diff --git a/package/popt/Makefile b/package/popt/Makefile
index 360a18c1d2..c84921ab80 100644
--- a/package/popt/Makefile
+++ b/package/popt/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME := popt
 PKG_VERSION := 1.7
-PKG_RELEASE := 3
+PKG_RELEASE := 4
 PKG_MD5SUM := 5988e7aeb0ae4dac8d83561265984cc9
 
 PKG_SOURCE_SITE := ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.1.x/
@@ -21,16 +21,15 @@ $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE):
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
 	mkdir -p $(TOOL_BUILD_DIR)
 	$(PKG_SOURCE_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
-	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) . $(PKG_NAME)-\*.diff
+#	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) ./patches
+	cp -fpR ./ipkg $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/
 	chmod a+x $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
 
 $(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
 	cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-	ipkg/rules \
-	  TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" \
-	  IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
-	  INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-	 package
+	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
+	INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	ipkg/rules package
 
 $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/lib$(PKG_NAME).list: $(PKG_IPK)
 	$(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
@@ -42,10 +41,9 @@ install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/lib$(PKG_NAME).list
 
 clean:
 	-cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-	ipkg/rules \
-	  TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
-	  INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-	 clean
+	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
+	INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	ipkg/rules clean
 	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
 	rm -r $(PKG_IPK)
 
