diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index c659ff0b..2df7ecc7 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ while(it) {
   if(fn) {
     fn(it->data);
   } else {
-    return(1);
+    return 1;
   }
   free(it);
   it = ptr;
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data)
        NOT
     // This is a comment
 
-5.  Return statements should be written like a function call.
+5.  Return statements should *not* be written like function calls.
 
-    return(0);
-       NOT
     return 0;
+       NOT
+    return(0);
 
 6.  The sizeof() operator should accept a type, not a value. (TODO: in certain
     cases, it may be better- should this be a set guideline? Read "The Practice
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 702b12e9..0a5cb539 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_add_pkg(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 				/* with the NEEDED flag, packages up to date are not reinstalled */
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s-%s is up to date -- skipping\n"),
 						localpkgname, localpkgver);
-				return(0);
+				return 0;
 			} else {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s-%s is up to date -- reinstalling\n"),
 						localpkgname, localpkgver);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_add_pkg(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 						pkgname, pkgver);
 	trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, pkg);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int perform_extraction(struct archive *archive,
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ static int perform_extraction(struct archive *archive,
 				origname, archive_error_string(archive));
 		alpm_logaction("error: could not extract %s (%s)\n",
 				origname, archive_error_string(archive));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 		 * already been handled (for future possibilities) */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "skipping extraction of '%s'\n", entryname);
 		archive_read_data_skip(archive);
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	} else {
 		/* build the new entryname relative to handle->root */
 		snprintf(filename, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, entryname);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 		alpm_logaction("note: %s is in NoExtract, skipping extraction\n",
 				entryname);
 		archive_read_data_skip(archive);
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Check for file existence. This is one of the more crucial parts
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "extract: skipping dir extraction of %s\n",
 						entryname);
 				archive_read_data_skip(archive);
-				return(0);
+				return 0;
 			} else {
 				/* case 10/11: trying to overwrite dir with file/symlink, don't allow it */
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("extract: not overwriting dir with file %s\n"),
 						entryname);
 				archive_read_data_skip(archive);
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 		} else if(S_ISLNK(lsbuf.st_mode) && S_ISDIR(entrymode)) {
 			/* case 9: existing symlink, dir in package */
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "extract: skipping symlink overwrite of %s\n",
 						entryname);
 				archive_read_data_skip(archive);
-				return(0);
+				return 0;
 			} else {
 				/* this is BAD. symlink was not to a directory */
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("extract: symlink %s does not point to dir\n"),
 						entryname);
 				archive_read_data_skip(archive);
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 		} else if(S_ISREG(lsbuf.st_mode) && S_ISDIR(entrymode)) {
 			/* case 6: trying to overwrite file with dir */
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 			/* error */
 			FREE(hash_orig);
 			FREE(entryname_orig);
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 
 		hash_local = alpm_compute_md5sum(filename);
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 		if(ret == 1) {
 			/* error */
 			FREE(entryname_orig);
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 
 		/* calculate an hash if this is in newpkg's backup */
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 		}
 	}
 	FREE(entryname_orig);
-	return(errors);
+	return errors;
 }
 
 static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, size_t pkg_current,
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, size_t pkg_current,
 
 cleanup:
 	_alpm_pkg_free(oldpkg);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
 
 	if(trans->add == NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	pkg_count = alpm_list_count(trans->add);
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 	/* loop through our package list adding/upgrading one at a time */
 	for(targ = trans->add; targ; targ = targ->next) {
 		if(handle->trans->state == STATE_INTERRUPTED) {
-			return(ret);
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		pmpkg_t *newpkg = (pmpkg_t *)targ->data;
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 		_alpm_ldconfig(handle->root);
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index db2a63de..4d40d675 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_initialize(void)
 		/* error code should be set */
 		_alpm_handle_free(handle);
 		handle = NULL;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_initialize(void)
 	handle->curl = curl_easy_init();
 #endif
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Release the library.  This should be the last alpm call you make.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(void)
 	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
 
 	if(alpm_db_unregister_all() == -1) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_handle_free(handle);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(void)
 	curl_global_cleanup();
 #endif
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** @} */
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(void)
 
 /* Get the version of library */
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_version(void) {
-	return(LIB_VERSION);
+	return LIB_VERSION;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm_list.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm_list.c
index f0619bcd..0a3f6502 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm_list.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm_list.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data)
 
 	ptr = calloc(1, sizeof(alpm_list_t));
 	if(ptr == NULL) {
-		return(list);
+		return list;
 	}
 
 	ptr->data = data;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data)
 	/* Special case: the input list is empty */
 	if(list == NULL) {
 		ptr->prev = ptr;
-		return(ptr);
+		return ptr;
 	}
 
 	lp = alpm_list_last(list);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data)
 	ptr->prev = lp;
 	list->prev = ptr;
 
-	return(list);
+	return list;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_add(alpm_list_t *list, void *data)
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_add_sorted(alpm_list_t *list, void *data, alpm_list_fn_cmp fn)
 {
 	if(!fn || !list) {
-		return(alpm_list_add(list, data));
+		return alpm_list_add(list, data);
 	} else {
 		alpm_list_t *add = NULL, *prev = NULL, *next = list;
 
 		add = calloc(1, sizeof(alpm_list_t));
 		if(add == NULL) {
-			return(list);
+			return list;
 		}
 		add->data = data;
 
@@ -146,19 +146,19 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_add_sorted(alpm_list_t *list, void *data, alpm_
 			add->prev = list->prev; /* list != NULL */
 			add->next = list;
 			list->prev = add;
-			return(add);
+			return add;
 		} else if(next == NULL) { /* another special case: add last element */
 			add->prev = prev;
 			add->next = NULL;
 			prev->next = add;
 			list->prev = add;
-			return(list);
+			return list;
 		} else {
 			add->prev = prev;
 			add->next = next;
 			next->prev = add;
 			prev->next = add;
-			return(list);
+			return list;
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_join(alpm_list_t *first, alpm_list_t *second)
 	alpm_list_t *tmp;
 
 	if (first == NULL) {
-		return(second);
+		return second;
 	}
 	if (second == NULL) {
-		return(first);
+		return first;
 	}
 	/* tmp is the last element of the first list */
 	tmp = first->prev;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_join(alpm_list_t *first, alpm_list_t *second)
 	/* set the back reference to the tail */
 	second->prev = tmp;
 
-	return(first);
+	return first;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_mmerge(alpm_list_t *left, alpm_list_t *right, a
 	}
 	newlist->prev = lp;
 
-	return(newlist);
+	return newlist;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_msort(alpm_list_t *list, size_t n, alpm_list_fn
 		right = alpm_list_msort(right, n - (n/2), fn);
 		list = alpm_list_mmerge(left, right, fn);
 	}
-	return(list);
+	return list;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove_item(alpm_list_t *haystack,
 		alpm_list_t *item)
 {
 	if(haystack == NULL || item == NULL) {
-		return(haystack);
+		return haystack;
 	}
 
 	if(item == haystack) {
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove_item(alpm_list_t *haystack,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(haystack);
+	return haystack;
 }
 
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove(alpm_list_t *haystack,
 	}
 
 	if(needle == NULL) {
-		return(haystack);
+		return haystack;
 	}
 
 	while(i) {
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove(alpm_list_t *haystack,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(haystack);
+	return haystack;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove(alpm_list_t *haystack,
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove_str(alpm_list_t *haystack,
 		const char *needle, char **data)
 {
-	return(alpm_list_remove(haystack, (const void *)needle,
-				(alpm_list_fn_cmp)strcmp, (void **)data));
+	return alpm_list_remove(haystack, (const void *)needle,
+			(alpm_list_fn_cmp)strcmp, (void **)data);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_remove_dupes(const alpm_list_t *list)
 		}
 		lp = lp->next;
 	}
-	return(newlist);
+	return newlist;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_strdup(const alpm_list_t *list)
 		newlist = alpm_list_add(newlist, strdup(lp->data));
 		lp = lp->next;
 	}
-	return(newlist);
+	return newlist;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_copy(const alpm_list_t *list)
 		newlist = alpm_list_add(newlist, lp->data);
 		lp = lp->next;
 	}
-	return(newlist);
+	return newlist;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_copy_data(const alpm_list_t *list,
 			lp = lp->next;
 		}
 	}
-	return(newlist);
+	return newlist;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_reverse(alpm_list_t *list)
 	alpm_list_t *newlist = NULL, *backup;
 
 	if(list == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	lp = alpm_list_last(list);
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_reverse(alpm_list_t *list)
 		lp = lp->prev;
 	}
 	list->prev = backup; /* restore tail pointer */
-	return(newlist);
+	return newlist;
 }
 
 /* Accessors */
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_reverse(alpm_list_t *list)
 inline alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_first(const alpm_list_t *list)
 {
 	if(list) {
-		return((alpm_list_t*)list);
+		return (alpm_list_t *)list;
 	} else {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_nth(const alpm_list_t *list, size_t n)
 	while(n--) {
 		i = i->next;
 	}
-	return((alpm_list_t*)i);
+	return (alpm_list_t *)i;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_nth(const alpm_list_t *list, size_t n)
 inline alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_next(const alpm_list_t *node)
 {
 	if(node) {
-		return(node->next);
+		return node->next;
 	} else {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ inline alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_next(const alpm_list_t *node)
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_last(const alpm_list_t *list)
 {
 	if(list) {
-		return(list->prev);
+		return list->prev;
 	} else {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_last(const alpm_list_t *list)
  */
 void SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_getdata(const alpm_list_t *node)
 {
-	if(node == NULL) return(NULL);
-	return(node->data);
+	if(node == NULL) return NULL;
+	return node->data;
 }
 
 /* Misc */
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ size_t SYMEXPORT alpm_list_count(const alpm_list_t *list)
 		++i;
 		lp = lp->next;
 	}
-	return(i);
+	return i;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -620,17 +620,17 @@ void SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_find(const alpm_list_t *haystack, const void *needle,
 	const alpm_list_t *lp = haystack;
 	while(lp) {
 		if(lp->data && fn(lp->data, needle) == 0) {
-			return(lp->data);
+			return lp->data;
 		}
 		lp = lp->next;
 	}
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* trivial helper function for alpm_list_find_ptr */
 static int ptr_cmp(const void *p, const void *q)
 {
-	return(p != q);
+	return (p != q);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -643,9 +643,10 @@ static int ptr_cmp(const void *p, const void *q)
  *
  * @return `needle` if found, NULL otherwise
  */
-void SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_find_ptr(const alpm_list_t *haystack, const void *needle)
+void SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_find_ptr(const alpm_list_t *haystack,
+		const void *needle)
 {
-	return(alpm_list_find(haystack, needle, ptr_cmp));
+	return alpm_list_find(haystack, needle, ptr_cmp);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -659,8 +660,8 @@ void SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_find_ptr(const alpm_list_t *haystack, const void *need
 char SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_find_str(const alpm_list_t *haystack,
 		const char *needle)
 {
-	return((char *)alpm_list_find(haystack, (const void*)needle,
-				(alpm_list_fn_cmp)strcmp));
+	return (char *)alpm_list_find(haystack, (const void *)needle,
+			(alpm_list_fn_cmp)strcmp);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -745,7 +746,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_list_diff(const alpm_list_t *lhs,
 
 	alpm_list_free(left);
 	alpm_list_free(right);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/backup.c b/lib/libalpm/backup.c
index ca955ca4..7df97471 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/backup.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/backup.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int backup_split(const char *string, char **file, char **hash)
 			/* don't need our dup as the fname wasn't requested, so free it */
 			FREE(str);
 		}
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	*ptr = '\0';
 	ptr++;
@@ -59,21 +59,21 @@ static int backup_split(const char *string, char **file, char **hash)
 		*hash = strdup(ptr);
 	}
 	FREE(str);
-	return(1);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 char *_alpm_backup_file(const char *string)
 {
 	char *file = NULL;
 	backup_split(string, &file, NULL);
-	return(file);
+	return file;
 }
 
 char *_alpm_backup_hash(const char *string)
 {
 	char *hash = NULL;
 	backup_split(string, NULL, &hash);
-	return(hash);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 /* Look for a filename in a pmpkg_t.backup list.  If we find it,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ char *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(file == NULL || backup == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* run through the backup list and parse out the hash for our file */
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ char *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup)
 		}
 		if(strcmp(file, filename) == 0) {
 			FREE(filename);
-			return(hash);
+			return hash;
 		}
 		FREE(filename);
 		FREE(hash);
 	}
 
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index c3461b77..d023fcd7 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 #define LAZY_LOAD(info, errret) \
 	do { \
 		ALPM_LOG_FUNC; \
-		ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(errret)); \
-		ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(errret)); \
+		ASSERT(handle != NULL, return (errret)); \
+		ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return (errret)); \
 		if(pkg->origin != PKG_FROM_FILE && !(pkg->infolevel & info)) { \
 			_alpm_local_db_read(pkg->origin_data.db, pkg, info); \
 		} \
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ static const char *_cache_get_filename(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 static const char *_cache_get_name(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	return pkg->name;
 }
 
 static const char *_cache_get_version(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	return pkg->version;
 }
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ static int _cache_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(-1));
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(-1));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return -1);
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 
 	if(!(pkg->infolevel & INFRQ_SCRIPTLET)) {
 		_alpm_local_db_read(pkg->origin_data.db, pkg, INFRQ_SCRIPTLET);
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	if(pkg->origin == PKG_FROM_LOCALDB
 		 && !(pkg->infolevel & INFRQ_FILES)) {
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	if(pkg->origin == PKG_FROM_LOCALDB
 		 && !(pkg->infolevel & INFRQ_FILES)) {
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ static void *_cache_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	char clfile[PATH_MAX];
 	snprintf(clfile, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/%s-%s/changelog",
@@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ static void *_cache_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 static size_t _cache_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
 		const pmpkg_t *pkg, const void *fp)
 {
-	return ( fread(ptr, 1, size, (FILE*)fp) );
+	return fread(ptr, 1, size, (FILE *)fp);
 }
 
