diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/var-run.conf b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/var-run.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2c18e2b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/var-run.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# empty /var/run
+R	/var/run/*	-	-	-	-	-
+# systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service fails to start without this
+f /var/run/utmp 0644 root root - -
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb
index f4ca72a128..b9c8a190cf 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_git.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ inherit gitpkgv
 PKGV = "v${GITPKGVTAG}"
 
 PV = "git"
-PR = "r27"
+PR = "r28"
 
 inherit useradd pkgconfig autotools vala perlnative
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SRCREV = "3eff4208ffecedd778fec260f0d4b18e94dab443"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd;protocol=git \
            ${UCLIBCPATCHES} \
+           file://var-run.conf \
           "
 UCLIBCPATCHES = ""
 UCLIBCPATCHES_libc-uclibc = "file://paper-over-mkostemp.patch \
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ do_install() {
 	# create machine-id
 	# 20:12 < mezcalero> koen: you have three options: a) run systemd-machine-id-setup at install time, b) have / read-only and an empty file there (for stateless) and c) boot with / writable
 	touch ${D}${sysconfdir}/machine-id
+
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/var-run.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d/
 }
 
 python populate_packages_prepend (){
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_0.5.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_0.5.3.bb
index 109bf82fa8..9fd423fe91 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_0.5.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_0.5.3.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DEPENDS = "elfutils binutils"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=eb723b61539feef013de476e68b5c50a"
 
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 # ltrace is not ported to sh3/sh4 targets at this time
 COMPATIBLE_TARGET_SYS = "(?!sh[34])"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ do_compile() {
 		sparc*)   LTRACE_ARCH=sparc ;;
 		x86_64*)  LTRACE_ARCH=x86_64 ;;
 	esac
-	oe_runmake LDFLAGS=${TARGET_LDFLAGS} LIBS="-lsupc++ -liberty -Wl,-Bstatic -lelf -Wl,-Bdynamic" ${EXTRA_OEMAKE} ARCH=${LTRACE_ARCH}
+	oe_runmake LDFLAGS="${TARGET_LDFLAGS}" LIBS="-lsupc++ -liberty -Wl,-Bstatic -lelf -Wl,-Bdynamic" ${EXTRA_OEMAKE} ARCH=${LTRACE_ARCH}
 }
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common-1.34/0005-add-XWindowManager-Xsession.d-script.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common-1.34/0005-add-XWindowManager-Xsession.d-script.patch
index f5c2c786d0..1782665b24 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common-1.34/0005-add-XWindowManager-Xsession.d-script.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common-1.34/0005-add-XWindowManager-Xsession.d-script.patch
@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@ Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa@gmail.com>
  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 X11/Xsession.d/90xXWindowManager
 
-diff --git a/X11/Xsession.d/90xXWindowManager b/X11/Xsession.d/90xXWindowManager
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..3df8435
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/X11/Xsession.d/90xXWindowManager
-@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
-+#!/bin/sh
+Index: xserver-common-1.34/X11/Xsession.d/90xXWindowManager
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ xserver-common-1.34/X11/Xsession.d/90xXWindowManager	2012-06-28 15:02:22.010521773 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
 +if [ -x $HOME/.Xsession ]; then
 +    exec $HOME/.Xsession
++elif [ -x /usr/bin/x-session-manager ]; then
++    exec /usr/bin/x-session-manager
 +else
 +    exec /usr/bin/x-window-manager
 +fi
--- 
-1.7.8.5
-
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common_1.34.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common_1.34.bb
index 1147fca305..a7e81917f6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common_1.34.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xserver-common/xserver-common_1.34.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Common X11 scripts and support files"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
-PR = "r6"
+PR = "r7"
 
 # we are using a gpe-style Makefile
 inherit gpe
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cramfs/cramfs_cvs.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cramfs/cramfs_cvs.bb
index 667097c861..d9b6c0638e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cramfs/cramfs_cvs.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cramfs/cramfs_cvs.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/linux/COPYING;md5=9579385572eb40eded61dcb0
 DEPENDS = "zlib"
 SRCDATE = "20110110"
 PV = "1.1+cvs${SRCDATE}"
+PR = "r1"
 
 SRC_URI = "cvs://anonymous@cramfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/cramfs;module=linux"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/linux/scripts/cramfs"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "\
 
 
 do_compile_prepend() {
-        ln -s GNUmakefile Makefile
+        ln -sf GNUmakefile Makefile
 }
 
 do_install() {