diff --git a/scripts/Build-Pkg b/scripts/Build-Pkg
index 8b6ae8c6c..d878842f2 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Pkg
+++ b/scripts/Build-Pkg
@@ -146,14 +146,12 @@ export ROCK_CHECK_SYSTEM_OK=1
 if [ -z "$root" -a $stagelevel -le 1 ] || \
    [ -z "$root" -a $chroot -eq 1 ] || \
    [ "$root" = auto ]; then
-		if [ $stagelevel -gt 0 ]; then root="build/$ROCKCFG_ID"
-		else root="build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir"; fi
+	root="build/$ROCKCFG_ID"
 fi
 
 [ "$pkgdir" -a "${pkgdir#/}" = "$pkgdir" ] && pkgdir="$base/$pkgdir"
 [ "$root" -a "${root#/}" = "$root" ] && root="$base/$root"
-prefix=${prefix%/} ; prefix=${prefix#/} ; root=${root%/}
-xroot="$root" ; [ $stagelevel -gt 1 ] && root=""
+root=${root%/} ; xroot="$root" ; [ $stagelevel -ge 3 ] && root=""
 
 if [ -z "$id" ] ; then
 	id=`get_unique`
@@ -181,6 +179,11 @@ builddir="$base/src.$xpkg.$id"
 # get real pkg name for mapped packages
 . build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/pkgmapper
 
+if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ] ; then
+	prefix="$tools"
+fi
+prefix=${prefix%/} ; prefix=${prefix#/}
+
 # set desktop file name
 desktopfiles="$( echo ${base}/package/*/${pkg} )/*.desktop"
 
@@ -286,6 +289,11 @@ if [ "$chroot" = 1 ] ; then
 	if [ ! -f proc/mounts ]; then
 		mount -t proc proc $PWD/proc
 	fi
+	# A /dev with working PTYs is essential for make check in
+	# binutils and gcc.
+	if ! grep "$( pwd -P )/dev" /etc/mtab ; then
+		mount --rbind /dev $PWD/dev
+	fi
 
 	for x in Documentation architecture misc package scripts target; do
 		if [ ! -e ROCK/$x ]; then ln -s "loop/$x" "ROCK/$x"; fi
@@ -403,16 +411,20 @@ mkdir -p $root/var/adm/{provides,requires,conflicts}
 rm -f $root/var/adm/logs/$stagelevel-$xpkg.{out,log,err}
 
 if [ $this_is_the_2nd_run = 0 ] ; then
-	[ $stagelevel -gt 1 ] && . /etc/profile
 	options="-this_is_the_2nd_run $options $pkg=$xpkg"
-	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_CACHE" = 1 -a $stagelevel -gt 1 ] ; then
+	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CREATE_CACHE" = 1 -a $stagelevel -ge 3 ] ; then
 
 		mkdir -p $root/var/adm/cache
 		touch $root/var/adm/cache/$xpkg
 		rm -f $root/var/adm/cache/$xpkg.tm
 
 		/usr/bin/time -o "$root/var/adm/cache/$xpkg.tm" \
-		              -f 'buildtime=$(qcalc %U + %S)' $0 $options
+		    -f 'buildtime=$(qcalc %U + %S)' \
+		    env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' PATH="$PATH" \
+		    TZ="$TZ" ROCK_BUILD_TARGET=$ROCK_BUILD_TARGET \
+		    build_root="$build_root" build_rock="$build_rock" \
+		    build_logs="$build_logs" build_pkgs="$build_pkgs" \
+		    ROCK_THIS_IS_CHROOT="$ROCK_THIS_IS_CHROOT" $0 $options
 		returncode=$?
 		[ ! -e "$root/var/adm/cache/$xpkg.tm" ] && exit $returncode
 
@@ -478,7 +490,11 @@ if [ $this_is_the_2nd_run = 0 ] ; then
 
 		exit $returncode
 	else
-		exec $0 $options
+		exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' PATH="$PATH" \
+		    TZ="$TZ" ROCK_BUILD_TARGET=$ROCK_BUILD_TARGET \
+		    build_root="$build_root" build_rock="$build_rock" \
+		    build_logs="$build_logs" build_pkgs="$build_pkgs" \
+		    ROCK_THIS_IS_CHROOT="$ROCK_THIS_IS_CHROOT" $0 $options
 	fi
 fi
 
@@ -487,7 +503,25 @@ fi
 # ----  Setting Build Variables
 #
 
-flistroot="bin boot etc lib sbin usr var opt"
+dummydir="$builddir/rootdummy"
+mkdir -p "$dummydir"
+
+if [[ "$xpkg" = *-32bit ]] ; then
+	instroot="$dummydir"
+	libs_only=1
+else
+	instroot="$root"
+	libs_only=0
+fi
+
+#
+if [[ "$ROCKCFG_MULTILIB" = 0 || "$xpkg" = *-32bit ]] ; then
+	multilib="lib"
+else
+	multilib="lib64"
+fi
+
+flistroot="bin boot etc $multilib sbin usr var opt"
 flistrfilter="ldconfig\..*:	.*|.*:	/var/adm/.*"
 flistdel="var/adm/.*|var/tmp/.*|var/lock/.*|var/run/.*|etc/ld.so.cache|usr/tmp/.*|.*\\.old"
 
@@ -495,7 +529,7 @@ pkgsplits=""
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_SPLIT_DEV" != 0 ]; then
 	# this doesn't affect files in /lib, just /.../lib
 	# so there needn't be an exception for linux kernel modules
-	splitreg 40 dev '(/lib/.*\.(la|a|o)$|/include/|/man[23]/)'
+	splitreg 40 dev "(/(lib|$multilib)/.*\.(la|a|o)\$|/include/|/man[23]/)"
 	splitdesc_dev() { desc_I="$desc_I (development files)"; }
 fi
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_SPLIT_DOC" != 0 ]; then
@@ -504,25 +538,24 @@ if [ "$ROCKCFG_SPLIT_DOC" != 0 ]; then
 	splitdesc_doc() { desc_I="$desc_I (documentation)"; }
 fi
 
-if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ]
-then
-	makeopt='CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" CC_FOR_BUILD="$BUILDCC"'
-	makeopt="$makeopt"' BUILDCC="$BUILDCC" BUILD_CC="$BUILD_CC"'
-	makeopt="$makeopt"' HOSTCC="$HOSTCC"   HOST_CC="$HOST_CC"'
-	makeopt="$makeopt"' STRIP="$STRIP" AR="$AR" LD="$LD"'
-	makeopt="$makeopt"' RANLIB="$RANLIB" NM="$NM"'
+makeopt='CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX"'
+if [ $stagelevel -le 2 ] ; then
+	var_append makeopt ' ' 'CC_FOR_BUILD="$BUILDCC"'
+	var_append makeopt ' ' 'BUILDCC="$BUILDCC" BUILD_CC="$BUILD_CC"'
+	var_append makeopt ' ' 'HOSTCC="$HOSTCC"   HOST_CC="$HOST_CC"'
+	var_append makeopt ' ' 'STRIP="$STRIP" AR="$AR" LD="$LD"'
+	var_append makeopt ' ' 'RANLIB="$RANLIB" NM="$NM"'
+fi
+
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' "$makeopt prefix=\$instroot/\$prefix install"
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'prefix=/$prefix'
 
-	makeinstopt="$makeopt"' prefix=$root/$prefix install'
+for x in bindir sbindir datadir includedir \
+    infodir mandir sysconfdir localstatedir ; do
+	var_append makeopt ' ' "$x=\${$x#\$instroot}"
+done
 
-	for x in prefix bindir sbindir libdir datadir \
-	         infodir mandir sysconfdir localstatedir \
-	         includedir
-	do
-		makeopt="$makeopt $x=\${$x/${root//\//\\/}/}"
-	done
-else
-	makeopt='prefix=/$prefix CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX"'
-	makeinstopt='prefix=/$prefix CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" install'
+if [ $stagelevel -ge 3 ] ; then
 	flistdel="$flistdel|`echo $base | sed s,^/,,`/.*"
 fi
 