 /*
 static int _cache_changelog_feof(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 {
-	return( feof((FILE*)fp) );
+	return feof((FILE*)fp);
 }
 */
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int _cache_changelog_feof(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
  */
 static int _cache_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 {
-	return( fclose((FILE*)fp) );
+	return fclose((FILE *)fp);
 }
 
 
@@ -345,14 +345,14 @@ static int checkdbdir(pmdb_t *db)
 			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_SYSTEM, -1);
 		}
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int is_dir(const char *path, struct dirent *entry)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
 	if(entry->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN) {
-		return(entry->d_type == DT_DIR);
+		return (entry->d_type == DT_DIR);
 	}
 #endif
 	{
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ static int is_dir(const char *path, struct dirent *entry)
 		snprintf(buffer, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
 
 		if (!stat(buffer, &sbuf)) {
-			return(S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode));
+			return S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode);
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	if(dbdir == NULL) {
 		if(errno == ENOENT) {
 			/* no database existing yet is not an error */
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_OPEN, -1);
 	}
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	if(count > 0) {
 		db->pkgcache->list = alpm_list_msort(db->pkgcache->list, (size_t)count, _alpm_pkg_cmp);
 	}
-	return(count);
+	return count;
 }
 
 /* Note: the return value must be freed by the caller */
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static char *get_pkgpath(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 	len = strlen(dbpath) + strlen(info->name) + strlen(info->version) + 3;
 	MALLOC(pkgpath, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	sprintf(pkgpath, "%s%s-%s/", dbpath, info->name, info->version);
-	return(pkgpath);
+	return pkgpath;
 }
 
 
@@ -509,14 +509,14 @@ int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 
 	if(info == NULL || info->name == NULL || info->version == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "invalid package entry provided to _alpm_local_db_read, skipping\n");
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if(info->origin != PKG_FROM_LOCALDB) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG,
 				"request to read info for a non-local package '%s', skipping...\n",
 				info->name);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* bitmask logic here:
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 	 * == to inforeq? nope, we need to load more info. */
 	if((info->infolevel & inforeq) == inforeq) {
 		/* already loaded all of this info, do nothing */
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_FUNCTION, "loading package data for %s : level=0x%x\n",
 			info->name, inforeq);
@@ -706,14 +706,14 @@ int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 	info->infolevel |= inforeq;
 
 	free(pkgpath);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 
 error:
 	free(pkgpath);
 	if(fp) {
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
-	return(-1);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 	char *pkgpath = NULL;
 
 	if(checkdbdir(db) != 0) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	oldmask = umask(0000);
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 	free(pkgpath);
 	umask(oldmask);
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL || info == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	pkgpath = get_pkgpath(db, info);
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 	oldmask = umask(0022);
 
 	if(strcmp(db->treename, "local") != 0) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* DESC */
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ cleanup:
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 int _alpm_local_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 	if(ret != 0) {
 		ret = -1;
 	}
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int local_db_version(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ done:
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "local database version %d\n", version);
-	return(version);
+	return version;
 }
 
 struct db_operations local_db_ops = {
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_local(void)
 	}
 
 	handle->db_local = db;
-	return(db);
+	return db;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
index f4837890..fbd2c0c7 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void *_package_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	struct archive *archive = NULL;
 	struct archive_entry *entry;
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ static void *_package_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 		const char *entry_name = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
 
 		if(strcmp(entry_name, ".CHANGELOG") == 0) {
-			return(archive);
+			return archive;
 		}
 	}
 	/* we didn't find a changelog */
 	archive_read_finish(archive);
 	errno = ENOENT;
 
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ static size_t _package_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
 	/* Report error (negative values) */
 	if(sret < 0) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE;
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	} else {
-		return((size_t)sret);
+		return (size_t)sret;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static size_t _package_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
 static int _package_changelog_feof(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 {
 	// note: this doesn't quite work, no feof in libarchive
-	return( archive_read_data((struct archive*)fp, NULL, 0) );
+	return archive_read_data((struct archive*)fp, NULL, 0);
 }
 */
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int _package_changelog_feof(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
  */
 static int _package_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 {
-	return( archive_read_finish((struct archive *)fp) );
+	return archive_read_finish((struct archive *)fp);
 }
 
 /** Package file operations struct accessor. We implement this as a method
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static struct pkg_operations *get_file_pkg_ops(void)
 		file_pkg_ops.changelog_close = _package_changelog_close;
 		file_pkg_ops_initialized = 1;
 	}
-	return(&file_pkg_ops);
+	return &file_pkg_ops;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int parse_descfile(struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 		line[0] = '\0';
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static pmpkg_t *pkg_load(const char *pkgfile, int full)
 		newpkg->infolevel = INFRQ_BASE | INFRQ_DESC;
 	}
 
-	return(newpkg);
+	return newpkg;
 
 pkg_invalid:
 	pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ error:
 	_alpm_pkg_free(newpkg);
 	archive_read_finish(archive);
 
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /** Create a package from a file.
@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_load(const char *filename, int full, pmpkg_t **pkg)
 	*pkg = pkg_load(filename, full);
 	if(*pkg == NULL) {
 		/* pm_errno is set by pkg_load */
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index 98516fd8..4966ce6f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -133,17 +133,17 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 	if(ret == 1) {
 		/* files match, do nothing */
 		pm_errno = 0;
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	} else if(ret == -1) {
 		/* pm_errno was set by the download code */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "failed to sync db: %s\n", alpm_strerrorlast());
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* Cache needs to be rebuilt */
 	_alpm_db_free_pkgcache(db);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Forward decl so I don't reorganize the whole file right now */
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static size_t estimate_package_count(struct stat *st, struct archive *archive)
 			/* assume it is at least somewhat compressed */
 			per_package = 200;
 	}
-	return((size_t)(st->st_size / per_package) + 1);
+	return (size_t)((st->st_size / per_package) + 1);
 }
 
 static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	}
 	archive_read_finish(archive);
 
-	return(count);
+	return count;
 }
 
 #define READ_NEXT(s) do { \
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
 	}
 	if(entryname == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "invalid archive entry provided to _alpm_sync_db_read, skipping\n");
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_FUNCTION, "loading package data from archive entry %s\n",
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
 	if(pkg == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package %s not found in %s sync database",
 					pkgname, db->treename);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if(strcmp(filename, "desc") == 0 || strcmp(filename, "depends") == 0
@@ -452,12 +452,12 @@ static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
 error:
 	FREE(pkgname);
 	/* TODO: return 0 always? */
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sync_db_version(pmdb_t *db)
 {
-	return(2);
+	return 2;
 }
 
 struct db_operations sync_db_ops = {
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(const char *treename)
 	db->ops = &sync_db_ops;
 
 	handle->dbs_sync = alpm_list_add(handle->dbs_sync, db);
-	return(db);
+	return db;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
index 6faced16..b4ecd659 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pmconflict_t *_alpm_conflict_new(const char *package1, const char *package2,
 	STRDUP(conflict->package2, package2, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	STRDUP(conflict->reason, reason, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(conflict);
+	return conflict;
 }
 
 void _alpm_conflict_free(pmconflict_t *conflict)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pmconflict_t *_alpm_conflict_dup(const pmconflict_t *conflict)
 	STRDUP(newconflict->package2, conflict->package2, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	STRDUP(newconflict->reason, conflict->reason, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(newconflict);
+	return newconflict;
 }
 
 static int conflict_isin(pmconflict_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack)
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ static int conflict_isin(pmconflict_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack)
 		const char *cpkg2 = conflict->package2;
 		if((strcmp(cpkg1, npkg1) == 0  && strcmp(cpkg2, npkg2) == 0)
 				|| (strcmp(cpkg1, npkg2) == 0 && strcmp(cpkg2, npkg1) == 0)) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Adds the pkg1/pkg2 conflict to the baddeps list
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_innerconflicts(alpm_list_t *packages)
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs targets\n");
 	check_conflict(packages, packages, &baddeps, 0);
 
-	return(baddeps);
+	return baddeps;
 }
 
 /* Check for target vs (db - target) conflicts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	alpm_list_t *dblist = alpm_list_diff(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db),
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages)
 	check_conflict(dblist, packages, &baddeps, -1);
 
 	alpm_list_free(dblist);
-	return(baddeps);
+	return baddeps;
 }
 
 /** Check the package conflicts in a database
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages)
  * @return an alpm_list_t of pmconflict_t
  */
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkconflicts(alpm_list_t *pkglist) {
-	return(_alpm_innerconflicts(pkglist));
+	return _alpm_innerconflicts(pkglist);
 }
 
 /* Returns a alpm_list_t* of file conflicts.
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *chk_fileconflicts(alpm_list_t *filesA, alpm_list_t *filesB)
 	  }
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Returns a alpm_list_t* of files that are in filesA but *NOT* in filesB
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *chk_filedifference(alpm_list_t *filesA, alpm_list_t *filesB)
 		pA = pA->next;
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Adds pmfileconflict_t to a conflicts list. Pass the conflicts list, type (either
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *add_fileconflict(alpm_list_t *conflicts,
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "found file conflict %s, packages %s and %s\n",
 	          filestr, name1, name2 ? name2 : "(filesystem)");
 
-	return(conflicts);
+	return conflicts;
 }
 
 void _alpm_fileconflict_free(pmfileconflict_t *conflict)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int dir_belongsto_pkg(char *dirpath, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	snprintf(abspath, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, dirpath);
 	dir = opendir(abspath);
 	if(dir == NULL) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	while((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		const char *name = ent->d_name;
@@ -363,19 +363,19 @@ static int dir_belongsto_pkg(char *dirpath, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 				continue;
 			} else {
 				closedir(dir);
-				return(0);
+				return 0;
 			}
 		} else {
 			if(alpm_list_find_str(alpm_pkg_get_files(pkg), path)) {
 				continue;
 			} else {
 				closedir(dir);
-				return(0);
+				return 0;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
-	return(1);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /* Find file conflicts that may occur during the transaction with two checks:
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmdb_t *db, pmtrans_t *trans,
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL || upgrade == NULL || trans == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* TODO this whole function needs a huge change, which hopefully will
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmdb_t *db, pmtrans_t *trans,
 	PROGRESS(trans, PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_CONFLICTS_START, "", 100,
 			numtargs, current);
 
-	return(conflicts);
+	return conflicts;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_conflict_get_package1(pmconflict_t *conflict)
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_conflict_get_package1(pmconflict_t *conflict)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return conflict->package1;
 }
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_conflict_get_package2(pmconflict_t *conflict)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return conflict->package2;
 }
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_conflict_get_reason(pmconflict_t *conflict)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return conflict->reason;
 }
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fileconflict_get_target(pmfileconflict_t *conflict)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return conflict->target;
 }
@@ -592,8 +592,8 @@ pmfileconflicttype_t SYMEXPORT alpm_fileconflict_get_type(pmfileconflict_t *conf
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(-1));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(-1));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return -1);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return -1);
 
 	return conflict->type;
 }
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fileconflict_get_file(pmfileconflict_t *conflict)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return conflict->file;
 }
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fileconflict_get_ctarget(pmfileconflict_t *conflict)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(conflict != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return conflict->ctarget;
 }
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index fb64faed..20e1999b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_register_sync(const char *treename)
 	/* Do not register a database if a transaction is on-going */
 	ASSERT(handle->trans == NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_NULL, NULL));
 
-	return(_alpm_db_register_sync(treename));
+	return _alpm_db_register_sync(treename);
 }
 
 /* Helper function for alpm_db_unregister{_all} */
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister_all(void)
 		i->data = NULL;
 	}
 	FREELIST(handle->dbs_sync);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Unregister a package database
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db)
 	}
 
 	db->ops->unregister(db);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Set the serverlist of a database.
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_setserver(pmdb_t *db, const char *url)
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "serverlist flushed for '%s'\n", db->treename);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Get the name of a package database
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_name(const pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return db->treename;
 }
@@ -220,13 +220,13 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_url(const pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db->servers != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db->servers != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	url = (char*)db->servers->data;
 
-	return(url);
+	return url;
 }
 
 
@@ -240,11 +240,11 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkg(pmdb_t *db, const char *name)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(name != NULL && strlen(name) != 0, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(name != NULL && strlen(name) != 0, return NULL);
 
-	return(_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, name));
+	return _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, name);
 }
 
 /** Get the package cache of a package database
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db));
+	return _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db);
 }
 
 /** Get a group entry from a package database
@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ pmgrp_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_readgrp(pmdb_t *db, const char *name)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(name != NULL && strlen(name) != 0, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(name != NULL && strlen(name) != 0, return NULL);
 
-	return(_alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(db, name));
+	return _alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(db, name);
 }
 
 /** Get the group cache of a package database
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(_alpm_db_get_grpcache(db));
+	return _alpm_db_get_grpcache(db);
 }
 
 /** Searches a database
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(db != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(_alpm_db_search(db, needles));
+	return _alpm_db_search(db, needles);
 }
 
 /** Set install reason for a package in db
@@ -332,16 +332,16 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_pkgreason(pmdb_t *db, const char *name, pmpkgreason_t
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "setting install reason %u for %s/%s\n", reason, db->treename, name);
 	if(alpm_pkg_get_reason(pkg) == reason) {
 		/* we are done */
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* set reason (in pkgcache) */
 	pkg->reason = reason;
 	/* write DESC */
 	if(_alpm_local_db_write(db, pkg, INFRQ_DESC)) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** @} */
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ pmdb_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local)
 	STRDUP(db->treename, treename, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	db->is_local = is_local;
 
-	return(db);
+	return db;
 }
 
 void _alpm_db_free(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void _alpm_db_free(pmdb_t *db)
 const char *_alpm_db_path(pmdb_t *db)
 {
 	if(!db) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	if(!db->_path) {
 		const char *dbpath;
@@ -402,22 +402,22 @@ const char *_alpm_db_path(pmdb_t *db)
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "database path for tree %s set to %s\n",
 				db->treename, db->_path);
 	}
-	return(db->_path);
+	return db->_path;
 }
 
 int _alpm_db_version(pmdb_t *db)
 {
 	if(!db) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
-	return(db->ops->version(db));
+	return db->ops->version(db);
 }
 
 int _alpm_db_cmp(const void *d1, const void *d2)
 {
 	pmdb_t *db1 = (pmdb_t *)d1;
 	pmdb_t *db2 = (pmdb_t *)d2;
-	return(strcmp(db1->treename, db2->treename));
+	return strcmp(db1->treename, db2->treename);
 }
 
 alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
 		regfree(&reg);
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Returns a new package cache from db.
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ int _alpm_db_load_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	_alpm_db_free_pkgcache(db);
 
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ int _alpm_db_load_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	if(db->ops->populate(db) == -1) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG,
 				"failed to load package cache for repository '%s'\n", db->treename);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	db->pkgcache_loaded = 1;
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void _alpm_db_free_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if(!db->pkgcache_loaded) {
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(pmdb_t *db)
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "warning: pkgcache is NULL for db '%s'\n", db->treename);
 	}
 
-	return(db->pkgcache);
+	return db->pkgcache;
 }
 
 alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	pmpkghash_t *hash = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(db);
 
 	if(hash == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return(hash->list);
+	return hash->list;
 }
 
 /* "duplicate" pkg then add it to pkgcache */
@@ -580,12 +580,12 @@ int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL || !db->pkgcache_loaded || pkg == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	newpkg = _alpm_pkg_dup(pkg);
 	if(newpkg == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding entry '%s' in '%s' cache\n",
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 	_alpm_db_free_grpcache(db);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL || !db->pkgcache_loaded || pkg == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing entry '%s' from '%s' cache\n",
@@ -615,14 +615,14 @@ int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 		/* package not found */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "cannot remove entry '%s' from '%s' cache: not found\n",
 							alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg), db->treename);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_pkg_free(data);
 
 	_alpm_db_free_grpcache(db);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 pmpkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
@@ -630,17 +630,17 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	pmpkghash_t *pkgcache = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(db);
 	if(!pkgcache) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "warning: failed to get '%s' from NULL pkgcache\n",
 				target);
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return(_alpm_pkghash_find(pkgcache, target));
+	return _alpm_pkghash_find(pkgcache, target);
 }
 
 /* Returns a new group cache from db.
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ int _alpm_db_load_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "loading group cache for repository '%s'\n",
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ int _alpm_db_load_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	}
 
 	db->grpcache_loaded = 1;
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void _alpm_db_free_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
@@ -719,14 +719,14 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if(!db->grpcache_loaded) {
 		_alpm_db_load_grpcache(db);
 	}
 
-	return(db->grpcache);
+	return db->grpcache;
 }
 
 pmgrp_t *_alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
@@ -736,18 +736,18 @@ pmgrp_t *_alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(db == NULL || target == NULL || strlen(target) == 0) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_grpcache(db); i; i = i->next) {
 		pmgrp_t *info = i->data;
 
 		if(strcmp(info->name, target) == 0) {
-			return(info);
+			return info;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/delta.c b/lib/libalpm/delta.c
index 10c982f2..d3213fd1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/delta.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/delta.c
@@ -41,32 +41,32 @@
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_delta_get_from(pmdelta_t *delta)
 {
-	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return(NULL));
-	return(delta->from);
+	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return NULL);
+	return delta->from;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_delta_get_to(pmdelta_t *delta)
 {
-	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return(NULL));
-	return(delta->to);
+	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return NULL);
+	return delta->to;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_delta_get_filename(pmdelta_t *delta)
 {
-	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return(NULL));
-	return(delta->delta);
+	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return NULL);
+	return delta->delta;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_delta_get_md5sum(pmdelta_t *delta)
 {
-	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return(NULL));
-	return(delta->delta_md5);
+	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return NULL);
+	return delta->delta_md5;
 }
 
 off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_delta_get_size(pmdelta_t *delta)
 {
-	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return(-1));
-	return(delta->delta_size);
+	ASSERT(delta != NULL, return -1);
+	return delta->delta_size;
 }
 
 /** @} */
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *graph_init(alpm_list_t *deltas, int reverse)
 		}
 		v_i->childptr = v_i->children;
 	}
-	return(vertices);
+	return vertices;
 }
 
 static void graph_init_size(alpm_list_t *vertices)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static off_t shortest_path(alpm_list_t *vertices, const char *to, alpm_list_t **
 	*path = alpm_list_reverse(rpath);
 	alpm_list_free(rpath);
 
-	return(bestsize);
+	return bestsize;
 }
 
 /** Calculates the shortest path from one version to another.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ off_t _alpm_shortest_delta_path(alpm_list_t *deltas,
 
 	if(deltas == NULL) {
 		*path = NULL;
-		return(bestsize);
+		return bestsize;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "started delta shortest-path search for '%s'\n", to);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ off_t _alpm_shortest_delta_path(alpm_list_t *deltas,
 	alpm_list_free(vertices);
 
 	*path = bestpath;
-	return(bestsize);
+	return bestsize;
 }
 
 static alpm_list_t *find_unused(alpm_list_t *deltas, const char *to, off_t quota)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *find_unused(alpm_list_t *deltas, const char *to, off_t quota
 	}
 	alpm_list_free_inner(vertices, _alpm_graph_free);
 	alpm_list_free(vertices);
-	return(unused);
+	return unused;
 }
 
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 			alpm_pkg_get_deltas(pkg),
 			alpm_pkg_get_filename(pkg),
 			pkgsize * MAX_DELTA_RATIO);
-	return(unused);
+	return unused;
 }
 
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line)
 	if(regexec(&reg, line, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
 		/* delta line is invalid, return NULL */
 		regfree(&reg);
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	regfree(&reg);
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line)
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "delta : %s %s '%jd'\n", delta->from, delta->to, (intmax_t)delta->delta_size);
 
-	return(delta);
+	return delta;
 }
 
 void _alpm_delta_free(pmdelta_t *delta)
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index ea579cda..7bb15d08 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pmdepmissing_t *_alpm_depmiss_new(const char *target, pmdepend_t *dep,
 	miss->depend = _alpm_dep_dup(dep);
 	STRDUP(miss->causingpkg, causingpkg, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(miss);
+	return miss;
 }
 
 void _alpm_depmiss_free(pmdepmissing_t *miss)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *dep_graph_init(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		}
 		vertex_i->childptr = vertex_i->children;
 	}
-	return(vertices);
+	return vertices;
 }
 
 /* Re-order a list of target packages with respect to their dependencies.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_list_t *targets, int reverse)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "started sorting dependencies\n");
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_list_t *targets, int reverse)
 	alpm_list_free_inner(vertices, _alpm_graph_free);
 	alpm_list_free(vertices);
 
-	return(newtargs);
+	return newtargs;
 }
 
 pmpkg_t *_alpm_find_dep_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, pmdepend_t *dep)
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_find_dep_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, pmdepend_t *dep)
 	for(i = pkgs; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		if(_alpm_depcmp_tolerant(pkg, dep)) {
-			return(pkg);
+			return pkg;
 		}
 	}
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /** Find a package satisfying a specified dependency.
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, const char *depstring)
 	pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(depstring);
 	pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_find_dep_satisfier(pkgs, dep);
 	_alpm_dep_free(dep);
-	return(pkg);
+	return pkg;
 }
 
 /** Checks dependencies and returns missing ones in a list.
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(alpm_list_t *pkglist, int reversedeps,
 	alpm_list_free(modified);
 	alpm_list_free(dblist);
 
-	return(baddeps);
+	return baddeps;
 }
 
 static int dep_vercmp(const char *version1, pmdepmod_t mod,
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int dep_vercmp(const char *version1, pmdepmod_t mod,
 			default: equal = 1; break;
 		}
 	}
-	return(equal);
+	return equal;
 }
 
 /* nodepversion: skip version checking */
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int _depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
 		satisfy = (strcmp(pkg->name, dep->name) == 0
 				&& dep_vercmp(pkg->version, depmod, dep->version));
 		if(satisfy) {
-			return(satisfy);
+			return satisfy;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int _depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(satisfy);
+	return satisfy;
 }
 
 /* tolerant : respects NODEPVERSION flag */
@@ -384,13 +384,13 @@ int _alpm_depcmp_tolerant(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep)
 		nodepversion = flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPVERSION;
 	}
 
-	return(_depcmp(pkg, dep, nodepversion));
+	return _depcmp(pkg, dep, nodepversion);
 }
 
 /* strict : ignores NODEPVERSION flag */
 int _alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep)
 {
-	return(_depcmp(pkg, dep, 0));
+	return _depcmp(pkg, dep, 0);
 }
 
 pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
 	const char *ptr, *version = NULL;
 
 	if(depstring == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	CALLOC(depend, 1, sizeof(pmdepend_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
 		STRDUP(depend->version, version, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	}
 
-	return(depend);
+	return depend;
 }
 
 pmdepend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const pmdepend_t *dep)
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ pmdepend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const pmdepend_t *dep)
 	STRDUP(newdep->version, dep->version, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	newdep->mod = dep->mod;
 
-	return(newdep);
+	return newdep;
 }
 
 /* These parameters are messy. We check if this package, given a list of
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int can_remove_package(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
 	if(_alpm_pkg_find(targets, alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg))) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if(!include_explicit) {
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int can_remove_package(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
 		if(alpm_pkg_get_reason(pkg) == PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "excluding %s -- explicitly installed\n",
 					alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -483,12 +483,12 @@ static int can_remove_package(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db); i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
 		if(_alpm_dep_edge(lpkg, pkg) && !_alpm_pkg_find(targets, lpkg->name)) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* it's ok to remove */
-	return(1);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -539,13 +539,13 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(alpm_list_t *dbs, const char *depstri
 	pmdepend_t *dep;
 	pmpkg_t *pkg;
 
-	ASSERT(dbs, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(dbs, return NULL);
 
 	dep = _alpm_splitdep(depstring);
-	ASSERT(dep, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(dep, return NULL);
 	pkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs, NULL, 1);
 	_alpm_dep_free(dep);
-	return(pkg);
+	return pkg;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs,
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
-			return(pkg);
+			return pkg;
 		}
 	}
 	/* 2. satisfiers (skip literals here) */
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs,
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		if (_alpm_pkghash_find(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(handle->db_local), pkg->name)) {
 			alpm_list_free(providers);
-			return(pkg);
+			return pkg;
 		}
 	}
 	count = alpm_list_count(providers);
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs,
 		if(index >= 0 && index < count) {
 			pmpkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(alpm_list_nth(providers, index));
 			alpm_list_free(providers);
-			return(pkg);
+			return pkg;
 		}
 		alpm_list_free(providers);
 		providers = NULL;
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs,
 	} else {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND;
 	}
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* Computes resolvable dependencies for a given package and adds that package
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(alpm_list_t *localpkgs, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *pk
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(_alpm_pkg_find(*packages, pkg->name) != NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Create a copy of the packages list, so that it can be restored
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(alpm_list_t *localpkgs, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *pk
 		alpm_list_free(packages_copy);
 	}
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "finished resolving dependencies\n");
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Does pkg1 depend on pkg2, ie. does pkg2 satisfy a dependency of pkg1? */
@@ -752,10 +752,10 @@ int _alpm_dep_edge(pmpkg_t *pkg1, pmpkg_t *pkg2)
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	for(i = alpm_pkg_get_depends(pkg1); i; i = i->next) {
 		if(_alpm_depcmp_tolerant(pkg2, i->data)) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_miss_get_target(const pmdepmissing_t *miss)
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_miss_get_target(const pmdepmissing_t *miss)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(miss != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(miss != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(miss->target);
+	return miss->target;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_miss_get_causingpkg(const pmdepmissing_t *miss)
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_miss_get_causingpkg(const pmdepmissing_t *miss)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(miss != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(miss != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return miss->causingpkg;
 }
@@ -783,9 +783,9 @@ pmdepend_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_miss_get_dep(pmdepmissing_t *miss)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(miss != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(miss != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(miss->depend);
+	return miss->depend;
 }
 
 pmdepmod_t SYMEXPORT alpm_dep_get_mod(const pmdepend_t *dep)
@@ -793,9 +793,9 @@ pmdepmod_t SYMEXPORT alpm_dep_get_mod(const pmdepend_t *dep)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return(-1));
+	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return -1);
 
