diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
index c26c9b7ea2c..835e6db6217 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'glib-devel'.
 #
-revision=2
+revision=3
 short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index 2502396fdc4..8a72c3a6f60 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.30.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.30/glib-$version.tar.xz"
 patch_args="-Np1"
-configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
+configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static --with-pic=yes"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
index 0badbf2492e..9b68bea444c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/json-glib-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'json-glib-devel'.
 #
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-glib/template b/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
index 15de4abf49d..d5e05e8b215 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-glib/template
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Template build file for 'json-glib'.
 pkgname=json-glib
 version=0.14.2
-revision=1
+revision=3
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/0.14/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-configure_args="--enable-static"
+configure_args="--enable-static --with-pic=yes"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-revision=2
 short_desc="A JSON parser for GLib-based libraries and applications"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/JsonGlib"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libffi/libffi-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libffi/libffi-devel.template
index 924c21fcc72..959793e673c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libffi/libffi-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libffi/libffi-devel.template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=1
+revision=2
 
 Add_dependency run glibc-devel
 Add_dependency run libffi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libffi/template b/srcpkgs/libffi/template
index 5fcda8bee6f..0aed82f60e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libffi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libffi/template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pkgname=libffi
 version=3.0.10
 distfiles="ftp://sourceware.org/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--includedir=/usr/include"
-revision=1
+configure_args="--includedir=/usr/include --with-pic=yes"
+revision=2
 short_desc="Library supporting Foreign Function Interfaces"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://sourceware.org/libffi"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template
index fab7c0847df..5831a5a0f6b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgee/libgee-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgee-devel'.
 #
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgee/template b/srcpkgs/libgee/template
index 1bd10bb69a5..d9e8ca4a4e5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgee/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgee/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libgee'
 pkgname=libgee
 version=0.6.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Libgee"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/0.6/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-configure_args="--enable-static"
+configure_args="--enable-static --with-pic=yes"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GObject collection library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcre.template b/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcre.template
index 6b7b1f3510c..724adb21353 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcre.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcre.template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains the shared libraries for use in client programs."
 
-revision=1
+revision=2
 replaces="pcre<8.11"
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcrecpp.template b/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcrecpp.template
index a840c2207d6..f5708f514cb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcrecpp.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcre/libpcrecpp.template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libpcrecpp'.
 #
+revision=1
 short_desc="${short_desc} - C++ shared libraries"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcre/pcre-devel.template b/srcpkgs/pcre/pcre-devel.template
index b529d24fc98..6ecee0fd5ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcre/pcre-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcre/pcre-devel.template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=1
+revision=2
 
 Add_dependency run zlib-devel
 Add_dependency run bzip2-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcre/template b/srcpkgs/pcre/template
index 0b552d238fc..ffac454b667 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcre/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcre/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'pcre'
 pkgname=pcre
 version=8.21
+revision=1
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pcre/pcre-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-utf8 --enable-unicode-properties
+configure_args="--enable-utf8 --enable-unicode-properties --with-pic
 --enable-pcregrep-libz --enable-pcregrep-libbz2 --enable-newline-is-anycrlf"
 short_desc="Perl Compatible Regular Expressions"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"