@@ -590,29 +623,34 @@ patchfiles="`ls $confdir/*.patch $confdir/*.patch.$arch \
              $targetdir/xpkg_$xpkg.patch $targetdir/xpkg_$xpkg.patch.$arch \
              2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' '`"
 
-if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ]; then
+if [ $stagelevel -le 2 ]; then
 	patchfiles="`ls $patchfiles $confdir/*.patch.cross \
 	             $confdir/*.patch.cross.$arch 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' '`"
 fi
-if [ $stagelevel -eq 0 ]; then
-	flistroot="$flistroot include share doc info man"
-	flistroot="$flistroot crosscc wrapper $arch_target"
+
+if [ $stagelevel -le 1 -o "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" = 0 -a $stagelevel -eq 2 ] ; then
 	createdocs=0
 fi
-
 if [ -f $confdir/$pkg.cache ]; then
 	if ! egrep -q '^\[PROVIDES].*\.(so|a)( |$)' $confdir/$pkg.cache; then
 		forcefpic="0"
 	fi
 fi
+if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ] ; then
+	var_append flistroot " " "$tools"
+	flistdel="$flistdel|$tools/info/(dir|standards.info)"
+else
+	flistdel="$flistdel|$tools(/.*|)"
+fi
 
-if [ $stagelevel -gt 1 ]; then
+if [ $stagelevel -ge 3 ]; then
 	for pc_file in $xroot/var/adm/parse-config/* ; do
 		if [ -s "$pc_file" -a "${pc_file##*/}" != "$xpkg" ]
 		then . "$pc_file" ; fi
 	done
 	unset pc_file
 fi
+
 . $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config
 
 set_confopt
@@ -771,6 +809,13 @@ exec 202>&1
 {
     (
 	set -e
+	set +h
+
+	echo "Build-Pkg exec $PATH"
+	
+	echo -e "\n--- ENVIRONMENT Variables ---"
+	set | grep "^[^ ]*="
+	echo -e "--- ENVIRONMENT Variables ---\n"
 
 	if [ $xtrace -eq 1 -o $ROCKCFG_XTRACE -eq 1 ] ;	then
 		PS4=$'=[$FUNCNAME:$LINENO (last \\\$?=$?)> '
@@ -837,7 +882,7 @@ exec 202>&1
 	cat > "$builddir/debug_x.sh" <<- EOT
 		#!/bin/bash
 		export PROMPT_COMMAND='. debug.buildenv; cd .; unset PROMPT_COMMAND'
-		cd "$builddir"; exec bash 200>> build.pid
+		cd "$builddir" ; exec env -i bash --init-file debug.buildenv 200>> build.pid
 	EOT
 	#
 	if [ "$ROCK_THIS_IS_CHROOT" != 1 ]; then
@@ -898,9 +943,10 @@ exec 202>&1
 	fi
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_FLIST" = "flwrapper" -o \
 	     "$ROCKCFG_FLIST" = "strace" ] ; then
-		if [ "$stagelevel" -le 1 ]
+		if [ "$stagelevel" -le 2 ]
 		then
 			xbase="$( cd $xroot/ 2> /dev/null ; pwd -P )"
+
 			if cat $builddir/fl_wrapper.wlog | sed 's,//*,/,g' | \
 				egrep -qv "[	 ]($base|$xbase|$builddir|/tmp|/usr/tmp|/var/tmp|/var/backups|/proc|/dev)(/|$)"
 			then
@@ -962,7 +1008,7 @@ exec 202>&1
 	splitapply $xpkg "$builddir/flist.split"
 
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_FLIST" = "flwrapper" -o \
-	     "$ROCKCFG_FLIST" = "strace" ] && [ $stagelevel -gt 1 ] ; then
+	     "$ROCKCFG_FLIST" = "strace" ] && [ $stagelevel -ge 3 ] ; then
 		echo "Calculating build-time package dependencies ..."
 