-	return(dep->mod);
+	return dep->mod;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_get_name(const pmdepend_t *dep)
@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_get_name(const pmdepend_t *dep)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(dep->name);
+	return dep->name;
 }
 
 const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_get_version(const pmdepend_t *dep)
@@ -813,9 +813,9 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_get_version(const pmdepend_t *dep)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return NULL);
 
-	return(dep->version);
+	return dep->version;
 }
 
 /** Reverse of splitdep; make a dep string from a pmdepend_t struct.
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_compute_string(const pmdepend_t *dep)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(dep != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	if(dep->name) {
 		name = dep->name;
@@ -876,6 +876,6 @@ char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_compute_string(const pmdepend_t *dep)
 	MALLOC(str, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	snprintf(str, len, "%s%s%s", name, opr, ver);
 
-	return(str);
+	return str;
 }
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
index 281173a2..983a3ac2 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int mount_point_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 	const alpm_mountpoint_t *mp1 = p1;
 	const alpm_mountpoint_t *mp2 = p2;
 	/* the negation will sort all mountpoints before their parent */
-	return(-strcmp(mp1->mount_dir, mp2->mount_dir));
+	return -strcmp(mp1->mount_dir, mp2->mount_dir);
 }
 
 static alpm_list_t *mount_point_list(void)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *mount_point_list(void)
 	fp = setmntent(MOUNTED, "r");
 
 	if (fp == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	while((mnt = getmntent(fp))) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *mount_point_list(void)
 	entries = getmntinfo(&fsp, MNT_NOWAIT);
 
 	if (entries < 0) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	for(; entries-- > 0; fsp++) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *mount_point_list(void)
 		mp = ptr->data;
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "mountpoint: %s\n", mp->mount_dir);
 	}
-	return(mount_points);
+	return mount_points;
 }
 
 static alpm_mountpoint_t *match_mount_point(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ static alpm_mountpoint_t *match_mount_point(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
 		alpm_mountpoint_t *data = mp->data;
 
 		if(strncmp(data->mount_dir, real_path, data->mount_dir_len) == 0) {
-			return(data);
+			return data;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* should not get here... */
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int calculate_removed_size(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int calculate_removed_size(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
 		mp->used |= USED_REMOVE;
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int calculate_installed_size(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static int calculate_installed_size(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
 	archive_read_finish(archive);
 
 cleanup:
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local)
@@ -269,13 +269,13 @@ int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local)
 	mount_points = mount_point_list();
 	if(mount_points == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not determine filesystem mount points\n"));
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	root_mp = match_mount_point(mount_points, handle->root);
 	if(root_mp == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not determine root mount point %s\n"),
 				handle->root);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	replaces = alpm_list_count(trans->remove);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local)
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DISK_SPACE, -1);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index 012a98d6..ebfd0425 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static char *get_filename(const char *url) {
 	if(filename != NULL) {
 		filename++;
 	}
-	return(filename);
+	return filename;
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static char *get_destfile(const char *path, const char *filename)
 	CALLOC(destfile, len, sizeof(char), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	snprintf(destfile, len, "%s%s", path, filename);
 
-	return(destfile);
+	return destfile;
 }
 
 static char *get_tempfile(const char *path, const char *filename)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static char *get_tempfile(const char *path, const char *filename)
 	CALLOC(tempfile, len, sizeof(char), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	snprintf(tempfile, len, "%s%s.part", path, filename);
 
-	return(tempfile);
+	return tempfile;
 }
 
 #define check_stop() if(dload_interrupted) { ret = -1; goto cleanup; }
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ static int curl_progress(void *filename, double dltotal, double dlnow,
 	(void)ulnow;
 
 	if(dltotal == 0 || prevprogress == dltotal) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if(dload_interrupted) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	handle->dlcb((const char*)filename, (long)dlnow, (long)dltotal);
 
 	prevprogress = dlnow;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int curl_gethost(const char *url, char *buffer)
@@ -117,19 +117,19 @@ static int curl_gethost(const char *url, char *buffer)
 	} else {
 		p = strstr(url, "//");
 		if(!p) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		p += 2; /* jump over the found // */
 		hostlen = strcspn(p, "/");
 		if(hostlen > 255) {
 			/* buffer overflow imminent */
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("buffer overflow detected"));
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		snprintf(buffer, hostlen + 1, "%s", p);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int curl_download_internal(const char *url, const char *localpath,
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ cleanup:
 		raise(SIGINT);
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int download(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 {
 	if(handle->fetchcb == NULL) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
-		return(curl_download_internal(url, localpath, force));
+		return curl_download_internal(url, localpath, force);
 #else
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD, -1);
 #endif
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int download(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 		if(ret == -1) {
 			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD, -1);
 		}
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int _alpm_download_single_file(const char *filename,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int _alpm_download_files(alpm_list_t *files,
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ int _alpm_download_files(alpm_list_t *files,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Fetch a remote pkg.
@@ -390,13 +390,13 @@ char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(const char *url)
 	ret = download(url, cachedir, 0);
 	if(ret == -1) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("failed to download %s\n"), url);
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "successfully downloaded %s\n", url);
 
 	/* we should be able to find the file the second time around */
 	filepath = _alpm_filecache_find(filename);
-	return(filepath);
+	return filepath;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/error.c b/lib/libalpm/error.c
index cf98cc75..dcf26074 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/error.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/error.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err)
 			return _("libarchive error");
 		case PM_ERR_LIBCURL:
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
-			return(curl_easy_strerror(handle->curlerr));
+			return curl_easy_strerror(handle->curlerr);
 #else
 			/* obviously shouldn't get here... */
 			return _("download library error");
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/graph.h b/lib/libalpm/graph.h
index 07986f66..ce195145 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/graph.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/graph.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static pmgraph_t *_alpm_graph_new(void)
 	pmgraph_t *graph = NULL;
 
 	CALLOC(graph, 1, sizeof(pmgraph_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
-	return(graph);
+	return graph;
 }
 
 static void _alpm_graph_free(void *data)
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/group.c b/lib/libalpm/group.c
index 398c2588..b13908c1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/group.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/group.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pmgrp_t *_alpm_grp_new(const char *name)
 	CALLOC(grp, 1, sizeof(pmgrp_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	STRDUP(grp->name, name, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(grp);
+	return grp;
 }
 
 void _alpm_grp_free(pmgrp_t *grp)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_grp_get_name(const pmgrp_t *grp)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(grp != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(grp != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return grp->name;
 }
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_grp_get_pkgs(const pmgrp_t *grp)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(grp != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(grp != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return grp->packages;
 }
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.c b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
index 34893fc6..442e99df 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pmhandle_t *_alpm_handle_new()
 
 	CALLOC(handle, 1, sizeof(pmhandle_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(handle);
+	return handle;
 }
 
 void _alpm_handle_free(pmhandle_t *handle)
@@ -310,18 +310,18 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_root(const char *root)
 
 	if(!root) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	if(stat(root, &st) == -1 || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_NOT_A_DIR;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	realroot = calloc(PATH_MAX+1, sizeof(char));
 	if(!realpath(root, realroot)) {
 		FREE(realroot);
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_NOT_A_DIR;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* verify root ends in a '/' */
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_root(const char *root)
 	handle->root[rootlen-1] = '/';
 	FREE(realroot);
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "option 'root' = %s\n", handle->root);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_dbpath(const char *dbpath)
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_dbpath(const char *dbpath)
 
 	if(!dbpath) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	if(stat(dbpath, &st) == -1 || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_NOT_A_DIR;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	/* verify dbpath ends in a '/' */
 	dbpathlen = strlen(dbpath);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_dbpath(const char *dbpath)
 	handle->lockfile = calloc(lockfilelen, sizeof(char));
 	snprintf(handle->lockfile, lockfilelen, "%s%s", handle->dbpath, lf);
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "option 'lockfile' = %s\n", handle->lockfile);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_cachedir(const char *cachedir)
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_cachedir(const char *cachedir)
 
 	if(!cachedir) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	/* don't stat the cachedir yet, as it may not even be needed. we can
 	 * fail later if it is needed and the path is invalid. */
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_cachedir(const char *cachedir)
 	newcachedir[cachedirlen-1] = '/';
 	handle->cachedirs = alpm_list_add(handle->cachedirs, newcachedir);
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "option 'cachedir' = %s\n", newcachedir);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_cachedirs(alpm_list_t *cachedirs)
@@ -429,9 +429,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_cachedir(const char *cachedir)
 	FREE(newcachedir);
 	if(vdata != NULL) {
 		FREE(vdata);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logfile(const char *logfile)
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logfile(const char *logfile)
 
 	if(!logfile) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS;
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	handle->logfile = strdup(logfile);
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logfile(const char *logfile)
 		handle->logstream = NULL;
 	}
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "option 'logfile' = %s\n", handle->logfile);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_usesyslog(int usesyslog)
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(const char *pkg)
 	handle->noupgrade = alpm_list_remove_str(handle->noupgrade, pkg, &vdata);
 	if(vdata != NULL) {
 		FREE(vdata);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_noextract(const char *pkg)
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noextract(const char *pkg)
 	handle->noextract = alpm_list_remove_str(handle->noextract, pkg, &vdata);
 	if(vdata != NULL) {
 		FREE(vdata);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_ignorepkg(const char *pkg)
@@ -526,9 +526,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(const char *pkg)
 	handle->ignorepkg = alpm_list_remove_str(handle->ignorepkg, pkg, &vdata);
 	if(vdata != NULL) {
 		FREE(vdata);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_ignoregrp(const char *grp)
@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignoregrp(const char *grp)
 	handle->ignoregrp = alpm_list_remove_str(handle->ignoregrp, grp, &vdata);
 	if(vdata != NULL) {
 		FREE(vdata);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_arch(const char *arch)
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/log.c b/lib/libalpm/log.c
index 09c6fb84..0d936e22 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/log.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/log.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_logaction(const char *fmt, ...)
 			} else {
 				pm_errno = PM_ERR_SYSTEM;
 			}
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_logaction(const char *fmt, ...)
 	 *   kpacman: "KPACMAN"
 	 * This would allow us to share the log file between several frontends
 	 * and know who does what */
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index d4b3b9c0..2acaa17f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 		_alpm_pkg_free(pkg);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Check the integrity (with md5) of a package from the sync cache.
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_checkmd5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	retval = _alpm_test_md5sum(fpath, alpm_pkg_get_md5sum(pkg));
 
 	if(retval == 0) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	} else if (retval == 1) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID;
 		retval = -1;
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* Default package accessor functions. These will get overridden by any
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(pkg->origin != PKG_FROM_FILE, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(pkg->origin != PKG_FROM_FILE, return NULL);
 
-	return(pkg->origin_data.db);
+	return pkg->origin_data.db;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return(reqs);
+	return reqs;
 }
 
 /** @} */
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_new(void)
 
 	CALLOC(pkg, 1, sizeof(pmpkg_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(pkg);
+	return pkg;
 }
 
 pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_dup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_dup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	}
 	newpkg->infolevel = pkg->infolevel;
 
-	return(newpkg);
+	return newpkg;
 }
 
 void _alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ int _alpm_pkg_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 {
 	pmpkg_t *pkg1 = (pmpkg_t *)p1;
 	pmpkg_t *pkg2 = (pmpkg_t *)p2;
-	return(strcoll(pkg1->name, pkg2->name));
+	return strcoll(pkg1->name, pkg2->name);
 }
 
 /* Test for existence of a package in a alpm_list_t*
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(needle == NULL || haystack == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	needle_hash = _alpm_hash_sdbm(needle);
@@ -552,11 +552,11 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle)
 
 			/* finally: we had hash match, verify string match */
 			if(strcmp(info->name, needle) == 0) {
-				return(info);
+				return info;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /** Test if a package should be ignored.
@@ -574,18 +574,18 @@ int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 	/* first see if the package is ignored */
 	if(alpm_list_find_str(handle->ignorepkg, alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg))) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* next see if the package is in a group that is ignored */
 	for(groups = handle->ignoregrp; groups; groups = alpm_list_next(groups)) {
 		char *grp = (char *)alpm_list_getdata(groups);
 		if(alpm_list_find_str(alpm_pkg_get_groups(pkg), grp)) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
index db98f94b..761ca72d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size)
 	if(hash->buckets < size) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("database larger than maximum size\n"));
 		free(hash);
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	CALLOC(hash->hash_table, hash->buckets, sizeof(alpm_list_t*), \
 				free(hash); RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	return(hash);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 static size_t get_hash_position(unsigned long name_hash, pmpkghash_t *hash)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static size_t get_hash_position(unsigned long name_hash, pmpkghash_t *hash)
 		position = (position + 1) % hash->buckets;
 	}
 
-	return(position);
+	return position;
 }
 
 /* Expand the hash table size to the next increment and rebin the entries */
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static pmpkghash_t *rehash(pmpkghash_t *oldhash)
 	newhash = _alpm_pkghash_create(newsize);
 	if(newhash == NULL) {
 		/* creation of newhash failed, stick with old one... */
-		return(oldhash);
+		return oldhash;
 	}
 
 	newhash->list = oldhash->list;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static pmpkghash_t *rehash(pmpkghash_t *oldhash)
 
 	_alpm_pkghash_free(oldhash);
 
