diff --git a/media-libs/aalib/aalib-1.4rc4.recipe b/media-libs/aalib/aalib-1.4rc4.recipe
index 29a13d8cb..aade064cd 100644
--- a/media-libs/aalib/aalib-1.4rc4.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/aalib/aalib-1.4rc4.recipe
@@ -1,31 +1,85 @@
-DESCRIPTION="aalib is an ASCII rendering 2D library" 
+SUMMARY="aalib is an ASCII rendering 2D library"
+DESCRIPTION="aalib is a software library which allows applications to
+	automatically convert still and moving images into ASCII art.
+"
 HOMEPAGE="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/" 
 SRC_URI="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc4.tar.gz"
-#CHECKSUM_MD5="fddc3c704c5489de2a3cf0fedfec59db"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
+SOURCE_DIR="aalib-1.4.0"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="d5aa8e9eae07b7441298b5c30490f6a6"
+REVISION="2"
+LICENSE="Public Domain"
+COPYRIGHT="1997 by Jam Hubicka"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	aalib$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion  compat >= 1
+	lib:libaa$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.0.4 compat >= 1
+"
+
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:makeinfo
+"
+
+PATCHES="
+	aalib-1.4rc4.patch
+"
+
 BUILD()
 {
-	cd aalib-1.4.0
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-#	aclocal
-#	autoconf
-#	automake
-	MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
-	LIBDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY`
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--libdir=$LIBDIR \
-		--mandir=$MANDIR \
-		--enable-static
-	make
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	automake --add-missing
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	cd aalib-1.4.0
 	make install
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libaa
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+				$binDir \
+				$developDir \
+				$manDir/man3
 }
 
-LICENSE="Public Domain"
-#COPYRIGHT=""
+# ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	libaa${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	cmd:aafire${secondaryArchSuffix} = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	cmd:aainfo${secondaryArchSuffix} = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	cmd:aalib_config${secondaryArchSuffix} = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	cmd:aasavefont${secondaryArchSuffix} = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	cmd:aatest${secondaryArchSuffix} = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	devel:libaa$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1
+"
+
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	libaa$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	lib:libaa$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.0.4 compat >= 1
+	lib:libroot$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
diff --git a/media-libs/aalib/patches/aalib-1.4rc4.patch b/media-libs/aalib/patches/aalib-1.4rc4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52cf48b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/aalib/patches/aalib-1.4rc4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- aalib-1.4.0/configure.in	2001-04-24 14:00:02.060293120 +0000
++++ aalib-1.4.0-haiku/configure.in	2013-11-29 18:22:31.000000000 +0000
+@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
+ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+
+-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(src/config.h)
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(src/config.h)
+
+ dnl Initialize the compiler and linker flags for AALIB applications
diff --git a/media-sound/bladeenc/bladeenc-0.94.2.recipe b/media-sound/bladeenc/bladeenc-0.94.2.recipe
index 24e084884..e35ea82eb 100644
--- a/media-sound/bladeenc/bladeenc-0.94.2.recipe
+++ b/media-sound/bladeenc/bladeenc-0.94.2.recipe
@@ -1,25 +1,54 @@
-DESCRIPTION="BladeEnc is a free cross-platform MP3 encoder released under the LGPL." 
+SUMMARY="BladeEnc is a free cross-platform MP3 encoder"
+DESCRIPTION="BladeEnc is a free, cross-platform, console-based MP3 encoder,
+		based on the ISO reference code. It is mostly intended for high quality
+		encoding in high bitrates.
+"
 HOMEPAGE="http://bladeenc.mp3.no/" 
 SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.free.fr/.mirrors1/ftp.gentoo.org/distfiles/bladeenc-0.94.2-src-stable.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="9b9f6eafe1637a48a67f0a0f8f6e71ad"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
+REVISION="2"
+LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1"
+COPYRIGHT="1998-2000 Tord Jansson"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	bladeenc = $portVersion
+	cmd:bladeenc
+"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:autoconf
+"
+
+PATCHES="
+	bladeenc-0.94.2.patch
+"
+
 BUILD()
 {
-	cd bladeenc-0.94.2
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
 	aclocal
 	automake --add-missing
 	autoconf
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	runConfigure ./configure
 	make
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	cd bladeenc-0.94.2
 	make install
 }
-LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1"
-COPYRIGHT="1998-2000 Tord Jansson"
diff --git a/media-sound/bladeenc/patches/bladeenc-0.94.2.patch b/media-sound/bladeenc/patches/bladeenc-0.94.2.patch
index 48ed25fb9..db7f02391 100644
--- a/media-sound/bladeenc/patches/bladeenc-0.94.2.patch
+++ b/media-sound/bladeenc/patches/bladeenc-0.94.2.patch
@@ -19,4 +19,16 @@ diff -urN bladeenc-0.94.2/bladeenc/system.h bladeenc-0.94.2-haiku/bladeenc/syste
 +#	if defined __BEOS__ || defined __HAIKU__
  #		define		SYSTEM		BEOS
  #	endif
+
+diff -aurN bladeenc-0.94.2/configure.in bladeenc-0.94.2-haiku/configure.in
+--- bladeenc-0.94.2/configure.in	2001-05-03 10:32:44.040894464 +0000
++++ bladeenc-0.94.2-haiku/configure.in	2013-11-30 16:49:17.864026624 +0000
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+ AC_INIT(Makefile.am)
+
+-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
+
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(bladeenc,0.94.2)
  
diff --git a/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.recipe b/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.recipe
index cf88b843d..be5c4fb85 100644
--- a/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.recipe
@@ -1,31 +1,56 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Handy console-based calculator utility" 
+SUMMARY="Handy console-based calculator utility"
+DESCRIPTION="bc is an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
+	Syntax is similar to C, but differs in many substantial areas. It
+	supports interactive execution of statements. bc is a utility included
+	in the POSIX P1003.2/D11 draft standard.
+"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/bc/bc.html" 
 SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
 CHECKSUM_MD5="d44b5dddebd8a7a7309aea6c36fda117"
+REVISION="2"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2
+	GNU LGPL v2.1"
+COPYRIGHT="1991-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	bc = $portVersion
+	cmd:bc
+	cmd:dc
+"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:flex
+	cmd:bison
+"
+
+PATCHES="
+	bc-1.06.patch
+"
+
 BUILD()
 {
-	cd bc-1.06
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
-		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man 
-	make
+	runConfigure --omit-dirs "docDir dataRootDir" ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	cd bc-1.06
-	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+	make install 
 }
 
 TEST()
 {
-	cd bc-1.06/Test
 	timetest
 }
-
-LICENSE="GNU GPL v2
-	GNU LGPL v2.1"
-COPYRIGHT="1991-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc."