diff --git a/misc/pkgsel/minimal-desktop.in b/misc/pkgsel/minimal-desktop.in
index fc4c78f58..6fb8d1e00 100644
--- a/misc/pkgsel/minimal-desktop.in
+++ b/misc/pkgsel/minimal-desktop.in
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ pkgfilter sed '
 / zlib /			{ p; d; };
 / zsh/				{ p; d; };
 
+/ cpan=cpan-xml-parser /	{ p; d; };
 / ghostscript /			{ p; d; };
 / ghostscript-fonts /		{ p; d; };
 / kdevelop /			{ s/^X /O / ; p; d; };
diff --git a/target/livecd/x86/build.sh b/target/livecd/x86/build.sh
index 1adff788f..d280d382c 100644
--- a/target/livecd/x86/build.sh
+++ b/target/livecd/x86/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ echo_header "Creating isolinux setup:"
 #
 echo_status "Extracting isolinux boot loader."
 mkdir -p isolinux
-tar -O $taropt $base/download/mirror/s/syslinux-$syslinux_ver.tar.bz2 \
+tar --use-compress-program=bzip2 -xOf $base/download/mirror/s/syslinux-$syslinux_ver.tar.bz2 \
     syslinux-$syslinux_ver/isolinux.bin > isolinux/isolinux.bin
 #
 echo_status "Creating isolinux config file."
diff --git a/target/livecd/x86/download.txt b/target/livecd/x86/download.txt
index b716baef3..a6664c0df 100644
--- a/target/livecd/x86/download.txt
+++ b/target/livecd/x86/download.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2125465292 syslinux-2.11.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
+454536525 syslinux-3.07.tar.bz2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/