-	return(newhash);
+	return newhash;
 }
 
 static pmpkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static pmpkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
 	size_t position;
 
 	if(pkg == NULL || hash == NULL) {
-		return(hash);
+		return hash;
 	}
 
 	if((hash->entries + 1) / MAX_HASH_LOAD > hash->buckets) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static pmpkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
 
 	ptr = calloc(1, sizeof(alpm_list_t));
 	if(ptr == NULL) {
-		return(hash);
+		return hash;
 	}
 
 	ptr->data = pkg;
@@ -180,17 +180,17 @@ static pmpkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
 	}
 
 	hash->entries += 1;
-	return(hash);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	return(pkghash_add_pkg(hash, pkg, 0));
+	return pkghash_add_pkg(hash, pkg, 0);
 }
 
 pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add_sorted(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	return(pkghash_add_pkg(hash, pkg, 1));
+	return pkghash_add_pkg(hash, pkg, 1);
 }
 
 static size_t move_one_entry(pmpkghash_t *hash, size_t start, size_t end)
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static size_t move_one_entry(pmpkghash_t *hash, size_t start, size_t end)
 		 * e.g. (47 + 0 - 1) % 47 == 46 */
 		end = (hash->buckets + end - 1) % hash->buckets;
 	}
-	return(end);
+	return end;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 	}
 
 	if(pkg == NULL || hash == NULL) {
-		return(hash);
+		return hash;
 	}
 
 	position = pkg->name_hash % hash->buckets;
@@ -278,13 +278,13 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 				position = prev;
 			}
 
-			return(hash);
+			return hash;
 		}
 
 		position = (position + 1) % hash->buckets;
 	}
 
-	return(hash);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 void _alpm_pkghash_free(pmpkghash_t *hash)
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(pmpkghash_t *hash, const char *name)
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	if(name == NULL || hash == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	name_hash = _alpm_hash_sdbm(name);
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(pmpkghash_t *hash, const char *name)
 		pmpkg_t *info = lp->data;
 
 		if(info->name_hash == name_hash && strcmp(info->name, name) == 0) {
-			return(info);
+			return info;
 		}
 
 		position = (position + 1) % hash->buckets;
 	}
 
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 5def92a6..a01349ed 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_remove_pkg(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s in the target list\n", pkgname);
 	trans->remove = alpm_list_add(trans->remove, _alpm_pkg_dup(pkg));
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void remove_prepare_cascade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_CHECKDEPS_DONE, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int can_remove_file(const char *path, alpm_list_t *skip)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int can_remove_file(const char *path, alpm_list_t *skip)
 
 	if(alpm_list_find_str(skip, file)) {
 		/* return success because we will never actually remove this file */
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	/* If we fail write permissions due to a read-only filesystem, abort.
 	 * Assume all other possible failures are covered somewhere else */
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ static int can_remove_file(const char *path, alpm_list_t *skip)
 			 * it - ignore "chmod -w" simple permission failures */
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("cannot remove file '%s': %s\n"),
 			          file, strerror(errno));
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(1);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /* Helper function for iterating through a package's file and deleting them
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ db:
 				pkgname);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int _alpm_remove_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 		size_t targcount = alpm_list_count(targ);
 
 		if(handle->trans->state == STATE_INTERRUPTED) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 
 		/* get the name now so we can use it after package is removed */
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 	/* run ldconfig if it exists */
 	_alpm_ldconfig(handle->root);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 29197807..ebf8474d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  */
 pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
 {
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	pmpkg_t *spkg = NULL;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
 	if(spkg == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' not found in sync db => no upgrade\n",
 				alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* compare versions and see if spkg is an upgrade */
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "new version of '%s' found (%s => %s)\n",
 					alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg), alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg),
 					alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
-		return(spkg);
+		return spkg;
 	}
 	/* spkg is not an upgrade */
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /** Search for packages to upgrade and add them to the transaction.
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(int enable_downgrade)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Find group members across a list of databases.
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_grp_pkgs(alpm_list_t *dbs,
 		}
 	}
 	alpm_list_free(ignorelist);
-	return(pkgs);
+	return pkgs;
 }
 
 /** Compute the size of the files that will be downloaded to install a
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 	if(newpkg->origin != PKG_FROM_SYNCDB) {
 		newpkg->infolevel |= INFRQ_DSIZE;
 		newpkg->download_size = 0;
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	fname = alpm_pkg_get_filename(newpkg);
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 
 	newpkg->infolevel |= INFRQ_DSIZE;
 	newpkg->download_size = size;
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, alpm_list_t **data)
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ cleanup:
 	alpm_list_free(unresolvable);
 	alpm_list_free(remove);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Returns the size of the files that will be downloaded to install a
@@ -557,13 +557,13 @@ off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 	if(!(newpkg->infolevel & INFRQ_DSIZE)) {
 		compute_download_size(newpkg);
 	}
-	return(newpkg->download_size);
+	return newpkg->download_size;
 }
 
 static int endswith(const char *filename, const char *extension)
 {
 	const char *s = filename + strlen(filename) - strlen(extension);
-	return(strcmp(s, extension) == 0);
+	return strcmp(s, extension) == 0;
 }
 
 /** Applies delta files to create an upgraded package file.
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmtrans_t *trans)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Compares the md5sum of a file to the expected value.
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static int test_md5sum(pmtrans_t *trans, const char *filename,
 
 	FREE(filepath);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 error:
 	FREELIST(files);
 	alpm_list_free(deltas);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index 4b29f9a8..81254198 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int make_lock(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	}
 	if(_alpm_makepath(dir)) {
 		FREE(dir);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	FREE(dir);
 
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ static int make_lock(pmhandle_t *handle)
 		fflush(f);
 		fsync(fd);
 		handle->lckstream = f;
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
-	return(-1);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /* Remove a lock file */
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ static int remove_lock(pmhandle_t *handle)
 		handle->lckstream = NULL;
 	}
 	if(unlink(handle->lockfile) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Initialize the transaction.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmtransflag_t flags,
 
 	handle->trans = trans;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_list_t *pkgs)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_list_t *pkgs)
 
 	const char *arch = alpm_option_get_arch();
 	if(!arch) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	for(i = pkgs; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_list_t *pkgs)
 			invalid = alpm_list_add(invalid, string);
 		}
 	}
-	return(invalid);
+	return invalid;
 }
 
 /** Prepare a transaction.
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	/* If there's nothing to do, return without complaining */
 	if(trans->add == NULL && trans->remove == NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	alpm_list_t *invalid = check_arch(trans->add);
@@ -212,18 +212,18 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_list_t **data)
 	if(trans->add == NULL) {
 		if(_alpm_remove_prepare(trans, handle->db_local, data) == -1) {
 			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_prepare() */
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 	}	else {
 		if(_alpm_sync_prepare(trans, handle->db_local, handle->dbs_sync, data) == -1) {
 			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_prepare() */
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
 	trans->state = STATE_PREPARED;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Commit a transaction.
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	/* If there's nothing to do, return without complaining */
 	if(trans->add == NULL && trans->remove == NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	trans->state = STATE_COMMITING;
@@ -257,18 +257,18 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(alpm_list_t **data)
 	if(trans->add == NULL) {
 		if(_alpm_remove_packages(trans, handle->db_local) == -1) {
 			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_commit() */
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 	} else {
 		if(_alpm_sync_commit(trans, handle->db_local, data) == -1) {
 			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_commit() */
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
 	trans->state = STATE_COMMITED;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Interrupt a transaction.
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_interrupt(void)
 
 	trans->state = STATE_INTERRUPTED;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Release a transaction.
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_release(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** @} */
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ pmtrans_t *_alpm_trans_new(void)
 	CALLOC(trans, 1, sizeof(pmtrans_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 	trans->state = STATE_IDLE;
 
-	return(trans);
+	return trans;
 }
 
 void _alpm_trans_free(pmtrans_t *trans)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int grep(const char *fn, const char *needle)
 	FILE *fp;
 
 	if((fp = fopen(fn, "r")) == NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	while(!feof(fp)) {
 		char line[1024];
@@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ static int grep(const char *fn, const char *needle)
 		 * ends up being split across line reads */
 		if(strstr(line, needle)) {
 			fclose(fp);
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 	fclose(fp);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
 	if(access(installfn, R_OK)) {
 		/* not found */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "scriptlet '%s' not found\n", installfn);
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* creates a directory in $root/tmp/ for copying/extracting the scriptlet */
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
 	snprintf(tmpdir, PATH_MAX, "%stmp/alpm_XXXXXX", root);
 	if(mkdtemp(tmpdir) == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create temp directory\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	} else {
 		clean_tmpdir = 1;
 	}
@@ -459,14 +459,14 @@ cleanup:
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("could not remove tmpdir %s\n"), tmpdir);
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags()
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(-1));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(-1));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return -1);
+	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return -1);
 
 	return handle->trans->flags;
 }
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags()
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT * alpm_trans_get_add()
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return handle->trans->add;
 }
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT * alpm_trans_get_add()
 alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT * alpm_trans_get_remove()
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return NULL);
+	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	return handle->trans->remove;
 }
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 74e14058..5332f001 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ char* strsep(char** str, const char* delims)
 
 int _alpm_makepath(const char *path)
 {
-	return(_alpm_makepath_mode(path, 0755));
+	return _alpm_makepath_mode(path, 0755);
 }
 
 /* does the same thing as 'mkdir -p' */
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int _alpm_makepath_mode(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 	free(orig);
 	free(incr);
 	umask(oldmask);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #define CPBUFSIZE 8 * 1024
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ int _alpm_copyfile(const char *src, const char *dest)
 
 	in = fopen(src, "rb");
 	if(in == NULL) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	out = fopen(dest, "wb");
 	if(out == NULL) {
 		fclose(in);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	CALLOC(buf, (size_t)CPBUFSIZE, (size_t)1, ret = 1; goto cleanup;);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ cleanup:
 	fclose(in);
 	fclose(out);
 	FREE(buf);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Trim whitespace and newlines from a string
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ char *_alpm_strtrim(char *str)
 
 	if(*str == '\0') {
 		/* string is empty, so we're done. */
-		return(str);
+		return str;
 	}
 
 	while(isspace((unsigned char)*pch)) {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ char *_alpm_strtrim(char *str)
 
 	/* check if there wasn't anything but whitespace in the string. */
 	if(*str == '\0') {
-		return(str);
+		return str;
 	}
 
 	pch = (str + (strlen(str) - 1));
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ char *_alpm_strtrim(char *str)
 	}
 	*++pch = '\0';
 
-	return(str);
+	return str;
 }
 
 /* Compression functions */
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ int _alpm_unpack_single(const char *archive, const char *prefix, const char *fn)
 	alpm_list_t *list = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 	if(fn == NULL) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	list = alpm_list_add(list, (void *)fn);
 	ret = _alpm_unpack(archive, prefix, list, 1);
 	alpm_list_free(list);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ cleanup:
 	if(restore_cwd && chdir(cwd) != 0) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), cwd, strerror(errno));
 	}
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* does the same thing as 'rm -rf' */
@@ -355,18 +355,18 @@ int _alpm_rmrf(const char *path)
 	if(_alpm_lstat(path, &st) == 0) {
 		if(!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 			if(!unlink(path)) {
-				return(0);
+				return 0;
 			} else {
 				if(errno == ENOENT) {
-					return(0);
+					return 0;
 				} else {
-					return(1);
+					return 1;
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			dirp = opendir(path);
 			if(!dirp) {
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 			for(dp = readdir(dirp); dp != NULL; dp = readdir(dirp)) {
 				if(dp->d_ino) {
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ int _alpm_rmrf(const char *path)
 				errflag++;
 			}
 		}
-		return(errflag);
+		return errflag;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int _alpm_logaction(int usesyslog, FILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list args)
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int _alpm_logaction(int usesyslog, FILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 		fflush(f);
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *path, char *const argv[])
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ cleanup:
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not change directory to %s (%s)\n"), cwd, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 int _alpm_ldconfig(const char *root)
@@ -549,14 +549,14 @@ int _alpm_ldconfig(const char *root)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Helper function for comparing strings using the
  * alpm "compare func" signature */
 int _alpm_str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2)
 {
-	return(strcmp(s1, s2));
+	return strcmp(s1, s2);
 }
 
 /** Find a filename in a registered alpm cachedir.
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ char *_alpm_filecache_find(const char* filename)
 		if(stat(path, &buf) == 0 && S_ISREG(buf.st_mode)) {
 			retpath = strdup(path);
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "found cached pkg: %s\n", retpath);
-			return(retpath);
+			return retpath;
 		}
 	}
 	/* package wasn't found in any cachedir */
@@ -603,11 +603,11 @@ const char *_alpm_filecache_setup(void)
 					cachedir);
 			if(_alpm_makepath(cachedir) == 0) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "using cachedir: %s\n", cachedir);
-				return(cachedir);
+				return cachedir;
 			}
 		} else if(S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode) && (buf.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "using cachedir: %s\n", cachedir);
-			return(cachedir);
+			return cachedir;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ const char *_alpm_filecache_setup(void)
 	alpm_option_set_cachedirs(tmp);
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "using cachedir: %s", "/tmp/\n");
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("couldn't create package cache, using /tmp instead\n"));
-	return(alpm_list_getdata(tmp));
+	return alpm_list_getdata(tmp);
 }
 
 /** lstat wrapper that treats /path/dirsymlink/ the same as /path/dirsymlink.
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ int _alpm_lstat(const char *path, struct stat *buf)
 	ret = lstat(newpath, buf);
 
 	FREE(newpath);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
@@ -651,11 +651,11 @@ static int md5_file(const char *path, unsigned char output[16])
 	MD5_CTX ctx;
 	unsigned char *buf;
 
-	CALLOC(buf, 8192, sizeof(unsigned char), return(1));
+	CALLOC(buf, 8192, sizeof(unsigned char), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, 1));
 
 	if((f = fopen(path, "rb")) == NULL) {
 		free(buf);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	MD5_Init(&ctx);
@@ -671,11 +671,11 @@ static int md5_file(const char *path, unsigned char output[16])
 
 	if(ferror(f) != 0) {
 		fclose(f);
-		return(2);
+		return 2;
 	}
 
 	fclose(f);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ char SYMEXPORT *alpm_compute_md5sum(const char *filename)
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
-	ASSERT(filename != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(filename != NULL, return NULL);
 
 	/* allocate 32 chars plus 1 for null */
 	md5sum = calloc(33, sizeof(char));
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ char SYMEXPORT *alpm_compute_md5sum(const char *filename)
 	md5sum[32] = '\0';
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "md5(%s) = %s\n", filename, md5sum);
-	return(md5sum);
+	return md5sum;
 }
 
 int _alpm_test_md5sum(const char *filepath, const char *md5sum)
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ int _alpm_test_md5sum(const char *filepath, const char *md5sum)
 	}
 
 	FREE(md5sum2);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Note: does NOT handle sparse files on purpose for speed. */
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ int _alpm_archive_fgets(struct archive *a, struct archive_read_buffer *b)
 			b->line_offset[len] = '\0';
 			b->block_offset = ++i;
 			/* this is the main return point; from here you can read b->line */
-			return(ARCHIVE_OK);
+			return ARCHIVE_OK;
 		} else {
 			/* we've looked through the whole block but no newline, copy it */
 			size_t len = (size_t)(b->block + b->block_size - b->block_offset);
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ cleanup:
 		int ret = b->ret;
 		FREE(b->line);
 		memset(b, 0, sizeof(b));
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ int _alpm_splitname(const char *target, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	const char *version, *end;
 
 	if(target == NULL || pkg == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	end = target + strlen(target);
 
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ int _alpm_splitname(const char *target, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	for(version = end - 1; *version && *version != '-'; version--);
 	for(version = version - 1; *version && *version != '-'; version--);
 	if(*version != '-' || version == target) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* copy into fields and return */
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ int _alpm_splitname(const char *target, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	STRNDUP(pkg->name, target, version - target, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
 	pkg->name_hash = _alpm_hash_sdbm(pkg->name);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -876,13 +876,13 @@ unsigned long _alpm_hash_sdbm(const char *str)
 	int c;
 
 	if(!str) {
-		return(hash);
+		return hash;
 	}
 	while((c = *str++)) {
 		hash = c + (hash << 6) + (hash << 16) - hash;
 	}
 
-	return(hash);
+	return hash;
 }
 
 long _alpm_parsedate(const char *line)
@@ -893,9 +893,9 @@ long _alpm_parsedate(const char *line)
 		setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
 		strptime(line, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", &tmp_tm);
 		setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
-		return(mktime(&tmp_tm));
+		return mktime(&tmp_tm);
 	}
-	return(atol(line));
+	return atol(line);
 }
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t max)
 {
     register const char *p;
     for(p = s; *p && max--; ++p);
-    return(p - s);
+    return (p - s);
 }
 
 char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n)
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n)
     return NULL;
 
   new[len] = '\0';
-  return (char *) memcpy(new, s, len);
+  return (char *)memcpy(new, s, len);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.h b/lib/libalpm/util.h
index 3232f004..9f0344fe 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 #define RET_ERR(err, ret) do { pm_errno = (err); \
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "returning error %d from %s : %s\n", err, __func__, alpm_strerrorlast()); \
-	return(ret); } while(0)
+	return (ret); } while(0)
 
 /**
  * Used as a buffer/state holder for _alpm_archive_fgets().
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/version.c b/lib/libalpm/version.c
index eba66210..9f3a9b71 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/version.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/version.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int rpmvercmp(const char *a, const char *b)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* easy comparison to see if versions are identical */
-	if(strcmp(a, b) == 0) return(0);
+	if(strcmp(a, b) == 0) return 0;
 
 	str1 = strdup(a);
 	str2 = strdup(b);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int rpmvercmp(const char *a, const char *b)
 cleanup:
 	free(str1);
 	free(str2);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Compare two version strings and determine which one is 'newer'.
@@ -235,15 +235,15 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_vercmp(const char *a, const char *b)
 
 	/* ensure our strings are not null */
 	if(!a && !b) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	} else if(!a) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	} else if(!b) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	/* another quick shortcut- if full version specs are equal */
 	if(strcmp(a, b) == 0) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Parse both versions into [epoch:]version[-release] triplets. We probably
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_vercmp(const char *a, const char *b)
 
 	free(full1);
 	free(full2);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 5edcc966..08c1cf3f 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static double get_update_timediff(int first_call)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* refactored from cb_trans_progress */
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index e2a168ee..69110ab9 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config_t *config_new(void)
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR,
 					_("malloc failure: could not allocate %zd bytes\n"),
 					sizeof(config_t));
-			return(NULL);
+			return NULL;
 	}
 	/* defaults which may get overridden later */
 	newconfig->op = PM_OP_MAIN;
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ config_t *config_new(void)
 	/* CONFFILE is defined at compile-time */
 	newconfig->configfile = strdup(CONFFILE);
 
-	return(newconfig);
+	return newconfig;
 }
 
 int config_free(config_t *oldconfig)
 {
 	if(oldconfig == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	FREELIST(oldconfig->holdpkg);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int config_free(config_t *oldconfig)
 	free(oldconfig);
 	oldconfig = NULL;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/database.c b/src/pacman/database.c
index 36433f33..9d6edab5 100644
--- a/src/pacman/database.c
+++ b/src/pacman/database.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int pacman_database(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no targets specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(config->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLDEPS) { /* --asdeps */
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ int pacman_database(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		reason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
 	} else {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no install reason specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Lock database */
 	if(trans_init(0) == -1) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	db_local = alpm_option_get_localdb();
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ int pacman_database(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	/* Unlock database */
 	if(trans_release() == -1) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/deptest.c b/src/pacman/deptest.c
index 8895b487..cc1e565b 100644
--- a/src/pacman/deptest.c
+++ b/src/pacman/deptest.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int pacman_deptest(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	}
 
 	if(deps == NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	for(i = deps; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int pacman_deptest(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		printf("%s\n", dep);
 	}
 	alpm_list_free(deps);
-	return(127);
+	return 127;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/package.c b/src/pacman/package.c
index 77a5ee72..d8dde695 100644
--- a/src/pacman/package.c
+++ b/src/pacman/package.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static const char *get_backup_file_status(const char *root,
 		if(md5sum == NULL) {
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR,
 					_("could not calculate checksums for %s\n"), path);
-			return(NULL);
+			return NULL;
 		}
 
 		/* if checksums don't match, file has been modified */
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static const char *get_backup_file_status(const char *root,
 				ret = "UNKNOWN";
 		}
 	}
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Display list of backup files and their modification states
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 55f99a66..6d377d2e 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ static int options_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 	const char *s1 = p1;
 	const char *s2 = p2;
 
-	if(s1 == s2) return(0);
-	if(!s1) return(-1);
-	if(!s2) return(1);
+	if(s1 == s2) return 0;
+	if(!s1) return -1;
+	if(!s2) return 1;
 	/* First skip all spaces in both strings */
 	while(isspace((unsigned char)*s1)) {
 		s1++;
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ static int options_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 			s2++;
 		} else if(*s2 == '-') {
 			/* s1 short, s2 long */
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		} else if(*s1 == '-') {
 			/* s1 long, s2 short */
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		/* two short -> strcmp */
 	}
 
-	return(strcmp(s1, s2));
+	return strcmp(s1, s2);
 }
 
 /** Display usage/syntax for the specified operation.
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
 	do {
 		ret = write(fd, buf, count);
 	} while(ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Catches thrown signals. Performs necessary cleanup to ensure database is
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static void setlibpaths(void)
 	}
 }
 
-#define check_optarg() if(!optarg) { return(1); }
+#define check_optarg() if(!optarg) { return 1; }
 
 typedef void (*fn_add) (const char *s);
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int parsearg_util_addlist(fn_add fn)
 		fn((char *)alpm_list_getdata(item));
 	}
 	FREELIST(list);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Helper function for parsing operation from command-line arguments.
@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ static int parsearg_op(int opt, int dryrun)
 			if(dryrun) break;
 			config->help = 1; break;
 		default:
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Helper functions for parsing command-line arguments.
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
 			if(alpm_option_add_cachedir(optarg) != 0) {
 				pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("problem adding cachedir '%s' (%s)\n"),
 						optarg, alpm_strerrorlast());
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 			break;
 		case OP_CONFIG:
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
 					default:
 						pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("'%s' is not a valid debug level\n"),
 								optarg);
-						return(1);
+						return 1;
 				}
 			} else {
 				config->logmask |= PM_LOG_DEBUG;
@@ -511,9 +511,9 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
 			break;
 		case 'r': check_optarg(); config->rootdir = strdup(optarg); break;
 		case 'v': (config->verbose)++; break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int parsearg_database(int opt)
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ static int parsearg_database(int opt)
 	switch(opt) {
 		case OP_ASDEPS: config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLDEPS; break;
 		case OP_ASEXPLICIT: config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLEXPLICIT; break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int parsearg_query(int opt)
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ static int parsearg_query(int opt)
 		case 's': config->op_q_search = 1; break;
 		case 't': config->op_q_unrequired = 1; break;
 		case 'u': config->op_q_upgrade = 1; break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* options common to -S -R -U */
@@ -567,15 +567,15 @@ static int parsearg_trans(int opt)
 			check_optarg();
 			config->print_format = strdup(optarg);
 			break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int parsearg_remove(int opt)
 {
 	if (parsearg_trans(opt) == 0)
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	switch(opt) {
 		case 'c': config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE; break;
 		case 'n': config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSAVE; break;
@@ -587,16 +587,16 @@ static int parsearg_remove(int opt)
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'u': config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_UNNEEDED; break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* options common to -S -U */
 static int parsearg_upgrade(int opt)
 {
 	if (parsearg_trans(opt) == 0)
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	switch(opt) {
 		case 'f': config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_FORCE; break;
 		case OP_ASDEPS: config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLDEPS; break;
@@ -607,15 +607,15 @@ static int parsearg_upgrade(int opt)
 		case OP_IGNOREGROUP:
 			parsearg_util_addlist(alpm_option_add_ignoregrp);
 			break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int parsearg_sync(int opt)
 {
 	if (parsearg_upgrade(opt) == 0)
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	switch(opt) {
 		case OP_NEEDED: config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_NEEDED; break;
 		case 'c': (config->op_s_clean)++; break;
@@ -631,9 +631,9 @@ static int parsearg_sync(int opt)
 			config->flags |= PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOCONFLICTS;
 			break;
 		case 'y': (config->op_s_sync)++; break;
-		default: return(1);
+		default: return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Parse command-line arguments for each operation.
@@ -712,22 +712,22 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 			continue;
 		} else if(opt == '?') {
 			/* unknown option, getopt printed an error */
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		parsearg_op(opt, 0);
 	}
 
 	if(config->op == 0) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("only one operation may be used at a time\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	if(config->help) {
 		usage(config->op, mbasename(argv[0]));
-		return(2);
+		return 2;
 	}
 	if(config->version) {
 		version();
-		return(2);
+		return 2;
 	}
 
 	/* parse all other options */
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 			continue;
 		} else if(opt == '?') {
 			/* this should have failed during first pass already */
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		} else if(parsearg_op(opt, 1) == 0) {	/* opt is an operation */
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 				break;
 			default:
 				pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no operation specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 		}
 		if (result == 0)
 			continue;
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if(result != 0) {
 			/* global option parsing failed, abort */
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("invalid option\n"));
-			return(result);
+			return result;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 		optind++;
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* helper for being used with setrepeatingoption */
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static char *get_filename(const char *url) {
 	if(filename != NULL) {
 		filename++;
 	}
-	return(filename);
+	return filename;
 }
 
 static char *get_destfile(const char *path, const char *filename) {
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static char *get_destfile(const char *path, const char *filename) {
 	destfile = calloc(len, sizeof(char));
 	snprintf(destfile, len, "%s%s", path, filename);
 
-	return(destfile);
+	return destfile;
 }
 
 static char *get_tempfile(const char *path, const char *filename) {
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static char *get_tempfile(const char *path, const char *filename) {
 	tempfile = calloc(len, sizeof(char));
 	snprintf(tempfile, len, "%s%s.part", path, filename);
 
-	return(tempfile);
+	return tempfile;
 }
 
 /** External fetch callback */
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ cleanup:
 	free(tempfile);
 	free(parsedcmd);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int _parse_options(const char *key, char *value,
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static int _parse_options(const char *key, char *value,
 			if(alpm_option_add_cachedir(value) != 0) {
 				pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("problem adding cachedir '%s' (%s)\n"),
 						value, alpm_strerrorlast());
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "config: cachedir: %s\n", value);
 		} else if(strcmp(key, "RootDir") == 0) {
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static int _parse_options(const char *key, char *value,
 		}
 
