUBST(pkg_group)
- 
- dnl check if user wants their own C compiler
--test -z "$CC" && AC_PROG_CC
-+AC_PROG_CC
- cc=$CC
- AC_SUBST(cc)
- 
- dnl check if users wants their own make
--test -z "$MAKE" && AC_PATH_PROG(MAKE, make, /usr/bin/make)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(MAKE, make, /usr/bin/make)
- make=$MAKE
- AC_SUBST(make)
- 
- dnl check if users wants their own linker
--test -z "$LD" && AC_PATH_PROG(LD, ld, /usr/bin/ld)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(LD, ld, /usr/bin/ld)
- ld=$LD
- AC_SUBST(ld)
- 
- dnl check if the tar program is available
--test -z "$TAR" && AC_PATH_PROG(TAR, tar)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(TAR, tar)
- tar=$TAR
- AC_SUBST(tar)
- 
- dnl check if the gzip program is available
--test -z "$ZIP" && AC_PATH_PROG(ZIP, gzip, /bin/gzip)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(ZIP, gzip, /bin/gzip)
- zip=$ZIP
- AC_SUBST(zip)
- 
- dnl check if the makedepend program is available
--test -z "$MAKEDEPEND" && AC_PATH_PROG(MAKEDEPEND, makedepend, /bin/true)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(MAKEDEPEND, makedepend, /bin/true)
- makedepend=$MAKEDEPEND
- AC_SUBST(makedepend)
- 
- dnl check if the rpm program is available
--test -z "$RPM" && AC_PATH_PROG(RPM, rpm, /bin/rpm)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(RPM, rpm, /bin/rpm)
- rpm=$RPM
- AC_SUBST(rpm)
- 
-@@ -114,18 +114,18 @@
- AC_PROG_LN_S
- 
- dnl check if user wants their own awk, sed and echo
--test -z "$AWK" && AC_PATH_PROG(AWK, awk, /bin/awk)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(AWK, awk, /bin/awk)
- awk=$AWK
- AC_SUBST(awk)
--test -z "$SED" && AC_PATH_PROG(SED, sed, /bin/sed)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(SED, sed, /bin/sed)
- sed=$SED
- AC_SUBST(sed)
--test -z "$ECHO" && AC_PATH_PROG(ECHO, echo, /bin/echo)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(ECHO, echo, /bin/echo)
- echo=$ECHO
- AC_SUBST(echo)
- 
- dnl ensure libtool is installed
--test -z "$LIBTOOL" && AC_PATH_PROG(LIBTOOL, libtool,,/usr/bin)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(LIBTOOL, libtool,,/usr/bin)
- if test "$LIBTOOL" = ""; then
- 	echo
- 	echo 'FATAL ERROR: libtool does not seem to be installed.'
-@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@
- 
- dnl check if the msgfmt, msgmerge, xgettext programs are available
- if test "$enable_gettext" = yes; then
--	test -z "$MSGFMT" && AC_CHECK_PROG(MSGFMT, msgfmt, /usr/bin/msgfmt)
-+	AC_CHECK_PROG(MSGFMT, msgfmt, /usr/bin/msgfmt)
- 	msgfmt=$MSGFMT
- 	AC_SUBST(msgfmt)
--	test -z "$MSGMERGE" && AC_CHECK_PROG(MSGMERGE, msgmerge, /usr/bin/msgmerge)
-+	AC_CHECK_PROG(MSGMERGE, msgmerge, /usr/bin/msgmerge)
- 	msgmerge=$MSGMERGE
- 	AC_SUBST(msgmerge)
- 
--	test -z "$XGETTEXT" && AC_CHECK_PROG(XGETTEXT, xgettext, /usr/bin/xgettext)
-+	AC_CHECK_PROG(XGETTEXT, xgettext, /usr/bin/xgettext)
- 	xgettext=$XGETTEXT
- 	AC_SUBST(xgettext)
- 
diff --git a/package/base/acl/buildmacros.patch b/package/base/acl/buildmacros.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba34caf5d..000000000
--- a/package/base/acl/buildmacros.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/acl/buildmacros.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- old/include/buildmacros	2003-03-31 08:57:56.000000000 +0200
-+++ new/include/buildmacros	2003-07-09 01:31:19.000000000 +0200
-@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@
- 	../$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la ; \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -T so_base $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
--	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a; \
--	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la; \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so
- else
- INSTALL_LTLIB_DEV = $(INSTALL_LTLIB_STATIC)