diff --git a/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.conf b/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.conf
index c5e1500d2..9228cb6db 100644
--- a/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.conf
+++ b/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.conf
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ srcdir="device-mapper.$ver"
 [ "$root/$prefix" = "/usr" ] && confopt=""
 libdir="$root/$multilib"
 postmake="devicemapper_pm"
+
+# STRIP has a different meaning in device-mapper make files.
+var_remove_regex makeopt ' ' 'STRIP=.*'
+var_remove_regex makeinstopt ' ' 'STRIP=.*'
diff --git a/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.desc b/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.desc
index cd24d2546..3e4e368f0 100644
--- a/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.desc
+++ b/package/base/device-mapper/device-mapper.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.02.19
-[P] X --?--5---9 218.900
+[V] 1.02.27
+[P] X --2--5---9 101.199
 
-[D] 3754383171 device-mapper.1.02.19.tgz ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/dm/
+[D] 1848310110 device-mapper.1.02.27.tgz ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/dm/
 
diff --git a/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf b/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf
index 459886855..e9f3efb3d 100644
--- a/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf
+++ b/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf
@@ -50,4 +50,10 @@ LD="$CC"
 # somehow "make install" seems not to execute install-libs, which
 # is needed to get the headers installed (and static libraries also)
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "install-libs"
-postinstall="install -m 0644 ${confdir}/e2fsck.conf $sysconfdir"
+
+# install config file, move *.so symlinks and make them relative to /usr/lib.
+postinstall='install -m 0644 ${confdir}/e2fsck.conf $sysconfdir ;
+	for x in com_err ss e2p uuid ext2fs blkid ; do
+		ln -svf ../..`readlink $libdir/lib${x}.so` $root/$prefix/$multilib/lib${x}.so ;
+		rm -f $libdir/lib${x}.so ;
+	done'
diff --git a/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.desc b/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.desc
index e85b1c5c1..760710b06 100644
--- a/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.desc
+++ b/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.40.2
+[V] 1.41.0
 [P] X --2--5---9 101.200
 
-[D] 3814447537 e2fsprogs-1.40.2.tar.gz http://download.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/
+[D] 246452262 e2fsprogs-1.41.0.tar.gz http://download.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/