diff --git a/subr/pkg_patch.subr b/subr/pkg_patch.subr
index 3730395..de32fe3 100644
--- a/subr/pkg_patch.subr
+++ b/subr/pkg_patch.subr
@@ -4,23 +4,25 @@
 
 pkg_patch() {
 	local _patch_fname;
-	if [ -d "${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_NAME}" ]; then
-		set +o noglob;
-		for _patch_fname in ${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_NAME}/*.patch; do
-			patch -b -d "${WORKDIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR}" -p1 < "${_patch_fname}";
-		done;
-		set -o noglob;
-	fi;
+	set +o noglob;
 	for _patch_fname in 										\
-			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/${WORKDIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR}.local.patch			\
-			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/${WORKDIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR}.local@${BUILD_HNAME}.patch	\
-			${WORKDIR}/chainport/${PKG_SUBDIR}.midipix.patch				\
-			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_SUBDIR}.local.patch				\
-			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_SUBDIR}.local@${BUILD_HNAME}.patch; do
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/${WORKDIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR%-*}.local.patch			\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/${WORKDIR}/${PKG_NAME}.local.patch				\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/${WORKDIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR%-*}.local@${BUILD_HNAME}.patch	\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/${WORKDIR}/${PKG_NAME}.local@${BUILD_HNAME}.patch		\
+			${WORKDIR}/chainport/${PKG_SUBDIR%-*}.midipix.patch				\
+			${WORKDIR}/chainport/${PKG_NAME}.midipix.patch					\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_SUBDIR%-*}/*.patch				\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_NAME}/*.patch				\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_SUBDIR%-*}.local.patch			\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_NAME}.local.patch				\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_SUBDIR%-*}.local@${BUILD_HNAME}.patch	\
+			${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/patches/${PKG_NAME}.local@${BUILD_HNAME}.patch; do
 		if [ -r "${_patch_fname}" ]; then
 			patch -b -d "${WORKDIR}/${PKG_SUBDIR}" -p1 < "${_patch_fname}";
 		fi;
 	done;
+	set -o noglob;
 };
 
 # vim:filetype=sh
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 500db8d..106c628 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -251,9 +251,10 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_CONFIGURE_ARGS="-C --disable-nls --host=${TARGET} --prefix= --targe
 LIB_PACKAGES_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE="--sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 LIB_PACKAGES_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="DESTDIR=${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 LIB_PACKAGES_PACKAGES_LEAVES="
-apr apr_util bzip2 curl expat libz libffi gdbm geoip pcre glib gzip libarchive libatomic_ops
-libpipeline libressl libevent libfetch libgpg_error libassuan libfirm libgcrypt libksba
-libxml2 lua ncurses ncursestw ncursesw npth sqlite3 xz";
+apr apr_util bzip2 bzip2_flavour_minipix curl expat libz libffi gdbm geoip pcre glib gzip
+gzip_flavour_minipix libarchive libatomic_ops libpipeline libressl libevent libfetch libgpg_error
+libassuan libfirm libgcrypt libksba libxml2 lua ncurses ncursestw ncursesw npth sqlite3 xz
+xz_flavour_minipix";
 LIB_PACKAGES_PACKAGES_X11="
 inputproto kbproto xcb_proto xproto libXau libpthread_stubs xcb xextproto xtrans libX11
 libXext libICE libSM libXt libXmu renderproto Xrender libXpm libXaw libxkbfile";
@@ -277,11 +278,14 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_VERSION:=1.0.6};
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_URL:=http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-${PKG_BZIP2_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_BUILD_DIR:=bzip2-${PKG_BZIP2_VERSION}};
-: ${PKG_BZIP2_CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=${PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE}};
+: ${PKG_BZIP2_CFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=${LIB_PACKAGES_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE}};
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_INSTALL_FILES:="@bzdiff=bin/bzcmp @bzgrep=bin/bzegrep @bzgrep=bin/bzfgrep @bzmore=bin/bzless libbz2.so.1.0=lib/ libbz2.so.1.0.6=lib/"};
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=-f Makefile-libbz2_so};
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=PREFIX=${PREFIX_NATIVE}};
 : ${PKG_BZIP2_NO_CLEAN:=1};
+: ${PKG_BZIP2_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="-static"};
+: ${PKG_BZIP2_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="-f Makefile"};
+: ${PKG_BZIP2_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="PREFIX=${PREFIX_MINIPIX}"};
 : ${PKG_CURL_SHA256SUM:=7f8240048907e5030f67be0a6129bc4b333783b9cca1391026d700835a788dde};
 : ${PKG_CURL_VERSION:=7.51.0};
 : ${PKG_CURL_URL:=https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-${PKG_CURL_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
@@ -320,6 +324,9 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_GZIP_CONFIGURE_ARGS:=--host=${TARGET} --prefix= --target=${TARGET}};
 : ${PKG_GZIP_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=OBJA= prefix=};
 : ${PKG_GZIP_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:=OBJA= prefix=};
+: ${PKG_GZIP_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="-static"};
+: ${PKG_GZIP_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_LDFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="-static"};
+: ${PKG_GZIP_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL_EXTRA:="DESTDIR=${PREFIX_MINIPIX} OBJA= prefix="};
 : ${PKG_LIBARCHIVE_SHA256SUM:=691c194ee132d1f0f7a42541f091db811bc2e56f7107e9121be2bc8c04f1060f};
 : ${PKG_LIBARCHIVE_VERSION:=3.2.2};
 : ${PKG_LIBARCHIVE_URL:=http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${PKG_LIBARCHIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz};
@@ -405,6 +412,8 @@ LIB_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_XZ_SHA256SUM:=73df4d5d34f0468bd57d09f2d8af363e95ed6cc3a4a86129d2f2c366259902a2};
 : ${PKG_XZ_VERSION:=5.2.2};
 : ${PKG_XZ_URL:=https://github.com/xz-mirror/xz/releases/download/v${PKG_XZ_VERSION}/xz-${PKG_XZ_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_XZ_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD:="LIBTOOLFLAGS=-all-static"};
+: ${PKG_XZ_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL:="DESTDIR=${PREFIX_MINIPIX}"};
 
 : ${PKG_INPUTPROTO_SHA256SUM:=893a6af55733262058a27b38eeb1edc733669f01d404e8581b167f03c03ef31d};
 : ${PKG_INPUTPROTO_VERSION:=2.3.2};
@@ -494,7 +503,7 @@ apk_tools bash bash_flavour_minipix bc bdwgc bind chicken clang_host coreutils c
 cparser cron dash datamash diffutils dos2unix ed figlet file findutils gawk git gnupg grep hexcurse htop
 inetutils infounzip infozip irssi john ldns less lighttpd lynx make man_db mc mksh nano netcat nginx
 openlitespeed openssh p7zip pacman patch perl procps_ng python3 qpdf rsync rxvt_unicode sed smallbasic
-tar tcsh the_silver_searcher tmux util_linux vim weechat wget which whois xeyes xwd zsh";
+tar tar_flavour_minipix tcsh the_silver_searcher tmux util_linux vim weechat wget which whois xeyes xwd zsh";
 LEAF_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_APK_TOOLS_SHA256SUM:=def2b2c23cd12fd2a9c19be49653b0d1bf9d81a26dac5a0ee79a1351d674f93b};
 : ${PKG_APK_TOOLS_VERSION:=2.6.8};
@@ -778,6 +787,9 @@ LEAF_PACKAGES_PREFIX="${PREFIX_NATIVE}";
 : ${PKG_TAR_SHA256SUM:=cae466e6e58c7292355e7080248f244db3a4cf755f33f4fa25ca7f9a7ed09af0};
 : ${PKG_TAR_VERSION:=1.29};
 : ${PKG_TAR_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-${PKG_TAR_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_TAR_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="-static"};
+: ${PKG_TAR_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:="SHARED=0"};
+: ${PKG_TAR_FLAVOUR_MINIPIX_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL:="DESTDIR=${PREFIX_MINIPIX}"};
 : ${PKG_TCSH_SHA256SUM:=b89de7064ab54dac454a266cfe5d8bf66940cb5ed048d0c30674ea62e7ecef9d};
 : ${PKG_TCSH_VERSION:=6.20.00};
 : ${PKG_TCSH_URL:=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/tcsh-${PKG_TCSH_VERSION}.tar.gz};
diff --git a/vars/ncursesw.vars b/vars/ncursesw.vars
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f40409..0000000
--- a/vars/ncursesw.vars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#
-# set -o errexit -o noglob are assumed.
-#
-
-pkg_ncursesw_install_post() {
-	local __;
-	for __ in 	\
-			bin/captoinfo bin/clear bin/infocmp bin/infotocap bin/ncursesw6-config	\
-			bin/reset bin/tabs bin/tic bin/toe bin/tput bin/tset			\
-			lib/libformw* lib/libmenuw* lib/libncursesw* lib/libpanelw*		\
-			share/man share/tabset share/terminfo; do
-		set +o noglob;
-		build_fileop cp ${PKG_PREFIX}/${__} ${PREFIX_MINIPIX}/${__%%/*};
-		set -o noglob;
-	done;
-};
-
-# vim:filetype=sh