 		! egrep -v "^($flistrfilter)\$" "$builddir"/fl_wrapper.[rw]log |
@@ -1203,14 +1249,14 @@ EOT
 			done < "$builddir/files.lst"
 		fi
 
-		if [ $stagelevel -ge 2 -a $nopostinst = 0 -a -d /var/adm/postinstall ]; then
+		if [ $stagelevel -ge 3 -a $nopostinst = 0 -a -d /var/adm/postinstall ]; then
 			cp var/adm/flists/$spkg "$(mktemp var/adm/postinstall/${spkg}-install.XXXXXX)"
 		fi
 	  )
 	done
 
 	echo "Making post-install adaptions."
-	if [ $stagelevel -ge 2 -a -f /sbin/ldconfig ] ; then ldconfig ; fi
+	if [ $stagelevel -ge 3 -a -f /sbin/ldconfig ] ; then ldconfig ; fi
 
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_PARANOIA_CHECK" = 1 ] ; then
 		found_errors=0
diff --git a/scripts/Build-Target b/scripts/Build-Target
index 2d4ea9f2d..62a9433a6 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Target
+++ b/scripts/Build-Target
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #   for distribution. 
 # 
 #   This script is the ROCK work-horse. It builds in a chroot environment
-#   (stage 2..9) and goes through a number of build stages:
+#   (stage 3..9) and goes through a number of build stages:
 #
 
 config=default
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ pkgloop_package() {
 	pkg_laststage=$(echo "$pkg_stages" | sed "s,-,,g; s,.*\(.\),\1,")
 
 	cmd_root="-root auto"
-	[ $stagelevel -gt 1 ] && cmd_root="$cmd_root -chroot"
+	[ $stagelevel -ge 3 ] && cmd_root="$cmd_root -chroot"
 
 	cmd_buildpkg="./scripts/Build-Pkg -$stagelevel -cfg $config -nopostinst"
 	cmd_buildpkg="$cmd_buildpkg $cmd_root $pkg_basename=$pkg_name"
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ build_target_exit() {
 	umount -d -f -l $build_rock/{loop,config,download} 2> /dev/null
 	umount -d -f    $build_root/proc 2> /dev/null
 	umount -d -f -l $build_root/proc 2> /dev/null
+	umount -d -f    $build_root/dev 2> /dev/null
+	umount -d -f -l $build_root/dev 2> /dev/null
 
 	echo_status "READY."
 	echo
diff --git a/scripts/Build-Tools b/scripts/Build-Tools
index f5df19012..762f3bd2b 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Tools
+++ b/scripts/Build-Tools
@@ -53,18 +53,6 @@ mkdir -p build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/bin
 mkdir -p build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/wrapper
 mkdir -p build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib
 
-if [ $toolsdir = tools.cross ]; then
-	mkdir -p build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/{var/adm,etc,share,include}
-	[ -L build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/usr ] ||
-		ln -s . build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/usr
-	[ -L build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/sbin ] ||
-		ln -s bin build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/sbin
-	[ -L build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/var/adm/logs ] ||
-		ln -s ../../../../var/adm/logs \
-		      build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/var/adm/logs
-	mkdir -p build/$ROCKCFG_ID/var/adm/logs
-fi
-
 x="$( bash scripts/xfind.sh config/$config/. package/. scripts/. \
 	misc/. architecture/. target/. ! -name '*.cache' \
 	-newer build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/.lastupdate \
diff --git a/scripts/config.hlp b/scripts/config.hlp
index e92e1a03b..57708a88e 100644
--- a/scripts/config.hlp
+++ b/scripts/config.hlp
@@ -323,12 +323,6 @@ ROCKCFG_FLIST
   or modify files while the build is running. This should only be used
   if no other system for creating the file list can be used.
 