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int _add_mirror(pmdb_t *db, char *value)
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ static int _add_mirror(pmdb_t *db, char *value)
 			free(temp);
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("The mirror '%s' contains the $arch"
 						" variable, but no Architecture is defined.\n"), value);
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		server = temp;
 	}
@@ -1065,11 +1065,11 @@ static int _add_mirror(pmdb_t *db, char *value)
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not add server URL to database '%s': %s (%s)\n"),
 				dbname, server, alpm_strerrorlast());
 		free(server);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	free(server);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* The real parseconfig. Called with a null section argument by the publicly
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ static int _parseconfig(const char *file, const char *givensection,
 	fp = fopen(file, "r");
 	if(fp == NULL) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("config file %s could not be read.\n"), file);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* if we are passed a section, use it as our starting point */
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ cleanup:
 	/* call setlibpaths here to ensure we have called it at least once */
 	setlibpaths();
 	pm_printf(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "config: finished parsing %s\n", file);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Parse a configuration file.
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ cleanup:
 static int parseconfig(const char *file)
 {
 	/* call the real parseconfig function with a null section & db argument */
-	return(_parseconfig(file, NULL, NULL));
+	return _parseconfig(file, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 /** print commandline to logfile
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	cleanup(ret);
 	/* not reached */
-	return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
index bd23d466..d2bfe690 100644
--- a/src/pacman/query.c
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ static char *resolve_path(const char *file)
 
 	str = calloc(PATH_MAX + 1, sizeof(char));
 	if(!str) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if(!realpath(file, str)) {
 		free(str);
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return(str);
+	return str;
 }
 
 /* check if filename exists in PATH */
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ static int search_path(char **filename, struct stat *bufptr)
 	size_t flen;
 
 	if ((envpath = getenv("PATH")) == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	if ((envpath = envpathsplit = strdup(envpath)) == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	flen = strlen(*filename);
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ static int search_path(char **filename, struct stat *bufptr)
 			free(*filename);
 			*filename = fullname;
 			free(envpath);
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 		free(fullname);
 	}
 	free(envpath);
-	return(-1);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int query_fileowner(alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int query_fileowner(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	/* This code is here for safety only */
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no file was specified for --owns\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Set up our root path buffer. We only need to copy the location of root in
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int query_search(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		freelist = 0;
 	}
 	if(searchlist == NULL) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	for(i = searchlist; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int query_search(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	if(freelist) {
 		alpm_list_free(searchlist);
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int query_group(alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -343,19 +343,19 @@ static int is_foreign(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 		}
 	}
 	if(match == 0) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int is_unrequired(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *requiredby = alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pkg);
 	if(requiredby == NULL) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	FREELIST(requiredby);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int filter(pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -363,26 +363,26 @@ static int filter(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	/* check if this package was explicitly installed */
 	if(config->op_q_explicit &&
 			alpm_pkg_get_reason(pkg) != PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* check if this package was installed as a dependency */
 	if(config->op_q_deps &&
 			alpm_pkg_get_reason(pkg) != PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* check if this pkg isn't in a sync DB */
 	if(config->op_q_foreign && !is_foreign(pkg)) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* check if this pkg is unrequired */
 	if(config->op_q_unrequired && !is_unrequired(pkg)) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* check if this pkg is outdated */
 	if(config->op_q_upgrade && (alpm_sync_newversion(pkg, alpm_option_get_syncdbs()) == NULL)) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
-	return(1);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /* Loop through the packages. For each package,
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int check(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	if(rootlen + 1 > PATH_MAX) {
 		/* we are in trouble here */
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("path too long: %s%s\n"), root, "");
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	strcpy(f, root);
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int check(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 					(unsigned long)errors), errors);
 	}
 
-	return(errors != 0 ? 1 : 0);
+	return (errors != 0 ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
 static int display(pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int display(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 			printf("%s\n", alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
 		}
 	}
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -482,13 +482,13 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	/* search for a package */
 	if(config->op_q_search) {
 		ret = query_search(targets);
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/* looking for groups */
 	if(config->group) {
 		ret = query_group(targets);
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if(config->op_q_foreign) {
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		alpm_list_t *sync_dbs = alpm_option_get_syncdbs();
 		if(sync_dbs == NULL || alpm_list_count(sync_dbs) == 0) {
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no usable package repositories configured.\n"));
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		if(config->op_q_isfile || config->op_q_owns) {
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no targets specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 
 		for(i = alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local); i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		if(!match) {
 			ret = 1;
 		}
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/* Second: operations that require target(s) */
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	/* determine the owner of a file */
 	if(config->op_q_owns) {
 		ret = query_fileowner(targets);
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/* operations on named packages in the local DB
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		ret = 1;
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c
index fb02e242..58e6edd5 100644
--- a/src/pacman/remove.c
+++ b/src/pacman/remove.c
@@ -40,25 +40,25 @@ static int remove_target(char *target)
 	if((info = alpm_db_get_pkg(db_local, target)) != NULL) {
 		if(alpm_remove_pkg(info) == -1) {
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n", target, alpm_strerrorlast());
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 		/* fallback to group */
 	pmgrp_t *grp = alpm_db_readgrp(db_local, target);
 	if(grp == NULL) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': target not found\n", target);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	for(p = alpm_grp_get_pkgs(grp); p; p = alpm_list_next(p)) {
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(p);
 		if(alpm_remove_pkg(pkg) == -1) {
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n", target, alpm_strerrorlast());
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no targets specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Step 0: create a new transaction */
 	if(trans_init(config->flags) == -1) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Step 1: add targets to the created transaction */
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ cleanup:
 	if(trans_release() == -1) {
 		retval = 1;
 	}
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index 29bcf540..9f6c3e09 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int sync_cleandb(const char *dbpath, int keep_used) {
 	dir = opendir(dbpath);
 	if(dir == NULL) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not access database directory\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	syncdbs = alpm_option_get_syncdbs();
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int sync_cleandb(const char *dbpath, int keep_used) {
 				pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR,
 					_("could not remove %s\n"), path);
 				closedir(dir);
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ static int sync_cleandb(const char *dbpath, int keep_used) {
 				pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR,
 					_("could not remove %s\n"), path);
 				closedir(dir);
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sync_cleandb_all(void) {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int sync_cleandb_all(void) {
 	dbpath = alpm_option_get_dbpath();
 	printf(_("Database directory: %s\n"), dbpath);
 	if(!yesno(_("Do you want to remove unused repositories?"))) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* The sync dbs were previously put in dbpath/ but are now in dbpath/sync/.
 	 * We will clean everything in dbpath/ except local/, sync/ and db.lck, and
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int sync_cleandb_all(void) {
 	ret += sync_cleandb(newdbpath, 1);
 
 	printf(_("Database directory cleaned up\n"));
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int sync_cleancache(int level)
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ static int sync_cleancache(int level)
 			printf(_("  All current sync database packages\n"));
 		}
 		if(!yesno(_("Do you want to remove all other packages from cache?"))) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 		printf(_("removing old packages from cache...\n"));
 	} else {
 		if(!noyes(_("Do you want to remove ALL files from cache?"))) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 		printf(_("removing all files from cache...\n"));
 	}
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int sync_cleancache(int level)
 		closedir(dir);
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int sync_synctree(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int sync_synctree(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs)
 	int success = 0, ret;
 
 	if(trans_init(0) == -1) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	for(i = syncs; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int sync_synctree(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs)
 	}
 
 	if(trans_release() == -1) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* We should always succeed if at least one DB was upgraded - we may possibly
 	 * fail later with unresolved deps, but that should be rare, and would be
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int sync_synctree(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs)
 	if(!success) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("failed to synchronize any databases\n"));
 	}
-	return(success > 0);
+	return (success > 0);
 }
 
 static void print_installed(pmdb_t *db_local, pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int sync_search(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(!found);
+	return !found;
 }
 
 static int sync_group(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static int sync_group(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sync_info(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int sync_info(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 				if(!db) {
 					pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR,
 						_("repository '%s' does not exist\n"), repo);
-					return(1);
+					return 1;
 				}
 
 				for(k = alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db); k; k = alpm_list_next(k)) {
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int sync_info(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int sync_list(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int sync_list(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 				pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR,
 					_("repository \"%s\" was not found.\n"),repo);
 				alpm_list_free(ls);
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			}
 
 			ls = alpm_list_add(ls, db);
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int sync_list(alpm_list_t *syncs, alpm_list_t *targets)
 		alpm_list_free(ls);
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static alpm_list_t *syncfirst(void) {
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *syncfirst(void) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(res);
+	return res;
 }
 
 static pmdb_t *get_db(const char *dbname)
@@ -600,10 +600,10 @@ static pmdb_t *get_db(const char *dbname)
 	for(i = alpm_option_get_syncdbs(); i; i = i->next) {
 		pmdb_t *db = i->data;
 		if(strcmp(alpm_db_get_name(db), dbname) == 0) {
-			return(db);
+			return db;
 		}
 	}
-	return(NULL);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int process_pkg(pmpkg_t *pkg)
@@ -615,14 +615,14 @@ static int process_pkg(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 				|| pm_errno == PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED) {
 			/* just skip duplicate or ignored targets */
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("skipping target: %s\n"), alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		} else {
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n", alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg),
 					alpm_strerrorlast());
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int process_group(alpm_list_t *dbs, char *group)
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static int process_group(alpm_list_t *dbs, char *group)
 
 	if(!count) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("target not found: %s\n"), group);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	printf(_(":: There are %d members in group %s:\n"), count,
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int process_group(alpm_list_t *dbs, char *group)
 cleanup:
 	alpm_list_free(pkgs);
 	free(array);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int process_targname(alpm_list_t *dblist, char *targname)
@@ -667,14 +667,14 @@ static int process_targname(alpm_list_t *dblist, char *targname)
 	if(pm_errno == PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED) {
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("skipping target: %s\n"), targname);
 			pm_errno = 0;
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	if(pkg) {
-		return(process_pkg(pkg));
+		return process_pkg(pkg);
 	}
 	/* fallback on group */
-	return(process_group(dblist, targname));
+	return process_group(dblist, targname);
 }
 
 static int process_target(char *target)
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static int process_target(char *target)
 	}
 cleanup:
 	free(targstring);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	/* Step 1: create a new transaction... */
 	if(trans_init(config->flags) == -1) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* process targets */
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ cleanup:
 		retval = 1;
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 int pacman_sync(alpm_list_t *targets)
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ int pacman_sync(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		int ret = 0;
 
 		if(trans_init(0) == -1) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 
 		ret += sync_cleancache(config->op_s_clean);
@@ -884,14 +884,14 @@ int pacman_sync(alpm_list_t *targets)
 			ret++;
 		}
 
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/* ensure we have at least one valid sync db set up */
 	sync_dbs = alpm_option_get_syncdbs();
 	if(sync_dbs == NULL || alpm_list_count(sync_dbs) == 0) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no usable package repositories configured.\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(config->op_s_sync) {
@@ -899,40 +899,40 @@ int pacman_sync(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		printf(_(":: Synchronizing package databases...\n"));
 		alpm_logaction("synchronizing package lists\n");
 		if(!sync_synctree(config->op_s_sync, sync_dbs)) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* search for a package */
 	if(config->op_s_search) {
-		return(sync_search(sync_dbs, targets));
+		return sync_search(sync_dbs, targets);
 	}
 
 	/* look for groups */
 	if(config->group) {
-		return(sync_group(config->group, sync_dbs, targets));
+		return sync_group(config->group, sync_dbs, targets);
 	}
 
 	/* get package info */
 	if(config->op_s_info) {
-		return(sync_info(sync_dbs, targets));
+		return sync_info(sync_dbs, targets);
 	}
 
 	/* get a listing of files in sync DBs */
 	if(config->op_q_list) {
-		return(sync_list(sync_dbs, targets));
+		return sync_list(sync_dbs, targets);
 	}
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		if(config->op_s_upgrade) {
 			/* proceed */
 		} else if(config->op_s_sync) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		} else {
 			/* don't proceed here unless we have an operation that doesn't require a
 			 * target list */
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no targets specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ int pacman_sync(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	int ret = sync_trans(targs);
 	FREELIST(targs);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/upgrade.c b/src/pacman/upgrade.c
index 8cd29da0..5b894001 100644
--- a/src/pacman/upgrade.c
+++ b/src/pacman/upgrade.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("no targets specified (use -h for help)\n"));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Check for URL targets and process them
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 			if(str == NULL) {
 				pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n",
 						(char *)i->data, alpm_strerrorlast());
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 			} else {
 				free(i->data);
 				i->data = str;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	/* Step 1: create a new transaction */
 	if(trans_init(config->flags) == -1) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* add targets to the created transaction */
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n",
 					targ, alpm_strerrorlast());
 			trans_release();
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		if(alpm_add_pkg(pkg) == -1) {
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n",
 					targ, alpm_strerrorlast());
 			alpm_pkg_free(pkg);
 			trans_release();
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		}
 		trans_release();
 		FREELIST(data);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Step 3: perform the installation */
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	if(config->print) {
 		print_packages(alpm_trans_get_add());
 		trans_release();
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* print targets and ask user confirmation */
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	if(packages == NULL) { /* we are done */
 		printf(_(" there is nothing to do\n"));
 		trans_release();
-		return(retval);
+		return retval;
 	}
 	display_targets(alpm_trans_get_remove(), 0);
 	display_targets(alpm_trans_get_add(), 1);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	int confirm = yesno(_("Proceed with installation?"));
 	if(!confirm) {
 		trans_release();
-		return(retval);
+		return retval;
 	}
 
 	if(alpm_trans_commit(&data) == -1) {
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		}
 		FREELIST(data);
 		trans_release();
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(trans_release() == -1) {
 		retval = 1;
 	}
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index 83368085..558d6f8f 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ int trans_init(pmtransflag_t flags)
 			fprintf(stderr, _("  try running pacman-db-upgrade\n"));
 		}
 
