diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c94f27247a..10f8e8dd1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ mkpkg-temp
 
 # private working directory
 /.work/
+
+# symlinks...
+/sources
+/.work
+
+# backup files
+*.orig
+
diff --git a/scripts/autoreconf b/scripts/autoreconf
index 5178992235..9116b1498e 100755
--- a/scripts/autoreconf
+++ b/scripts/autoreconf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 [ ! -f "$PKG_BUILD/configure.in" -a ! -f "$PKG_BUILD/configure.ac" ] && echo "configure.in or configure.ac not found" && exit 1
 
-printf "%${INDENT}c AUTORECONF   $1\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+printf "%${INDENT}c AUTORECONF   $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
 export INDENT=$((${INDENT:-1}+$INDENT_SIZE))
 
 do_autoreconf $PKG_BUILD
diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 80d4be9b16..cd735432dd 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 if [ ! -f $STAMP ]; then
   rm -f $STAMP
 
-  printf "%${INDENT}c BUILD    $1\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+  printf "%${INDENT}c BUILD    $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
   export INDENT=$((${INDENT:-1}+$INDENT_SIZE))
 
   for p in $PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS; do
diff --git a/scripts/create_addon b/scripts/create_addon
index f72c049742..b1e6c9a841 100755
--- a/scripts/create_addon
+++ b/scripts/create_addon
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 
 $SCRIPTS/build $@
 
-printf  "%${INDENT}c CREATE ADDON  $1\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+printf  "%${INDENT}c CREATE ADDON  $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
 export INDENT=$((${INDENT:-1}+$INDENT_SIZE))
 
 if [ -f $PKG_DIR/addon ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/get b/scripts/get
index e1639ab056..d901d9114e 100755
--- a/scripts/get
+++ b/scripts/get
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if [ -n "$PKG_URL" ]; then
 
     rm -f $STAMP
 
-    printf "%${INDENT}c GET      $1\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+    printf "%${INDENT}c GET      $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
     export INDENT=$((${INDENT:-1}+$INDENT_SIZE))
 
     until [ -f "$STAMP" ] || $WGET_CMD $i || $WGET_CMD $PACKAGE_MIRROR; do
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 86b9bca7e8..beb266c95e 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fi
 
 $SCRIPTS/build $@
 
-printf  "%${INDENT}c INSTALL  $1\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+printf  "%${INDENT}c INSTALL  $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
 export INDENT=$((${INDENT:-1}+$INDENT_SIZE))
 
 for p in $PKG_DEPENDS; do
diff --git a/scripts/unpack b/scripts/unpack
index a7c88580bb..dee9593ff1 100755
--- a/scripts/unpack
+++ b/scripts/unpack
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ done
 
 [ -f "$STAMP" ] && exit 0
 
-printf "%${INDENT}c UNPACK   $1\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+printf "%${INDENT}c UNPACK   $1\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
 export INDENT=$((${INDENT:-1}+$INDENT_SIZE))
 
 rm -rf $BUILD/$1[-_][0-9]*
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ for i in $PKG_DIR/patches/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION*.patch ; do
     PATCH=`basename $i`
     PT=`echo $PATCH | sed 's/.*\.\(.*\)$/\1/'`
     if [ "$PT" != "patch" -a "$PT" != "$TARGET_ARCH" ]; then
-      printf "%${INDENT}c SKIP PATCH:   $i\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+      printf "%${INDENT}c SKIP PATCH:   $i\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
       continue;
     else
-      printf "%${INDENT}c APPLY PATCH:   $i\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+      printf "%${INDENT}c APPLY PATCH:   $i\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
       cat $i | patch -d `echo "$PKG_BUILD" | cut -f1 -d\ ` -p1 >&$VERBOSE_OUT
     fi
   fi
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ done
 [ -f "$PKG_DIR/unpack" ] && $PKG_DIR/unpack $@ >&$VERBOSE_OUT
 
 for config in `find $BUILD/$1* -name config.guess | sed 's/config.guess//'`; do
-  printf "%${INDENT}c FIXCONFIG:   $config\n" >&$SILENT_OUT
+  printf "%${INDENT}c FIXCONFIG:   $config\n" ' '>&$SILENT_OUT
 
   [ -f "$config/config.guess" ] && cp -f $SCRIPTS/configtools/config.guess $config
   [ -f "$config/config.sub" ] && cp -f $SCRIPTS/configtools/config.sub $config