-ROCKCFG_USE_CROSSCC
-  This option controls whether to use a pseudo-cross compiler even
-  for native (non-cross) builds. This is needed when the host and
-  target gcc or glibc differ in the ABI.
-  THIS IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!
-
 ROCKCFG_DO_REBUILD_STAGE
   This options controls whether to rebuild all packages in the final
   rebuild stage.
diff --git a/scripts/config.in b/scripts/config.in
index e9baf2216..5ebeac560 100644
--- a/scripts/config.in
+++ b/scripts/config.in
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ block_begin 7
 			size	'Hard optimise for size (recommended)'		\
 			lazy	'Lazy optimisation (for debugging binaries)'	\
 			test	'Only optimize toolchain (for fast builds)'
-	
-		bool 'Build and use a (pseudo-)cross compiler' ROCKCFG_USE_CROSSCC 1
 	    expert_end
 	bool 'This is a cross-build between architectures' ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD 0
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" = 1 ] ; then
@@ -110,7 +108,6 @@ block_begin 7
 			comment '-- might cause damage on your build system if it is not read-only. So'
 			comment '-- only run this if your /{bin,lib,usr,..} is somehow write-protected.'
 		fi
-		ROCKCFGSET_USE_CROSSCC=1
 		const ROCKCFG_PSEUDONATIVE 0
 	    block_end
 	else
@@ -123,8 +120,6 @@ block_begin 7
 				ROCKCFG_PSEUDONATIVE_NATIVEHOST ''
 			text 'NFSROOT to be mounted on native host' \
 				ROCKCFG_PSEUDONATIVE_NFSROOT "$HOSTNAME:$PWD"
-
-			ROCKCFGSET_USE_CROSSCC=1
 		fi
 	fi
 block_end
@@ -288,26 +283,25 @@ include target/$ROCKCFG_TARGET/postconfig.in
 
 filterscript=""
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" = 1 ] ; then
-	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. ..\)[^ ]*,\1--------, ;'
+	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. ...\)[^ ]*,\1-------, ;'
+	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)?,\1-, ;'
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_CROSS_TESTALL = 1 ]; then
-		var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)?,\11, ;'
+		var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. ..\)?,\12, ;'
 	else
-		var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)?,\1-, ;'
+		var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. ..\)?,\1-, ;'
 	fi
-	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)X,\11, ; s,^\(. \)X,\1-, ;'
+	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)X,\11, ; s,^\(. \)X,\1-, ; s,^\(. ..\)X,\12, ;'
 else
-	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)[?X],\1-, ;'
+	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. .\)[?X],\1-, ; s,^\(. ..\)[?X],\1-, ;'
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_PSEUDONATIVE" = 1 ] ; then
 		var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. \)X,\10, ;'
 	else
 		var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\(. \)X,\1-, ;'
 	fi
 fi
-
-if [ $ROCKCFG_USE_CROSSCC != 1 ]; then
-	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\([XO] \)0,\1-, ;'
+if [ "$ROCKCFG_MULTILIB" = 1 ] ; then
+	var_append filterscript ' ' '/ MULTILIB / { h ; s,\(\( [^ ]*\)\{3\}\) \([^ ]*\),\1 \3=\3-32bit, ; G } ;'
 fi
-
 if [ $ROCKCFG_DO_REBUILD_STAGE != 1 ]; then
 	var_append filterscript ' ' 's,^\([XO] [^ ]*\)9 ,\1- , ;'
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 0f4eb0cdb..d8ed092fc 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -179,68 +179,78 @@ column_clean_tab() {
 # Re-run it in the package .conf file if you modify $prefix
 #
 set_confopt() {
-	confopt="--prefix=$root/$prefix"
-
-	bindir="$root/$prefix/bin"
-	confopt="$confopt --bindir=\$bindir"
-
-	sbindir="$root/$prefix/sbin"
-	confopt="$confopt --sbindir=\$sbindir"
-
-	libdir="$root/$prefix/lib"
-	confopt="$confopt --libdir=\$libdir"
+	confopt="--prefix=$instroot/$prefix"
+	
+	bindir="$instroot/$prefix/bin"
+	sbindir="$instroot/$prefix/sbin"
 
 	if [ -z "$prefix" ]; then
-		datadir="$root/usr/share"
-		includedir="$root/usr/include"
+		datadir="$instroot/usr/share"
+		includedir="$instroot/usr/include"
+
+		docdir="$instroot/usr/share/doc/$xpkg"
+		infodir="$instroot/usr/share/info"
+		mandir="$instroot/usr/share/man"
 
-		docdir="$root/usr/share/doc/$xpkg"
-		infodir="$root/usr/share/info"
-		mandir="$root/usr/share/man"
 	else
-		datadir="$root/$prefix/share"
-		includedir="$root/$prefix/include"
+		datadir="$instroot/$prefix/share"
+		includedir="$instroot/$prefix/include"
 
-		docdir="$root/$prefix/share/doc/$xpkg"
-		infodir="$root/$prefix/share/info"
-		mandir="$root/$prefix/share/man"
+		docdir="$instroot/$prefix/share/doc/$xpkg"
+		infodir="$instroot/$prefix/share/info"
+		mandir="$instroot/$prefix/share/man"
 	fi
-	confopt="$confopt --datadir=\$datadir"
-	confopt="$confopt --includedir=\$includedir"
-
-	confopt="$confopt --infodir=\$infodir"
-	confopt="$confopt --mandir=\$mandir"
 
 	if [ "${prefix#opt/}" != "$prefix" ] ; then
-		sysconfdir="$root/etc/$prefix"
-		localstatedir="$root/var/$prefix"
+		sysconfdir="$instroot/etc/$prefix"
+		localstatedir="$instroot/var/$prefix"
 	elif [ "${prefix#usr}" != "$prefix"  ] ; then
-		sysconfdir="$root/etc"
-		localstatedir="$root/var"
+		sysconfdir="$instroot/etc"
+		localstatedir="$instroot/var"
 	else
-		sysconfdir="$root/$prefix/etc"
-		localstatedir="$root/$prefix/var"
+		sysconfdir="$instroot/$prefix/etc"
+		localstatedir="$instroot/$prefix/var"
 	fi
-	confopt="$confopt --sysconfdir=\$sysconfdir"
-	confopt="$confopt --localstatedir=\$localstatedir"
+
+	libdir="$root/$prefix/$multilib"
+
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--bindir=$bindir'
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--sbindir=$sbindir'
+
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--datadir=$datadir'
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--includedir=$includedir'
+
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--infodir=$infodir'
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--mandir=$mandir'
+
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--sysconfdir=$sysconfdir'
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--localstatedir=$localstatedir'
+
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--libdir=$libdir'
 
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CONFIGURE_OPTS" ] ; then
-		confopt="$confopt $ROCKCFG_CONFIGURE_OPTS"
+		var_append confopt ' ' "$ROCKCFG_CONFIGURE_OPTS"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_DEBUG" = 0 ] ; then
-		confopt="$confopt --disable-debug"
+		var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-debug'
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$stagelevel" -le 1 -o "$ROCKCFG_DISABLE_NLS" = 1 ] ; then
 		confopt="${confopt//--enable-nls/} --disable-nls"
 	fi
 
-	confopt="$confopt \$extraconfopt"
+	var_append confopt ' ' '$extraconfopt'
+
 	if [ "$stagelevel" -eq 0 ]; then
-		confopt="$confopt --target=\$arch_target --host=\$arch_build"
+		var_append confopt ' ' "--host=$arch_build --target=$arch_target"
 	else
-		confopt="$confopt --build=\$arch_build --host=\$arch_target"
+		var_append confopt ' ' "--build=$arch_build"
+		if [[ "$ROCKCFG_MULTILIB" = 1 && "$xpkg" = *-32bit ]] ; then
+			var_append confopt ' ' "--host=$arch_target32"
+		else
+			var_append confopt ' ' "--host=$arch_target"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	cmakedefs="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/${prefix}"
@@ -279,7 +289,7 @@ function eval_config_command() {
 			autoconf
 		fi
 	fi
-	if [ $stagelevel -le 1 ] ; then
+	if [ $stagelevel -le 2 ] ; then
 		create_config_cache >> config.cache
 		grep -q '.--cache-file=' $configscript &&
 			set -- "$@" "--cache-file=config.cache"
@@ -455,7 +465,7 @@ create_config_cache() {
 	[ $arch_sizeof_char_p -eq $arch_sizeof_long_long ] && pt="long long"
 	[ -n "$pt" ] && echo "db_cv_alignp_t=\"unsigned $pt\""
 