diff --git a/package/popt/ipkg/libpopt-dev/CONTROL/control b/package/popt/ipkg/libpopt-dev/CONTROL/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47faa7ab82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/popt/ipkg/libpopt-dev/CONTROL/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libpopt-dev
+Priority: optional
+Section: devel
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/popt/
+Description: a command line option parsing library (development)
diff --git a/package/popt/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control b/package/popt/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b932c4a48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/popt/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libpopt
+Priority: optional
+Section: libs
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/popt/
+Description: a command line option parsing library
diff --git a/package/popt/ipkg/rules b/package/popt/ipkg/rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ab310b2e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/popt/ipkg/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+ifneq ($(strip ${IPKG_RULES_INC}),)
+ include $(IPKG_RULES_INC)
+endif
+
+##
+
+PKG_VERSION := $(shell cat ./ipkg/version)
+CURRENT_DIR := $(shell pwd)
+INSTALL_DIR ?= $(CURRENT_DIR)/ipkg-install
+
+unexport INSTALL_DIR
+
+I_LIBPOPT := ipkg/libpopt
+I_LIBPOPT_DEV := ipkg/libpopt-dev
+
+BUILD_DEPS := \
+
+CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+
+##
+
+all: package
+
+
+.stamp-configured: $(BUILD_DEPS)
+
+	rm -rf config.cache
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	am_cv_func_iconv=no \
+	./configure \
+	  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+	  --program-prefix="" \
+	  --program-suffix="" \
+	  --prefix=/usr \
+	  --exec-prefix=/usr \
+	  --bindir=/usr/bin \
+	  --datadir=/usr/share \
+	  --includedir=/usr/include \
+	  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
+	  --libdir=/usr/lib \
+	  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+	  --localstatedir=/var \
+	  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+	  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+	  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+	  $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+	  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
+	  $(CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+
+	touch .stamp-configured
+
+
+.stamp-built: .stamp-configured
+
+	$(MAKE)
+	  
+	touch .stamp-built
+
+
+$(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h: .stamp-built
+
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
+
+	$(MAKE) \
+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
+	 install
+
+
+configure: .stamp-configured
+
+
+build: .stamp-built
+
+
+install: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h
+
+
+package: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h
+
+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr/lib
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpopt*.so.* $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr/lib/
+	$(STRIP) $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr/lib/lib*.so.*
+
+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/usr/include
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/usr/include/
+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/usr/lib
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpopt*.a $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpopt*.so* $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/usr/lib/
+
+	chmod 0755 ipkg/*/CONTROL/
+	chmod 0644 ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
+	
+	perl -pi -e "s/^Arch.*:.*/Architecture: $(ARCH)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
+ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_VERSION)),)
+	perl -pi -e "s/^Vers.*:.*/Version: $(PKG_VERSION)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
+endif
+
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBPOPT) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
+
+
+clean:
+
+	-$(MAKE) \
+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
+	 uninstall clean
+
+	rm -rf .stamp-* \
+	  $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr \
+	  $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/usr \
+
+
+control:
+
+	@cat $(I_LIBPOPT)/CONTROL/control
+	@echo
+	@cat $(I_LIBPOPT_DEV)/CONTROL/control
+	@echo
+	
+
+.PHONY: configure build install package clean control
diff --git a/package/popt/ipkg/version b/package/popt/ipkg/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75b1827094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/popt/ipkg/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.7-4
diff --git a/package/popt/popt-1.7-3.diff b/package/popt/popt-1.7-3.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 616be97d37..0000000000
--- a/package/popt/popt-1.7-3.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control popt-1.7-3/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control
---- popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ popt-1.7-3/ipkg/libpopt/CONTROL/control	2005-03-08 03:24:11.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
-+Package: libpopt
-+Priority: optional
-+Section: libs
-+Version: [TBDL]
-+Architecture: [TBDL]
-+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/popt/
-+Description: a command line option parsing library
-diff -ruN popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/popt-dev/CONTROL/control popt-1.7-3/ipkg/popt-dev/CONTROL/control
---- popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/popt-dev/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ popt-1.7-3/ipkg/popt-dev/CONTROL/control	2005-03-08 03:26:21.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
-+Package: popt-dev
-+Priority: optional
-+Section: devel
-+Version: [TBDL]
-+Architecture: [TBDL]
-+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/popt/
-+Description: a command line option parsing library (development)
-diff -ruN popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/rules popt-1.7-3/ipkg/rules
---- popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/rules	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ popt-1.7-3/ipkg/rules	2005-03-08 03:50:49.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
-+#!/usr/bin/make -f
-+
-+ifneq ($(strip ${IPKG_RULES_INC}),)
-+  include $(IPKG_RULES_INC)
-+endif
-+
-+##
-+
-+PKG_VERSION := $(shell cat ./ipkg/version)
-+CURRENT_DIR := $(shell pwd)
-+INSTALL_DIR = $(CURRENT_DIR)/ipkg-install
-+
-+I_LIBPOPT := ipkg/libpopt
-+I_POPT_DEV := ipkg/popt-dev
-+
-+BUILD_DEPS := \
-+
-+CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
-+	--enable-shared \
-+	--enable-static \
-+
-+##
-+
-+all: package
-+
-+
-+.stamp-configured: $(BUILD_DEPS)
-+
-+	rm -rf config.cache
-+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-+	am_cv_func_iconv=no \
-+	./configure \
-+	  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-+	  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-+	  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
-+	  --prefix=/usr \
-+	  --exec-prefix=/usr \
-+	  --bindir=/usr/bin \
-+	  --datadir=/usr/share \
-+	  --includedir=/usr/include \
-+	  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
-+	  --libdir=/usr/lib \
-+	  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
-+	  --localstatedir=/var \
-+	  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
-+	  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
-+	  --sysconfdir=/etc \
-+	  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
-+	  $(CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-+
-+	touch .stamp-configured
-+
-+
-+.stamp-built: .stamp-configured
-+
-+	$(MAKE) \
-+	  $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-+	  CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-+	  
-+	touch .stamp-built
-+
-+
-+$(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h: .stamp-built
-+
-+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
-+
-+	$(MAKE) \
-+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-+	  transform="s,x,x," \
-+	 install
-+
-+
-+configure: .stamp-configured
-+
-+
-+build: .stamp-built
-+
-+
-+install: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h
-+
-+
-+package: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h
-+
-+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr/lib
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpopt*.so.* $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr/lib/
-+	$(STRIP) $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr/lib/lib*.so.*
-+
-+	mkdir -p $(I_POPT_DEV)/usr/include
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt.h $(I_POPT_DEV)/usr/include/
-+	mkdir -p $(I_POPT_DEV)/usr/lib
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpopt*.a $(I_POPT_DEV)/usr/lib/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpopt*.so* $(I_POPT_DEV)/usr/lib/
-+
-+	chmod 0755 ipkg/*/CONTROL/
-+	chmod 0644 ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-+	
-+	perl -pi -e "s/^Arch.*:.*/Architecture: $(ARCH)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-+ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_VERSION)),)
-+	perl -pi -e "s/^Vers.*:.*/Version: $(PKG_VERSION)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-+endif
-+
-+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBPOPT) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_POPT_DEV) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-+
-+
-+clean:
-+
-+	-$(MAKE) clean
-+	rm -rf .stamp-*
-+	rm -rf $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/popt*
-+	rm -rf $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libpopt*
-+	rm -rf $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/man/man*/popt*
-+	rm -rf $(I_LIBPOPT)/usr
-+	rm -rf $(I_POPT_DEV)/usr
-+
-+
-+control:
-+
-+	@cat $(I_LIBPOPT)/CONTROL/control
-+	@echo
-+	@cat $(I_POPT_DEV)/CONTROL/control
-+	@echo
-+	
-+
-+.PHONY: configure build install package clean control
-diff -ruN popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/version popt-1.7-3/ipkg/version
---- popt-1.7-orig/ipkg/version	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ popt-1.7-3/ipkg/version	2005-03-08 03:23:49.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+1.7-3