8 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/source/ap/vim/vim-gvim.SlackBuild b/source/ap/vim/vim-gvim.SlackBuild
index de12fbad2..3e0b94778 100755
--- a/source/ap/vim/vim-gvim.SlackBuild
+++ b/source/ap/vim/vim-gvim.SlackBuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PKGNAM=vim-gvim
-VIMBRANCH=9.0
+VIMBRANCH=9.1
 VERSION=$(echo vim-${VIMBRANCH}*.tar.?z | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 
diff --git a/source/ap/vim/vim.SlackBuild b/source/ap/vim/vim.SlackBuild
index b0d569096..76ec2f06f 100755
--- a/source/ap/vim/vim.SlackBuild
+++ b/source/ap/vim/vim.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PKGNAM=vim
-VIMBRANCH=9.0
+VIMBRANCH=9.1
 CTAGSVER=5.8
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 
diff --git a/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt b/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt
index f6715af36..600af2d24 100644
--- a/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/source/installer/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Tue Jan  2 09:03:56 UTC 2024
+  build_installer.sh: Switch /sbin/modinfo from BusyBox's implementation to
+  kmod's, as the busybox implementation doesn't work.
+  Switch /bin/grep to the GNU implementation for a richer feature set.
+  Use the /bin/{e,f}grep shell wrappers, aligned with the OS.
+  /etc/rc.d/rc.S: Call /bin/grep rather than /bin/grep.bin
++--------------------------+
 Mon Dec 11 20:24:00 UTC 2023
   build_installer.sh: On x86, don't try to use a kernel with an -smp
   LOCALVERSION as it's no longer built. The regularly-named kernels are now
diff --git a/source/installer/build_installer.sh b/source/installer/build_installer.sh
index 8c4588382..86e580a02 100755
--- a/source/installer/build_installer.sh
+++ b/source/installer/build_installer.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set +o posix
 
-# $Id: build_installer.sh,v 1.129 2011/04/13 23:03:07 eha Exp eha $
-#
-# Copyright 2005-2023  Stuart Winter, Surrey, England, UK
+# Copyright 2005-2024  Stuart Winter, Surrey, England, UK
 # Copyright 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017  Eric Hameleers, Eindhoven, Netherlands
 # Copyright 2011-2020  Patrick Volkerding, Sebeka, MN, USA
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -587,9 +585,6 @@ rm -rf $TMP/extract-packages
 
 # Re-create essential symlinks
 ln -sf sbin/init init
-( cd bin; ln -sf grep.bin grep )
-( cd bin; ln -sf grep.bin egrep )
-( cd bin; ln -sf grep.bin fgrep )
 ( cd bin; ln -sf gzip zcat )
 ( cd bin; ln -sf /usr/bin/compress compress )
 ( cd usr/bin; ln -sf ../../bin/gzip zcat )
@@ -1065,6 +1060,7 @@ cp --remove-destination -fa${VERBOSE1} ${EXTRA_PKGS_BIN} \
         dircolors \
         findmnt \
         gzip \
+        grep egrep fgrep pgrep \
         ipmask \
         ls \
         lsblk \
@@ -1086,7 +1082,6 @@ cp --remove-destination -fa${VERBOSE1} ${EXTRA_PKGS_BIN} \
 $(readlink -s setterm 1>/dev/null) || \
   cp --remove-destination -fa${VERBOSE1} setterm \
   $PKG/$ARCH-installer-filesystem/bin/
-cp --remove-destination -fa${VERBOSE1} grep $PKG/$ARCH-installer-filesystem/bin/grep.bin
 cd $TMP/extract-packages/usr/bin
 cp --remove-destination -fa${VERBOSE1} ${EXTRA_PKGS_USRBIN} \
         bash \
@@ -1163,6 +1158,7 @@ cp --remove-destination -fa${VERBOSE1} ${EXTRA_PKGS_SBIN} \
         mkfs.* \
         mklost+found \
         mkswap \
+        modinfo \
         modprobe \
         mount \
         mdadm \
diff --git a/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S b/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S
index dec350d0a..0e69d7349 100755
--- a/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S
+++ b/source/installer/sources/initrd/etc/rc.d/rc.S
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ fi
 # Note: this does not configure the OS root password.
 # Passwords should be set as follows within the Kernel cmdline:
 #   instrootpw=yourpassword
-if grep.bin -qoP 'instrootpw=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline ; then
-  /bin/echo "root:$( grep.bin -oP 'instrootpw=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline )" | /bin/busybox chpasswd
+if grep -qoP 'instrootpw=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline ; then
+  /bin/echo "root:$( grep -oP 'instrootpw=\K\S+' /proc/cmdline )" | /bin/busybox chpasswd
 fi
 
 # Activate swap:
diff --git a/source/l/poppler/poppler.SlackBuild b/source/l/poppler/poppler.SlackBuild
index 11cd7abf9..3778b048e 100755
--- a/source/l/poppler/poppler.SlackBuild
+++ b/source/l/poppler/poppler.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PKGNAM=poppler
 VERSION=${VERSION:-$(echo $PKGNAM-*.tar.?z | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 QT6OPT=${QT6OPT:--DENABLE_QT6=OFF}
 
 # Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
diff --git a/source/n/ncftp/ncftp.SlackBuild b/source/n/ncftp/ncftp.SlackBuild
index 935e16a00..a749c0eb2 100755
--- a/source/n/ncftp/ncftp.SlackBuild
+++ b/source/n/ncftp/ncftp.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PKGNAM=ncftp
 VERSION=${VERSION:-$(echo $PKGNAM-*.tar.xz | rev | cut -f 2 -d - | rev)}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-4}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 
 # Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
diff --git a/source/n/ncftp/slack-desc b/source/n/ncftp/slack-desc
index ca35f9bd6..c13a7b2bc 100644
--- a/source/n/ncftp/slack-desc
+++ b/source/n/ncftp/slack-desc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ncftp: Protocol. This program allows a user to transfer files to and from a
 ncftp: remote network site, and offers additional features that are not found
 ncftp: in the standard interface for ftp.
 ncftp:
-ncftp: Homepage: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/
+ncftp: Homepage: https://www.ncftp.com/
 ncftp:
 ncftp:
 ncftp: