diff --git a/srcpkgs/gajim/template b/srcpkgs/gajim/template
index ba148477b42..8fd1da00e47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gajim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gajim/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pycompile_module="gajim"
 short_desc="Full featured Jabber/XMPP client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://www.gajim.org"
+update_site="https://gajim.org/downloads.php?lang=en"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="https://gajim.org/downloads/${version%.*}/gajim-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=27acfecf40e2da55e8f7ec5d653acaf0914376f2d42766af27963c008bee4dc0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template b/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template
index abfeec9ccb2..095ea5eebc6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc-multilib/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ wrksrc="gcc-${version}"
 short_desc="The GNU C Compiler (multilib files)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org"
+update_pkgname=gcc
 license="GFDL-1.2, GPL-3, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-$version/gcc-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2020c98295856aa13fda0f2f3a4794490757fc24bcca918d52cc8b4917b972dd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/geoclue2/template b/srcpkgs/geoclue2/template
index aef16925c46..55262e8a502 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geoclue2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geoclue2/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ depends="libsoup>=2.44"
 conf_file="/etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf"
 short_desc="The Geoinformation Service (2.x series)"
 homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue"
+update_pkgname=geoclue
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/geoclue/releases/${version%.*}/geoclue-${version}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/getmail/template b/srcpkgs/getmail/template
index 8796ae3d664..6fe7edf6c36 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/getmail/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/getmail/template
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ short_desc="A POP3 mail retriever with reliable Maildir and command delivery"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail"
+update_ignore="*a*"
 distfiles="http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/old-versions/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=f423269290e8afc0071cabeae88d3f1adfd9dc351041ac14a2d4e05b44ad3897
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glade3/template b/srcpkgs/glade3/template
index 6b9eb2edd83..0e05ad41cb3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glade3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glade3/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ makedepends="gtk+3-devel libxml2-devel python-devel python-gobject-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="An User Interface Designer for GTK+3"
 homepage="http://glade.gnome.org/"
+update_pkgname="glade"
 license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glade/${version%.*}/glade-${version}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glew/template b/srcpkgs/glew/template
index e830f45f5a9..f09fe52884d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glew/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glew/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ makedepends="libXext-devel libXmu-devel libXi-devel MesaLib-devel"
 short_desc="The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://glew.sourceforge.net"
+update_ignore="20*"
 license="BSD, MIT, GPL-2"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/glew/glew-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=69bbce306ac281c4fa806a7a7d02c0596281a2d8f9d70690e98126f23ba513d6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glew19/template b/srcpkgs/glew19/template
index 3934de7d8b9..4f5222a2813 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glew19/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glew19/template
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ makedepends="libXext-devel libXmu-devel libXi-devel MesaLib-devel"
 short_desc="The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (1.9 branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://glew.sourceforge.net"
+update_pkgname="glew"
+update_ignore="20* 1.1*"
 license="BSD, MIT, GPL-2"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/glew/glew-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=9b36530e414c95d6624be9d6815a5be1531d1986300ae5903f16977ab8aeb787
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base/template
index 131a7da1c64..cea19020d18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-base/template
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ makedepends="
 short_desc="GStreamer Base Plug-ins"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
+update_ignore="1.*"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=1fe45c3894903001d4d008b0713dab089f53726dcb5842d5b40c2595a984e64a
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good/template
index f7d7322ff08..86314bf6013 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.6 libxml2-devel
 short_desc="GStreamer set of well-maintained good plug-ins"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
+update_ignore="1.*"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=77a8436a7c0a15f876bad29616835046890df2bcaf72da02151bd91e3d292b64
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good1/template b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good1/template
