diff --git a/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim b/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim
index 91570637..cf264f93 100644
--- a/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim
+++ b/contrib/PKGBUILD.vim
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ hi def link pbValidSha512sums  Number
 
 " options
 syn keyword pb_k_options options contained
-syn match pbOptions /\(no\)\?\(strip\|docs\|libtool\|emptydirs\|zipman\|purge\|upx\|fakeroot\|distcc\|color\|ccache\|check\|sign\|makeflags\|buildflags\)/ contained
+syn match pbOptions /\(no\)\?\(strip\|docs\|libtool\|emptydirs\|zipman\|purge\|upx\|distcc\|color\|ccache\|check\|sign\|makeflags\|buildflags\)/ contained
 syn match   pbOptionsNeg     /\!/ contained
 syn match   pbOptionsDeprec  /no/ contained
 syn region pbOptionsGroup start=/^options=(/ end=/)/ contains=pb_k_options,pbOptions,pbOptionsNeg,pbOptionsDeprec,pbIllegalOption
diff --git a/contrib/bash_completion.in b/contrib/bash_completion.in
index 15e1daca..224b8f92 100644
--- a/contrib/bash_completion.in
+++ b/contrib/bash_completion.in
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ _makepkg() {
   COMPREPLY=()
   _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
   if [[ $cur = -* && ! $prev =~ ^-(-(config|help)$|\w*[Chp]) ]]; then
-    opts=('allsource asdeps asroot check clean config force geninteg help holdver ignorearch
-           install key log needed noarchive nobuild nocheck nocolor noconfirm nodeps noextract
-           noprepare noprogressbar nosign pkg repackage rmdeps sign skipchecksums skipinteg
-           skippgpcheck source syncdeps verifysource version'
+    opts=('allsource asdeps check clean config force geninteg help holdver ignorearch install
+           key log needed noarchive nobuild nocheck nocolor noconfirm nodeps noextract noprepare
+           noprogressbar nosign pkg repackage rmdeps sign skipchecksums skipinteg skippgpcheck
+           source syncdeps verifysource version'
           'A L R S c d e f g h i m o p r s')
     _arch_ptr2comp opts
   fi
diff --git a/contrib/zsh_completion.in b/contrib/zsh_completion.in
index f2ff7c8a..1cae1de0 100644
--- a/contrib/zsh_completion.in
+++ b/contrib/zsh_completion.in
@@ -586,11 +586,11 @@ _makepkg_longopts=(
 	'--syncdeps[Install missing dependencies with pacman]'
 	'--source[Generate a source-only tarball without downloading sources]'
 	'--allsource[Generate a source-only tarball including downloaded source]'
-	'--asroot[Allow makepkg to run as root user]'
 	'--check[Run check() function in the PKGBUILD]'
 	'--config[Use an alternate config file instead of '@sysconfdir@/makepkg.conf']: :_files'
 	'--holdver[Prevent automatic version bumping for development PKGBUILDs]'
 	'--key[Specify key to use for gpg signing instead of the default]: :_keys'
+	'--noarchive[Do not create the archive at the end of the build process]'
 	'--nocheck[Do not run the check() function in the PKGBUILD]'
 	'--noprepare[Do not run the prepare() function in the PKGBUILD]'
 	'--nosign[Do not create a signature for the package]'
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index e680feb3..48745d3b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -192,13 +192,17 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 	if(trans->add == NULL) {
 		if(_alpm_remove_packages(handle, 1) == -1) {
 			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_packages() */
+			alpm_errno_t save = handle->pm_errno;
 			alpm_logaction(handle, ALPM_CALLER_PREFIX, "transaction failed\n");
+			handle->pm_errno = save;
 			return -1;
 		}
 	} else {
 		if(_alpm_sync_commit(handle, data) == -1) {
 			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_commit() */
+			alpm_errno_t save = handle->pm_errno;
 			alpm_logaction(handle, ALPM_CALLER_PREFIX, "transaction failed\n");
+			handle->pm_errno = save;
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 00beb76e..716ed808 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ extract_git() {
 			exit 1
 		fi
 		cd_safe "$srcdir"
-	elif ! git clone "$dir"; then
+	elif ! git clone "$dir" "${dir##*/}"; then
 		error "$(gettext "Failure while creating working copy of %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "git"
 		plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 		exit 1
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ tidy_install() {
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing static library files...")"
 		local l
 		while read -rd '' l; do
-			if [[ -f "${l%.a}.so" ]]; then
+			if [[ -f "${l%.a}.so" || -h "${l%.a}.so" ]]; then
 				rm "$l"
 			fi
 		done < <(find . ! -type d -name "*.a" -print0)
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ tidy_install() {
 	# check existence of backup files
 	local file
 	for file in "${backup[@]}"; do
-		if [[ ! -f $file && ! -h $file ]]; then
+		if [[ ! -f $file ]]; then
 			warning "$(gettext "%s entry file not in package : %s")" "backup" "$file"
 		fi
 	done