-	echo "ac_cv_prog_CC=$CC"
+	echo "ac_cv_prog_CC='$CC'"
 }
 
 # Abort build before actual build starts
@@ -528,11 +538,7 @@ dump_env() {
 pkginstalled() {
 	local pattern="$1" ; pattern="${pattern//+/\\+}"
 
-	if [ $stagelevel = 0 ] ; then
-		ls "$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/var/adm/flists" | egrep -q "^($pattern)$"
-	else
-		ls $root/var/adm/flists | egrep -q "^($pattern)$"
-	fi
+	ls $root/var/adm/flists | egrep -q "^($pattern)$"
 }
 
 # Register a window-manager
@@ -727,14 +733,6 @@ build_this_package() {
 					rmemptydir="$x $rmemptydir"
 				fi
 			done
-			if [ ! -e $root/$prefix/man ]; then
-				ln -s ${mandir#$root} $root/$prefix/man
-				rmemptydir="$rmemptydir $root/$prefix/man"
-			fi
-			if [ ! -e $root/$prefix/info ]; then
-				ln -s ${infodir#$root} $root/$prefix/info
-				rmemptydir="$rmemptydir $root/$prefix/info"
-			fi
 		fi
 		
 		if [ ".$custmain" = "." ]
diff --git a/scripts/parse-config b/scripts/parse-config
index 985cd0aa7..14b6d0820 100644
--- a/scripts/parse-config
+++ b/scripts/parse-config
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ crossnative=native           ; stagelevel=${stagelevel:-1} ; arch=any
 arch_sizeof_long_long=undef  ; arch_sizeof_int=undef  ; arch_machine=undef
 arch_sizeof_char_p=undef     ; arch_sizeof_long=undef ; arch_bigendian=undef
 arch_sizeof_short=undef      ; arch_target=any-unknown-linux
+arch_target32=               ; arch_target64=
 
 if [ -f config/$config/config ]
 then
@@ -60,13 +62,30 @@ if [ -f "architecture/$arch/archtest.out" ]
 if [ -f "architecture/$arch/archtest.sh" ]
 	then . "architecture/$arch/archtest.sh" ; fi
 
+if [ "$stagelevel" -ge 3 ]
+then
+	if [ -f $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ]
+	then . $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ; fi
+
+	arch_build="$arch_target" ; archprefix=""
+else
+	arch_build="`uname -m`-nocross-linux-gnu"
+
+	if [ -f $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ]
+	then . $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ; fi
+
+	if [ $stagelevel -eq 2 ]; then
+		archprefix="${arch_target}-"
+	fi
+fi
+
 base=$(pwd -P)
 
 if [ "$ROCK_THIS_IS_CHROOT" = 1 ]
 then
 	toolsdir=tools.chroot
 else
-	if [ $stagelevel -le 1 -a "$ROCKCFG_USE_CROSSCC" = 1 ]
+	if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" == 1 ]
 	then
 		toolsdir=tools.cross
 	else
@@ -74,6 +93,8 @@ else
 	fi
 fi
 
+[ $stagelevel -ge 3 ] && . /etc/profile
+
 new_path=""
 for x in ${PATH//:/ }; do
 	if [ -d "$x" -a -z "${x##/*}" -a -n "${x##$base/*}" -a \
@@ -84,16 +105,36 @@ done
 export PATH="${new_path#:}"
 unset new_path
 
-if [ $stagelevel -le 1 -a "$ROCKCFG_USE_CROSSCC" = 1 ] ; then
-	export PATH="$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/crosscc:$PATH"
+if [ $stagelevel -le 2 ] ; then
+	export LFS="$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID"
+else
+	export LFS=""
+fi
+export CLFS="$LFS"
+
+if [ "$ROCKCFG_CROSSBUILD" == 0 ] ; then
+	tools=ROCK/tools.native
+else
+	tools=ROCK/tools.cross
+fi
+cross_tools="$tools"
+
+if [ $stagelevel -le 2 ] ; then
+	export PATH="$LFS/$tools/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin"
 fi
+export CLFS_HOST="$arch_build"
+export CLFS_TARGET="$arch_target" CLFS_TARGET32="$arch_target32"
 
 export PATH="$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/bin:$PATH"
 export PATH="$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/wrapper:$PATH"
-unset LANG ${!LC_*}; export LC_ALL=C; umask 022
 
-export BUILDCC="cc"   BUILD_CC="cc"   HOSTCC="cc"   HOST_CC="cc"
-export BUILDCXX="c++" BUILD_CXX="c++" HOSTCXX="c++" HOST_CXX="c++"
+export LC_ALL=C; umask 022
+
+# export BUILDCC="cc"   BUILD_CC="cc"   HOSTCC="cc"   HOST_CC="cc"
+# export BUILDCXX="c++" BUILD_CXX="c++" HOSTCXX="c++" HOST_CXX="c++"
+export BUILDCC="gcc"   BUILD_CC="gcc"   HOSTCC="gcc"   HOST_CC="gcc"
+export BUILDCXX="g++" BUILD_CXX="g++" HOSTCXX="g++" HOST_CXX="g++"
+export BUILD32="-m32" BUILD64="-m64"
 
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_LINGUAS" == "all" ] ; then
 	unset LINGUAS
@@ -103,13 +144,9 @@ else
 	export LINGUAS="$ROCKCFG_LINGUAS"
 fi
 
-unset CPP ARFLAGS ASFLAGS CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS FFLAGS LDFLAGS
-unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_PRELOAD FLWRAPPER C_INCLUDE_PATH CONFIG_SITE
-unset DISPLAY BASH_ENV CDPATH GLOBIGNORE IFS MAIL MAILPATH
-unset POSIXLY_CORRECT PROMPT_COMMAND TIMEFORMAT TMOUT
-
 IFS=$' \t\n'
 set +o posix
+set +h
 
 export STRIP_WRAPPER_MYPATH="$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/wrapper"
 export STRIP_WRAPPER_NOLOOP=0
@@ -126,27 +163,8 @@ export CMD_WRAPPER_NOLOOP=0 ; unset CMD_WRAPPER_OTHERS_TMP
 if [ -f $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/wrapper-config ]
 then . $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/wrapper-config ; fi
 
-if [ "$stagelevel" -gt 1 -o "$ROCKCFG_USE_CROSSCC" = 0 ]
-then
-	if [ -f $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ]
-	then . $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ; fi
-
-	arch_build="$arch_target" ; archprefix=""
-else
-	arch_build="`uname -m`-nocross-linux-gnu"
-
-	if [ -f $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ]
-	then . $base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/lib/parse-config-fixarch ; fi
-
-	if [ $stagelevel -eq 1 ]; then
-		archprefix="${arch_target}-"
-		if [ ! -f "$base/build/$ROCKCFG_ID/ROCK/$toolsdir/`
-					`crosscc/${archprefix}gcc" ]
-		then archprefix="Cross_CC_not_built_so_far_" ; fi
-	fi
-fi
-
-export CC="${archprefix}cc"	CXX="${archprefix}c++"
+# export CC="${archprefix}cc"	CXX="${archprefix}c++"
+export CC="${archprefix}gcc"	CXX="${archprefix}g++"
 export AS="${archprefix}as"	STRIP="${archprefix}strip"
 export LD="${archprefix}ld"	GASP="${archprefix}gasp"
 export AR="${archprefix}ar"	RANLIB="${archprefix}ranlib"
@@ -154,7 +172,7 @@ export NM="${archprefix}nm"	KCC="${archprefix}kcc"
 export F77="${archprefix}f77"	MAKE="make"
 export AWK="gawk"		SED="sed"
 
-if [ $stagelevel -le 1 -a "$ROCKCFG_PSEUDONATIVE" = 1 ]; then
+if [ $stagelevel -le 2 -a "$ROCKCFG_PSEUDONATIVE" = 1 ]; then
 	export BUILDCC="$BUILDCC -static" BUILDLD="$BUILDLD -static"
 fi
 
@@ -162,4 +180,3 @@ if [ -f /etc/ROCK-PROFILE ]; then
 	# this is the right place for e.g. build process ulimits
 	. /etc/ROCK-PROFILE
 fi
-