index b96a1c0fbec..763480681d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-plugins-good1/template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ depends="gst-plugins-base1>=${version}"
 short_desc="GStreamer set of well-maintained good plug-ins (1.x)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
+update_pkgname="gst-plugins-good"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pkgname/1/}/${pkgname/1/}-${version#*:}.tar.xz"
 checksum=5876a74402f2a24d1d3ae9163c32466bdc7a565696dddeef65e6a9a93efc5537
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template b/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template
index 180f7bb216d..8f660552dc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ makedepends="libxml2-devel libglib-devel"
 short_desc="Core GStreamer libraries and elements"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
+update_ignore="1.*"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=9151aa108c177054387885763fa0e433e76780f7c5655c70a5390f2a6c6871da
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template b/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template
index c29f358a8bc..e5bdefa54d2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ makedepends="libxml2-devel libglib-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
 short_desc="Core GStreamer libraries and elements (1.x)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
+update_pkgname="gstreamer"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-${version#*:}.tar.xz"
 checksum=11f155784d28b85a12b50d2fc8f91c6b75d9ca325cc76aaffba1a58d4c9549c9
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtest/template b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
index aa35c6987bc..aaa34dab081 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="MIT"
 hostmakedepends="unzip cmake"
 homepage="https://code.google.com/p/googletest"
+update_pkgname="googletest"
+update_pattern="gtest-\K[\d.]+"
 distfiles="https://googletest.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.zip"
 checksum=247ca18dd83f53deb1328be17e4b1be31514cedfc1e3424f672bf11fd7e0d60d
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template b/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template
index 94b41b9b667..e0757d43a6e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-schemas-compile --enable-gtk2-dependency"
 short_desc="The GTK+ toolkit (v3)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gtk.org/"
+update_pkgname="gtk+"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtk+/${version%.*}/gtk+-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=a006c716d723dab0c623491566e3292af84c87d9198a30199051d23cfc7bef2f
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk-engine-murrine/template b/srcpkgs/gtk-engine-murrine/template
index 2b1b438928c..056ca18a890 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk-engine-murrine/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk-engine-murrine/template
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel"
 maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
 homepage="http://cimitan.com/murrine/project/murrine"
+update_pkgname="murrine"
 license="LGPL-3"
 short_desc="GTK2 engine to make your desktop look like a murrina"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk2-engines/template b/srcpkgs/gtk2-engines/template
index ed17e5e6dbf..97552a8bd69 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk2-engines/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk2-engines/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ makedepends="gtk+-devel"
 short_desc="GTK+2 Theme engines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt"
+update_pkgname="gtk-engines"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/gtk-engines/gtk-engines-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6c38c297c3b95d667c5159c1f379384806fedb53a828d44ac73ff54570ed185b
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
index 5cf752ccb02..c7a1d01cb2a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libsigc++-devel atkmm-devel pangomm-devel libXcursor-devel"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for The GTK+ toolkit (v2)"
 homepage="http://www.gtkmm.org/"
+update_pkgname="gtkmm"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtkmm/2.24/gtkmm-$version.tar.xz"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
index 3f409392227..587a0f623e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ makedepends="gtk+-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Text widget that extends GTK+ GtkTextView widget"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
+update_pkgname="gtksourceview"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtksourceview/2.10/gtksourceview-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=c585773743b1df8a04b1be7f7d90eecdf22681490d6810be54c81a7ae152191e
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gwenhywfar/template b/srcpkgs/gwenhywfar/template
index b55ad41a2e1..a5fcdba14a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gwenhywfar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gwenhywfar/template
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ configure_args="--disable-binreloc"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="LGPL"
 homepage="http://www.aquamaniac.de"
+update_site="http://www.aquamaniac.de/sites/download/packages.php"
+update_pattern='gwenhywfar-\K[\d.]+(beta)?'
 short_desc="OS abstraction functions for various projects"
 distfiles="http://www2.aquamaniac.de/sites/download/download.php?package=01&release=${_dnrel}&file=01&dummy=gwenhywfar-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=bbc7d64baaa005173699e1d5bac3b427e26f4fd0702e2fff25450ee24a4b59d2