diff --git a/package/base/inkscape/hotfixes-gcc43.patch b/package/base/inkscape/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baf6974b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/inkscape/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ./src/dom/io/uristream.cpp.orig	2008-06-13 06:22:09.000000000 +0200
++++ ./src/dom/io/uristream.cpp	2008-06-13 06:22:21.000000000 +0200
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ #include "uristream.h"
++#include <string.h>
+ 
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/package/base/inkscape/hotfixes.patch b/package/base/inkscape/hotfixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae6f37887..000000000
--- a/package/base/inkscape/hotfixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- ./src/seltrans.h.orig	2007-11-16 17:09:32.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./src/seltrans.h	2007-11-16 17:10:07.000000000 +0000
-@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
-     NR::Point _origin; ///< position of origin for transforms
-     NR::Point _point; ///< original position of the knot being used for the current transform
-     Inkscape::MessageContext _message_context;
--    SigC::Connection _sel_changed_connection;
--    SigC::Connection _sel_modified_connection;
-+    sigc::connection _sel_changed_connection;
-+    sigc::connection _sel_modified_connection;
- };
- 
- }
diff --git a/package/base/inkscape/inkscape.desc b/package/base/inkscape/inkscape.desc
index dd578fb54..0956b927a 100644
--- a/package/base/inkscape/inkscape.desc
+++ b/package/base/inkscape/inkscape.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.45.1
+[V] 0.46
 [P] X --?--5---9 192.700
 
-[D] 1580731835 inkscape-0.45.1.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/inkscape/
+[D] 3371382013 inkscape-0.46.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/inkscape/
 
diff --git a/package/daja77/libicu/libicu.desc b/package/daja77/libicu/libicu.desc
index 56dafed93..11597c9a1 100644
--- a/package/daja77/libicu/libicu.desc
+++ b/package/daja77/libicu/libicu.desc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 [M] Daniel Jahre <daja@rocklinux.org>
 
 [C] extra/development
+[F] CORE
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
diff --git a/package/public/boost-jam/boost-jam.desc b/package/public/boost-jam/boost-jam.desc
index 9854c4b1a..8194a56cc 100644
--- a/package/public/boost-jam/boost-jam.desc
+++ b/package/public/boost-jam/boost-jam.desc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 [T] to suit the needs of Boost.Build. In particular, modules and rule
 [T] parameters were added, as well as several new builtins.
 
-[U] http://www.boost.org/tools/build/jam_src/index.html
+[U] http://www.boost.org/
 
 [A] René Rivera <rrivera@acm.org>
 [A] David Abrahams
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@
 [M] The ROCK Linux Project
 
 [C] extra/development
+[F] CORE
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 3.1.14
+[V] 3.1.16
 [P] X --?--5---9 175.700
 
-[D] 2828394684 boost-jam-3.1.14.tgz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/
+[D] 1331924360 boost-jam-3.1.16.tgz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/
 
diff --git a/package/public/boost/boost.conf b/package/public/boost/boost.conf
index a64fd90a1..70e54e8a0 100644
--- a/package/public/boost/boost.conf
+++ b/package/public/boost/boost.conf
@@ -24,14 +24,8 @@ runconf=0
 makeopt=
 makeinstopt=
 
-# otherwise rebuilding boost does not reinstall static files
-#var_insert taropt ' ' -m
-icu=0
-pkginstalled libicu && icu=1
-
 hook_add preconf 3 "rm configure"
-hook_add inmake 5 "bjam -sTOOLS=gcc -sHAVE_ICU=$icu"
+hook_add inmake 5 "bjam -sTOOLS=gcc"
 hook_add postmake 5 "bjam --prefix=$prefix --libdir=$libdir \
-                     --includedir=$includedir -sTOOLS=gcc -sHAVE_ICU=$icu --layout=system \
-                     install"
+	--includedir=$includedir -sTOOLS=gcc --layout=system install"
 
diff --git a/package/public/boost/boost.desc b/package/public/boost/boost.desc
index 2ab8a85a9..7312805af 100644
--- a/package/public/boost/boost.desc
+++ b/package/public/boost/boost.desc
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@
 [M] The ROCK Linux Project
 
 [C] extra/development
+[F] CORE
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.34
+[V] 1.35
 [P] X --?--5---9 175.800
 
-[D] 243185187 boost_1_34_0.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/boost/
-[D] 1338665767 boost-1.31.0-regex-patch-20040503.zip http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/
+[D] 2229912875 boost_1_35_0.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/boost/
+