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int trans_release(void)
@@ -78,25 +78,25 @@ int trans_release(void)
 	if(alpm_trans_release() == -1) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("failed to release transaction (%s)\n"),
 				alpm_strerrorlast());
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int needs_root(void)
 {
 	switch(config->op) {
 		case PM_OP_DATABASE:
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		case PM_OP_UPGRADE:
 		case PM_OP_REMOVE:
-			return(!config->print);
+			return !config->print;
 		case PM_OP_SYNC:
-			return(config->op_s_clean || config->op_s_sync ||
+			return (config->op_s_clean || config->op_s_sync ||
 					(!config->group && !config->op_s_info && !config->op_q_list &&
 					 !config->op_s_search && !config->print));
 		default:
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -125,24 +125,24 @@ int rmrf(const char *path)
 	DIR *dirp;
 
 	if(!unlink(path)) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	} else {
 		if(errno == ENOENT) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		} else if(errno == EPERM) {
 			/* fallthrough */
 		} else if(errno == EISDIR) {
 			/* fallthrough */
 		} else if(errno == ENOTDIR) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		} else {
 			/* not a directory */
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 
 		dirp = opendir(path);
 		if(!dirp) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		}
 		for(dp = readdir(dirp); dp != NULL; dp = readdir(dirp)) {
 			if(dp->d_ino) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int rmrf(const char *path)
 		if(rmdir(path)) {
 			errflag++;
 		}
-		return(errflag);
+		return errflag;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ const char *mbasename(const char *path)
 {
 	const char *last = strrchr(path, '/');
 	if(last) {
-		return(last + 1);
+		return last + 1;
 	}
-	return(path);
+	return path;
 }
 
 /** Parse the dirname of a program from a path.
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ char *mdirname(const char *path)
 
 	/* null or empty path */
 	if(path == NULL || path == '\0') {
-		return(strdup("."));
+		return strdup(".");
 	}
 
 	ret = strdup(path);
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ char *mdirname(const char *path)
 	if(last != NULL) {
 		/* we found a '/', so terminate our string */
 		*last = '\0';
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 	/* no slash found */
 	free(ret);
-	return(strdup("."));
+	return strdup(".");
 }
 
 /* output a string, but wrap words properly with a specified indentation
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ char *strtrim(char *str)
 
 	if(str == NULL || *str == '\0') {
 		/* string is empty, so we're done. */
-		return(str);
+		return str;
 	}
 
 	while(isspace((unsigned char)*pch)) {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ char *strtrim(char *str)
 
 	/* check if there wasn't anything but whitespace in the string. */
 	if(*str == '\0') {
-		return(str);
+		return str;
 	}
 
 	pch = (str + (strlen(str) - 1));
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ char *strtrim(char *str)
 	}
 	*++pch = '\0';
 
-	return(str);
+	return str;
 }
 
 /* Replace all occurances of 'needle' with 'replace' in 'str', returning
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ char *strreplace(const char *str, const char *needle, const char *replace)
 	size_t newsz;
 
 	if(!str) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	p = str;
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ char *strreplace(const char *str, const char *needle, const char *replace)
 
 	/* no occurences of needle found */
 	if(!list) {
-		return(strdup(str));
+		return strdup(str);
 	}
 	/* size of new string = size of old string + "number of occurences of needle"
 	 * x "size difference between replace and needle" */
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ char *strreplace(const char *str, const char *needle, const char *replace)
 		alpm_list_count(list) * (replacesz - needlesz);
 	newstr = malloc(newsz);
 	if(!newstr) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	*newstr = '\0';
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ char *strreplace(const char *str, const char *needle, const char *replace)
 	}
 	*newp = '\0';
 
-	return(newstr);
+	return newstr;
 }
 
 /** Splits a string into a list of strings using the chosen character as
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ alpm_list_t *strsplit(const char *str, const char splitchar)
 	while((str = strchr(str, splitchar))) {
 		dup = strndup(prev, (size_t)(str - prev));
 		if(dup == NULL) {
-			return(NULL);
+			return NULL;
 		}
 		list = alpm_list_add(list, dup);
 
@@ -398,11 +398,11 @@ alpm_list_t *strsplit(const char *str, const char splitchar)
 
 	dup = strdup(prev);
 	if(dup == NULL) {
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	list = alpm_list_add(list, dup);
 
-	return(list);
+	return list;
 }
 
 static int string_length(const char *s)
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int string_length(const char *s)
 	wchar_t *wcstr;
 
 	if(!s) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	/* len goes from # bytes -> # chars -> # cols */
 	len = strlen(s) + 1;
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static int string_length(const char *s)
 	len = wcswidth(wcstr, len);
 	free(wcstr);
 
-	return(len);
+	return len;
 }
 
 void string_display(const char *title, const char *string)
@@ -568,11 +568,11 @@ static off_t pkg_get_size(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	switch(config->op) {
 		case PM_OP_SYNC:
-			return(alpm_pkg_download_size(pkg));
+			return alpm_pkg_download_size(pkg);
 		case PM_OP_UPGRADE:
-			return(alpm_pkg_get_size(pkg));
+			return alpm_pkg_get_size(pkg);
 		default:
-			return(alpm_pkg_get_isize(pkg));
+			return alpm_pkg_get_isize(pkg);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -588,14 +588,14 @@ static char *pkg_get_location(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 			if(dburl) {
 				char *pkgurl = NULL;
 				pm_asprintf(&pkgurl, "%s/%s", dburl, alpm_pkg_get_filename(pkg));
-				return(pkgurl);
+				return pkgurl;
 			}
 		case PM_OP_UPGRADE:
-			return(strdup(alpm_pkg_get_filename(pkg)));
+			return strdup(alpm_pkg_get_filename(pkg));
 		default:
 			string = NULL;
 			pm_asprintf(&string, "%s-%s", alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg), alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg));
-			return(string);
+			return string;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void print_packages(const alpm_list_t *packages)
  * alpm "compare func" signature */
 int str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2)
 {
-	return(strcmp(s1, s2));
+	return strcmp(s1, s2);
 }
 
 void display_new_optdepends(pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
@@ -726,13 +726,13 @@ static int parseindex(char *s, int *val, int min, int max)
 		if(n < min || n > max) {
 			fprintf(stderr, _("Invalid value: %d is not between %d and %d\n"),
 					n, min, max);
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 		*val = n;
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Invalid number: %s\n"), s);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -772,20 +772,20 @@ static int multiselect_parse(char *array, int count, char *response)
 		}
 
 		if(parseindex(starts, &start, 1, count) != 0)
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 
 		if(!ends) {
 			array[start-1] = include;
 		} else {
 			if(parseindex(ends, &end, start, count) != 0)
-				return(-1);
+				return -1;
 			for(int d = start; d <= end; d++) {
 				array[d-1] = include;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int multiselect_question(char *array, int count)
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ int multiselect_question(char *array, int count)
 		}
 		break;
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int select_question(int count)
@@ -855,13 +855,13 @@ int select_question(int count)
 				int n;
 				if(parseindex(response, &n, 1, count) != 0)
 					continue;
-				return(n-1);
+				return (n - 1);
 			}
 		}
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return(preset-1);
+	return (preset - 1);
 }
 
 
@@ -888,22 +888,22 @@ static int question(short preset, char *fmt, va_list args)
 
 	if(config->noconfirm) {
 		fprintf(stream, "\n");
-		return(preset);
+		return preset;
 	}
 
 	if(fgets(response, sizeof(response), stdin)) {
 		strtrim(response);
 		if(strlen(response) == 0) {
-			return(preset);
+			return preset;
 		}
 
 		if(strcasecmp(response, _("Y")) == 0 || strcasecmp(response, _("YES")) == 0) {
-			return(1);
+			return 1;
 		} else if (strcasecmp(response, _("N")) == 0 || strcasecmp(response, _("NO")) == 0) {
-			return(0);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int yesno(char *fmt, ...)
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ int yesno(char *fmt, ...)
 	ret = question(1, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int noyes(char *fmt, ...)
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ int noyes(char *fmt, ...)
 	ret = question(0, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int pm_printf(pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, ...)
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ int pm_printf(pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, ...)
 	ret = pm_vfprintf(stdout, level, format, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int pm_fprintf(FILE *stream, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, ...)
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ int pm_fprintf(FILE *stream, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, ...)
 	ret = pm_vfprintf(stream, level, format, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int pm_asprintf(char **string, const char *format, ...)
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ int pm_asprintf(char **string, const char *format, ...)
 	}
 	va_end(args);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int pm_vasprintf(char **string, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, va_list args)
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ int pm_vasprintf(char **string, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, va_list
 	}
 	free(msg);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int pm_vfprintf(FILE *stream, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, va_list args)
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ int pm_vfprintf(FILE *stream, pmloglevel_t level, const char *format, va_list ar
 
 	/* print the message using va_arg list */
 	ret = vfprintf(stream, format, args);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t max)
 {
     register const char *p;
     for(p = s; *p && max--; ++p);
-    return(p - s);
+    return (p - s);
 }
 
 char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n)
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n)
     return NULL;
 
   new[len] = '\0';
-  return (char *) memcpy(new, s, len);
+  return (char *)memcpy(new, s, len);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/util/cleanupdelta.c b/src/util/cleanupdelta.c
index 71ba3a47..6388e840 100644
--- a/src/util/cleanupdelta.c
+++ b/src/util/cleanupdelta.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if(alpm_initialize() == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot initialize alpm: %s\n", alpm_strerrorlast());
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* let us get log messages from libalpm */
diff --git a/src/util/pactree.c b/src/util/pactree.c
index 6a10006f..94e628b6 100644
--- a/src/util/pactree.c
+++ b/src/util/pactree.c
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ static int alpm_local_init(void)
 
 	ret = alpm_initialize();
 	if(ret != 0) {
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = alpm_option_set_root(ROOTDIR);
 	if(ret != 0) {
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if(dbpath) {
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ static int alpm_local_init(void)
 		ret = alpm_option_set_dbpath(DBPATH);
 	}
 	if(ret != 0) {
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	db_local = alpm_option_get_localdb();
 	if(!db_local) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ static int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 'h':
 			case '?':
 			default:
-				return(1);
+				return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if(!argv[optind]) {
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(!color) {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 		indent_size  = 0;
 	}
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void usage(void)
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 finish:
 	cleanup();
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/src/util/testdb.c b/src/util/testdb.c
index 0436a23f..3d4fa6ae 100644
--- a/src/util/testdb.c
+++ b/src/util/testdb.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int check_localdb_files(void)
 	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%slocal", dbpath);
 	if(!(dir = opendir(path))) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "error : %s : %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ static int check_localdb_files(void)
 	}
 	if(closedir(dir)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "error closing dbpath : %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int checkdeps(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int checkdeps(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
 		ret++;
 	}
 	FREELIST(data);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int checkconflicts(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int checkconflicts(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
 		ret++;
 	}
 	FREELIST(data);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int check_localdb(void) {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int check_localdb(void) {
 
 	ret = check_localdb_files();
 	if(ret) {
-		return(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	db = alpm_option_get_localdb();
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int check_localdb(void) {
 	pkglist = alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db);
 	ret += checkdeps(pkglist);
 	ret += checkconflicts(pkglist);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int check_syncdbs(alpm_list_t *dbnames) {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int check_syncdbs(alpm_list_t *dbnames) {
 
 cleanup:
 	alpm_list_free(syncpkglist);
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void usage(void) {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if(alpm_initialize() == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot initialize alpm: %s\n", alpm_strerrorlast());
-		return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	/* let us get log messages from libalpm */
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if(alpm_option_set_dbpath(dbpath) != 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot set dbpath: %s\n", alpm_strerrorlast());
-		return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	if(!dbnames) {
diff --git a/src/util/testpkg.c b/src/util/testpkg.c
index d0d9cac1..e562dde2 100644
--- a/src/util/testpkg.c
+++ b/src/util/testpkg.c
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if(argc != 2) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <package file>\n", BASENAME);
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(alpm_initialize() == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "cannot initialize alpm: %s\n", alpm_strerrorlast());
-		return(1);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* let us get log messages from libalpm */
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		fprintf(stderr, "error releasing alpm: %s\n", alpm_strerrorlast());
 	}
 
-	return(retval);
+	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/src/util/vercmp.c b/src/util/vercmp.c
index adb5a42a..88cf49a6 100644
--- a/src/util/vercmp.c
+++ b/src/util/vercmp.c
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if(argc == 1) {
 		usage();
-		return(2);
+		return 2;
 	}
 	if(argc > 1 &&
 			(strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0
 			 || strcmp(argv[1], "--usage") == 0)) {
 		usage();
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 	if(argc > 2) {
 		s2 = argv[2];
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	ret = alpm_pkg_vercmp(s1, s2);
 	printf("%d\n", ret);
-	return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }