diff --git a/srcpkgs/flashrom/template b/srcpkgs/flashrom/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8479ef9ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/flashrom/template
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Template file for 'flashrom'
+pkgname=flashrom
+version=0.9.6.1
+revision=1
+short_desc="utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips"
+maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+makedepends="pciutils-devel"
+homepage="http://www.flashrom.org"
+license="MIT/X11"
+distfiles=http://download.flashrom.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2
+checksum=6f7b588cce74c90b4fe9c9c794de105de76e0323442fb5770b1aeab81e9d560a
+
+do_build() {
+	make PREFIX=/usr ${makejobs} \
+	CONFIG_INTERNAL=no CONFIG_RAYER_SPI=no CONFIG_NIC3COM=no CONFIG_GFXNVIDIA=no CONFIG_SATASII=no \
+	CONFIG_ATAHPT=no CONFIG_DRKAISER=no CONFIG_NICREALTEK=no CONFIG_NICNATSEMI=no \
+	CONFIG_NICINTEL=no CONFIG_NICINTEL_SPI=no CONFIG_OGP_SPI=no CONFIG_SATAMV=no
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} PREFIX=/usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mono/template b/srcpkgs/mono/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c83196e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mono/template
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Template file for 'mono'
+pkgname=mono
+version=3.0.7
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="zlib libtool perl"
+short_desc="Free implementation of the .NET platform including runtime and compiler"
+maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+homepage="http://www.go-mono.org"
+license="GPL-2, LGPL-2, MPL, MITX11"
+distfiles="http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum=89357e58a1b5cb6ff3116d4ce8227dee61b1c0cb494fa2844da5b1fc55fb890b
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 9dcfc35658..60e2781603 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nodejs'
 pkgname=nodejs
-version=0.10.0
+version=0.10.4
 revision=1
 wrksrc=node-v${version}
 short_desc="Evented I/O for V8 javascript"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1624dc37866ebfb5431e3393e6b049cf238cac8ad4d20c6d567263b1259177ab
+checksum=1c960d2822447a9e4f7c46b832ff05e86743033c6643d644975af1cbf6a44fb8
 
 makedepends="pkg-config openssl-devel v8-devel zlib-devel python"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pciutils/template b/srcpkgs/pciutils/template
index 05d66482f8..3f82624691 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pciutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pciutils/template
@@ -14,16 +14,19 @@ long_desc="
  setting devices connected to the PCI bus."
 
 do_build() {
-	make OPT="${XBPS_CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC" ZLIB=no SHARED=no PREFIX=/usr \
+	make OPT="${XBPS_CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC" ZLIB=no SHARED=no AR=${AR} \
+		RANLIB=${RANLIB} PREFIX=/usr CC="${CC}" \
 		SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata MANDIR=/usr/share/man all
 	cp lib/libpci.a ${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/tmp
 	make clean
-	make OPT="${XBPS_CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC" ZLIB=no SHARED=yes PREFIX=/usr \
+	make OPT="${XBPS_CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC" ZLIB=no SHARED=yes \
+		AR=${AR} RANLIB=${RANLIB} PREFIX=/usr CC="${CC}" \
 		SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata MANDIR=/usr/share/man all
 }
 
 do_install() {
 	make SHARED=yes PREFIX=/usr SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata \
+		STRIP="-s --strip-program=${STRIP} " \
 		MANDIR=/usr/share/man DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install install-lib
 	vinstall ${XBPS_MASTERDIR}/tmp/libpci.a 644 usr/lib