diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
index d1b3bda1..5514e2c0 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Options
 
 *TotalDownload*::
 	When downloading, display the amount downloaded, download rate, ETA,
-	and completed percentage of the entire download list list rather
+	and completed percentage of the entire download list rather
 	than the percent of each individual download target. The progress
 	bar is still based solely on the current file download.
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 0c3d7735..619ce5e6 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 		struct archive_entry *entry, pmpkg_t *newpkg, pmpkg_t *oldpkg,
 		pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 {
-	const char *entryname; /* the name of the file in the archive */
+	char entryname[PATH_MAX]; /* the name of the file in the archive */
 	mode_t entrymode;
 	char filename[PATH_MAX]; /* the actual file we're extracting */
 	int needbackup = 0, notouch = 0;
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 	                          ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME;
 	int errors = 0;
 
-	entryname = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
+	strncpy(entryname, archive_entry_pathname(entry), PATH_MAX);
 	entrymode = archive_entry_mode(entry);
 
 	memset(filename, 0, PATH_MAX); /* just to be sure */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index dfdcabe0..8d832942 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
 	}
 
-	if((info = _alpm_db_scan(db, name)) == NULL) {
+	if((info = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, name)) == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "could not find %s in database\n", name);
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND, -1);
 	}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s in the targets list\n", info->name);
-	trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, info);
+	trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, _alpm_pkg_dup(info));
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 					alpm_list_t *i;
 					for(i = lp; i; i = i->next) {
 						pmdepmissing_t *miss = (pmdepmissing_t *)i->data;
-						pmpkg_t *info = _alpm_db_scan(db, miss->target);
+						pmpkg_t *info = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, miss->target);
 						if(info) {
 							if(!_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_pkg_get_name(info), trans->packages)) {
 								_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "pulling %s in the targets list\n",
 										alpm_pkg_get_name(info));
-								trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, info);
+								trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, _alpm_pkg_dup(info));
 							}
 						} else {
 							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not find %s in database -- skipping\n"),