diff --git a/binutils/build.sh b/binutils/build.sh
index 866a2e8..948901b 100755
--- a/binutils/build.sh
+++ b/binutils/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --disable-nls --program-prefix=g"
+configure_args+=(--disable-nls --program-prefix=g)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/curl/build.sh b/curl/build.sh
index a5b4bd2..e8a9d2d 100755
--- a/curl/build.sh
+++ b/curl/build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source[0]=http://curl.haxx.se/download/$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
 
-configure_args="$configure_args --enable-static=no --enable-http --enable-ftp --enable-file --disable-ldap --enable-manual --disable-ipv6 --enable-cookies --enable-crypto --with-egd-socket=/var/run/egd-pool --with-libidn"
+configure_args+=(--enable-static=no --enable-http --enable-ftp --enable-file --disable-ldap --enable-manual --disable-ipv6 --enable-cookies --enable-crypto --with-egd-socket=/var/run/egd-pool --with-libidn)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/expect/build.sh b/expect/build.sh
index 503487d..b937b2c 100755
--- a/expect/build.sh
+++ b/expect/build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ patch[0]=expect-5.43-no-rpath.patch
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
 
-configure_args="--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --with-tcl=${prefix}/${_libdir} --with-tclinclude=${prefix}/${_includedir}/tcl-private --with-tkinclude=${prefix}/${_includedir}/tk-private --with-tk=${prefix}/${_libdir} --enable-shared"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --with-tcl=${prefix}/${_libdir} --with-tclinclude=${prefix}/${_includedir}/tcl-private --with-tkinclude=${prefix}/${_includedir}/tk-private --with-tk=${prefix}/${_libdir} --enable-shared)
 
 topsrcdir=$topdir-${version%.*}
 majorver=5.43
diff --git a/gcc/build.sh b/gcc/build.sh
index 69637de..67c8a9d 100755
--- a/gcc/build.sh
+++ b/gcc/build.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ make_build_target=bootstrap
 # Define abbreviated version number (for pkgdef)
 abbrev_ver=$(echo $version | ${__tr} -d '.')
 
-global_config_args="--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --disable-nls --enable-shared"
-langs="--enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,ada"
-configure_args="$global_config_args $langs $platform_configure_args"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --disable-nls --enable-shared)
+configure_args+=(--enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,ada)
 objdir=cccgoa_native
 export CC=/export/home/tgc/gnat/bin/gcc
 export GNATROOT=/export/home/tgc/gnat
diff --git a/gcc40/build.sh b/gcc40/build.sh
index e1997c2..64c8efe 100755
--- a/gcc40/build.sh
+++ b/gcc40/build.sh
@@ -28,16 +28,14 @@ make_build_target=bootstrap
 abbrev_ver=$(echo $version | ${__tr} -d '.')
 
 # Configure args
-global_config_args="--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-libiconv-prefix=$lprefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix95"
-langs="--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,f95,objc"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-libiconv-prefix=$lprefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix95)
+configure_args+=(--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,f95,objc)
 objdir=all_native
 # platform/arch specific options
-[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && platform_configure_args="--with-gnu-as --with-as=$lprefix/bin/gas"
-[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && platform_configure_args="$platform_configure_args --with-gnu-ld --with-ld=$lprefix/bin/gld"
+[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && configure_args+=(--with-gnu-as --with-as=$lprefix/bin/gas)
+[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && configure_args+=(--with-gnu-ld --with-ld=$lprefix/bin/gld)
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && vendor="sun" || vendor="pc"
 
-configure_args="$global_config_args $langs $platform_configure_args"
-
 reg prep
 prep()
 {
diff --git a/gcc41/build.sh b/gcc41/build.sh
index c681d82..3268dd5 100755
--- a/gcc41/build.sh
+++ b/gcc41/build.sh
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ make_build_target=bootstrap
 abbrev_ver=$(echo $version | ${__tr} -d '.')
 
 # Configure args
-global_config_args="--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-libiconv-prefix=$lprefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix95"
-langs="--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++"
+configure_args+=(--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-libiconv-prefix=$lprefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix95)
+configure_args+=(--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++)
 objdir=all_native
 # platform/arch specific options
-[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && platform_configure_args="--with-gnu-as --with-as=$lprefix/bin/gas"
+[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && configure_args+=(--with-gnu-as --with-as=$lprefix/bin/gas)
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && vendor="sun" || vendor="pc"
 
-configure_args="$global_config_args $langs $platform_configure_args"
-
 reg prep
 prep()
 {
diff --git a/gcc42/build.sh b/gcc42/build.sh
index d5995ac..0766077 100755
--- a/gcc42/build.sh
+++ b/gcc42/build.sh
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ make_build_target=bootstrap
 abbrev_ver=$(echo $version | ${__tr} -d '.')
 
 # Configure args
-global_config_args="--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-libiconv-prefix=$lprefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix95"
-langs="--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-libiconv-prefix=$lprefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix95)
+configure_args+=(--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++)
 objdir=all_native
 # platform/arch specific options
-[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && platform_configure_args="--with-gnu-as --with-as=$lprefix/bin/gas"
+[ "$_os" = "sunos56" -a "$arch" = "i386" ] && configure_args+=(--with-gnu-as --with-as=$lprefix/bin/gas)
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && vendor="sun" || vendor="pc"
 
-configure_args="$global_config_args $langs $platform_configure_args"
-
 export CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
 
 reg prep
diff --git a/gcc43/build.sh b/gcc43/build.sh
index f9142b9..f4f48c5 100755
--- a/gcc43/build.sh
+++ b/gcc43/build.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ abbrev_ver=$(echo $version | ${__tr} -d '.')
 # Just major.minor, no subminors
 majorminor=$(echo $version | cut -d. -f1-2)
 
-global_config_args="--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared)
 langs="--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++"
 linker="--without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld"
 assembler="--without-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as"
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ objdir=all_native
 [ "$_os" = "sunos57" ] && { langs="$langs,java --with-java-awt=xlib"; sol27=1; }
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && { vendor="sun"; sparc=1; } || { vendor="pc"; intel=1; }
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" -a -n "$(isalist | grep sparcv9)" ] && { sparcv9=1; m64run=1; } || m64run=0
-[ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && global_config_args="$global_config_args --with-cpu=v7"
+[ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && configure_args+=(--with-cpu=v7)
 
-configure_args="$global_config_args $linker $assembler $langs $platform_configure_args"
+configure_args+=($linker $assembler $langs $platform_configure_args)
 
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-R,$prefix/lib -Wl,-R,$lprefix/lib"
 
diff --git a/gcc44/build.sh b/gcc44/build.sh
index acacd8c..ab55202 100755
--- a/gcc44/build.sh
+++ b/gcc44/build.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ __configure="../$topsrcdir/configure"
 make_build_target=bootstrap
 
 
-global_config_args="--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --with-local-prefix=$prefix --with-gmp=$lprefix --with-mpfr=$lprefix --disable-nls --enable-shared)
 langs="--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++"
 linker="--without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld"
 assembler="--without-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as"
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ objdir=all_native
 [ "$_os" = "sunos57" ] && { langs="$langs,java --with-java-awt=xlib"; sol27=1; }
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && { vendor="sun"; sparc=1; } || { vendor="pc"; intel=1; }
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" -a -n "$(isalist | grep sparcv9)" ] && { sparcv9=1; m64run=1; } || m64run=0
-[ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && global_config_args="$global_config_args --with-cpu=v7"
+[ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && configure_args+=(--with-cpu=v7)
 
-configure_args="$global_config_args $linker $assembler $langs $platform_configure_args"
+configure_args+=($linker $assembler $langs $platform_configure_args)
 
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-R,$prefix/lib -Wl,-R,$lprefix/lib"
 
diff --git a/gettext017/build.sh b/gettext017/build.sh
index 244ffe6..a7dea22 100755
--- a/gettext017/build.sh
+++ b/gettext017/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --with-libiconv-prefix=$prefix --disable-java --disable-openmp"
+configure_args+=(--with-libiconv-prefix=$prefix --disable-java --disable-openmp)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/git/build.sh b/git/build.sh
index 8408ec2..24566f2 100755
--- a/git/build.sh
+++ b/git/build.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export PERL_PATH=$prefix/bin/perl
 export SHELL_PATH=$prefix/bin/bash
 no_configure=1
 __configure="make"
-configure_args=""
+configure_args=
 # HACK: -e must be last or echo will think it's an argument
 __make="/usr/tgcware/bin/make -e"
 make_build_target="V=1"
diff --git a/gmp/build.sh b/gmp/build.sh
index 0f4c990..e3aed39 100755
--- a/gmp/build.sh
+++ b/gmp/build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source[0]=ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gmp/$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
 [ "$_os" = "sunos56" ] && triplet="${arch}-sun-solaris2.6"
 [ "$_os" = "sunos57" ] && triplet="${arch}-sun-solaris2.7"
-configure_args="--host=$triplet --build=$triplet $configure_args --enable-cxx"
+configure_args=(--host=$triplet --build=$triplet "${configure_args[@]}" --enable-cxx)
 # otherwise configure tests will fail since they don't respect LDFLAGS :(
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix/lib"
 
diff --git a/less/build.sh b/less/build.sh
index 22c786c..c5ae5cb 100755
--- a/less/build.sh
+++ b/less/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 . ${BUILDPKG_SCRIPTS}/buildpkg.functions
 
 # Global settings
-configure_args="$configure_args --with-editor=/bin/vi"
+configure_args+=(--with-editor=/bin/vi)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/libgpg-error/build.sh b/libgpg-error/build.sh
index 1680937..d4524a9 100755
--- a/libgpg-error/build.sh
+++ b/libgpg-error/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --disable-static --disable-languages"
+configure_args+=(--disable-static --disable-languages)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/libiconv/build.sh b/libiconv/build.sh
index 3927d59..144c08b 100755
--- a/libiconv/build.sh
+++ b/libiconv/build.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 
 # Global settings
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --enable-extra-encodings"
+configure_args+=(--enable-extra-encodings)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/libidn/build.sh b/libidn/build.sh
index 9fae99b..84b7099 100755
--- a/libidn/build.sh
+++ b/libidn/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/libidn/$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --disable-static --with-libiconv-prefix=$prefix --with-libintl-prefix=$prefix"
+configure_args+=(--disable-static --with-libiconv-prefix=$prefix --with-libintl-prefix=$prefix)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/ncurses/build.sh b/ncurses/build.sh
index 282694c..636621a 100755
--- a/ncurses/build.sh
+++ b/ncurses/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --with-shared --without-debug --with-install-prefix=${stagedir} --disable-rpath --enable-symlinks --with-manpage-format=normal --without-ada"
+configure_args+=(--with-shared --without-debug --with-install-prefix=${stagedir} --disable-rpath --enable-symlinks --with-manpage-format=normal --without-ada)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/openssh/build.sh b/openssh/build.sh
index de34010..9c6bdf5 100755
--- a/openssh/build.sh
+++ b/openssh/build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export LDFLAGS="-R$prefix/lib -L$prefix/lib"
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 make_check_target="tests"
 
-configure_args="--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --sysconfdir=$prefix/${_sysconfdir}/ssh --datadir=$prefix/${_sharedir}/openssh --with-default-path=/usr/bin:$prefix/${_bindir} --with-mantype=cat --with-pam --with-privsep-user=sshd --with-privsep-path=/var/empty/sshd --with-superuser-path=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$prefix/$_bindir:$prefix/$_sbindir --with-lastlog=/var/adm/lastlog --without-zlib-version-check"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --sysconfdir=$prefix/${_sysconfdir}/ssh --datadir=$prefix/${_sharedir}/openssh --with-default-path=/usr/bin:$prefix/${_bindir} --with-mantype=cat --with-pam --with-privsep-user=sshd --with-privsep-path=/var/empty/sshd --with-superuser-path=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$prefix/$_bindir:$prefix/$_sbindir --with-lastlog=/var/adm/lastlog --without-zlib-version-check)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/openssl/build.sh b/openssl/build.sh
index b4c6d9e..859a8a8 100755
--- a/openssl/build.sh
+++ b/openssl/build.sh
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ abbrev_ver=$(echo $version|${__sed} -e 's/\.//g')
 baseversion=$(echo $version|${__sed} -e 's/[a-zA-Z]//g')
 make_check_target="test"
 __configure="./Configure"
-shared_args="--prefix=$prefix --openssldir=${prefix}/${_sharedir}/ssl zlib shared"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --openssldir=${prefix}/${_sharedir}/ssl zlib shared)
 if [ "$arch" = "sparc" ]; then
     # For Solaris > 7 we default to sparcv8 ISA
-    configure_args="solaris-sparcv8-gcc $shared_args"
+    configure_args+=(solaris-sparcv8-gcc)
     # Solaris < 8 supports sparcv7 hardware
-    [ "$_os" = "sunos56" -o "$_os" = "sunos57" ] && configure_args="$shared_args solaris-sparcv7-gcc"
+    [ "$_os" = "sunos56" -o "$_os" = "sunos57" ] && configure_args+=(solaris-sparcv7-gcc)
 else
-    configure_args="$shared_args 386 solaris-x86-gcc" 
+    configure_args+=(386 solaris-x86-gcc)
 fi
 ignore_deps="LWperl"
 
diff --git a/pcre/build.sh b/pcre/build.sh
index 336631e..f3aae41 100755
--- a/pcre/build.sh
+++ b/pcre/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --enable-utf8"
+configure_args+=(--enable-utf8)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/perl-Error/build.sh b/perl-Error/build.sh
index 1eae724..4a7275f 100755
--- a/perl-Error/build.sh
+++ b/perl-Error/build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source[0]=http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHLOMIF/$topdir-$version.t
 maketest=1
 perlpkgname="$(echo $pkgdir | ${__tr} '-' '_')"
 __configure="perl"
-configure_args="Makefile.PL"
+configure_args=(Makefile.PL)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/perl/build.sh b/perl/build.sh
index 948bfd9..13b0682 100755
--- a/perl/build.sh
+++ b/perl/build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ make_check_target="test"
 __configure="sh Configure"
 [ "$arch" = "sparc" ] && arch_name="sun4-solaris"
 [ "$arch" = "i386" ] && arch_name="i86pc-solaris"
-configure_args="-Dcc='gcc' -Darchname=${arch_name} -Dprefix=$prefix -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dcf_by='Tom G. Christensen' -Dcf_email='swpkg@jupiterrise.com' -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dinstallprefix=${stagedir}${prefix} -Dman3ext=3pm -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dpager='/usr/bin/more' -Dlocincpth='/usr/tgcware/include' -Dloclibpth='/usr/tgcware/lib' -des"
+configure_args=(-Dcc=gcc -Darchname=${arch_name} -Dprefix=$prefix -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dcf_by="Tom G. Christensen" -Dcf_email=swpkg@jupiterrise.com -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dinstallprefix=${stagedir}${prefix} -Dman3ext=3pm -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dpager=/usr/bin/more -Dlocincpth=/usr/tgcware/include -Dloclibpth=/usr/tgcware/lib -des)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ reg build
 build()
 {
     setdir source
-    $__configure -Dcc='/usr/tgcware/gcc-3.4.6/bin/gcc' -Darchname=${arch_name} -Dprefix=$prefix -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dcf_by='Tom G. Christensen' -Dcf_email='swpkg@jupiterrise.com' -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dinstallprefix=${stagedir}${prefix} -Dman3ext=3pm -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dpager='/usr/bin/more' -Dlocincpth='/usr/tgcware/include' -Dloclibpth='/usr/tgcware/lib' -des
+    $__configure "${configure_args[@]}"
     ${__make} LDDLFLAGS="-shared -L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib" CLDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
 }
 
diff --git a/prngd/build.sh b/prngd/build.sh
index 6243608..51ea87a 100755
--- a/prngd/build.sh
+++ b/prngd/build.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cflags_os="-O2 -DSOLARIS"
 [ "$_os" = "sunos56" ] && cflags_os="-O2 -DSOLARIS26 -D__EXTENSIONS__"
 
 __configure="make"
-configure_args="CC=$CC CFLAGS=\\\"$cflags_os\\\" SYSLIBS=\\\"$syslibs\\\" DEFS=\\\"-DRANDSAVENAME=\\\"${prefix}/${_sysconfdir}/prngd/prngd-seed\\\" -DCONFIGFILE=\\\"${prefix}/${_sysconfdir}/prngd/prngd.conf\\\"\\\""
+configure_args=(CC=$CC CFLAGS="$cflags_os" SYSLIBS="$syslibs" DEFS="-DRANDSAVENAME=\\\"${prefix}/${_sysconfdir}/prngd/prngd-seed\\\" -DCONFIGFILE=\\\"${prefix}/${_sysconfdir}/prngd/prngd.conf\\\"")
 
 reg prep
 prep()
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ reg build
 build()
 {
     setdir source
-    ${__make} CC=$CC CFLAGS="$cflags_os" SYSLIBS="$syslibs" DEFS="-DRANDSAVENAME=\\\"${prefix}/${_sysconfdir}/prngd/prngd-seed\\\" -DCONFIGFILE=\\\"${prefix}/${_sysconfdir}/prngd/prngd.conf\\\""
+    echo "${configure_args[@]}"
+    ${__make} "${configure_args[@]}"
 }
 
 reg check
diff --git a/readline/build.sh b/readline/build.sh
index 4ca34b2..fd2181f 100755
--- a/readline/build.sh
+++ b/readline/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/readline/$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --disable-static"
+configure_args+=(--disable-static)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/rsync/build.sh b/rsync/build.sh
index 5d37929..1f6570a 100755
--- a/rsync/build.sh
+++ b/rsync/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="$configure_args --with-included-popt"
+configure_args+=(--with-included-popt)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/tcl/build.sh b/tcl/build.sh
index 4c80766..2f4c026 100755
--- a/tcl/build.sh
+++ b/tcl/build.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ source[0]=$topdir$version-src.tar.gz
 
 # Global settings
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
-configure_args="--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --disable-symbols --enable-man-symlinks"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --disable-symbols --enable-man-symlinks)
 topsrcdir=$topdir$version
 
 majorver="${version%.*}"
diff --git a/tk/build.sh b/tk/build.sh
index 0dcd24a..3fa7d1d 100755
--- a/tk/build.sh
+++ b/tk/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source[0]=${topdir}${version}-src.tar.gz
 # Global settings
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"     
-configure_args="--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --disable-symbols --enable-man-symlinks --with-tcl=${prefix}/${_libdir}"
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --mandir=$prefix/$_mandir --disable-symbols --enable-man-symlinks --with-tcl=${prefix}/${_libdir})
 topsrcdir=$topdir$version
 
 majorver="${version%.*}"
diff --git a/unzip/build.sh b/unzip/build.sh
index 94d38c2..a7201c7 100755
--- a/unzip/build.sh
+++ b/unzip/build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source[0]=${topdir}552.tar.gz
 shortroot=1
 __configure="make"
 make_build_target="CC=gcc -f unix/Makefile solaris"
-configure_args="$make_build_target"
+configure_args=($make_build_target)
 no_configure=1
 
 reg prep
diff --git a/vim/build.sh b/vim/build.sh
index eb034ce..6d1b5db 100755
--- a/vim/build.sh
+++ b/vim/build.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/tgcware/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
 # What gui should we build?
 gui=motif
-configure_args='--prefix=$prefix --without-local-dir --enable-gui=$gui --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --disable-perlinterp --disable-pythoninterp --disable-tclinterp --with-compiledby="<swpkg@jupiterrise.com>" --disable-netbeans'
+configure_args=(--prefix=$prefix --without-local-dir --enable-gui=$gui --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --disable-perlinterp --disable-pythoninterp --disable-tclinterp --with-compiledby="<swpkg@jupiterrise.com>" --disable-netbeans)
 
 reg prep
 prep()
diff --git a/zlib/build.sh b/zlib/build.sh
index 6096c70..c0c51c0 100755
--- a/zlib/build.sh
+++ b/zlib/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source[0]=http://zlib.net/$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
 . ${BUILDPKG_SCRIPTS}/buildpkg.functions
 
 # Global settings
-configure_args='--shared --prefix=$prefix'
+configure_args=(--shared --prefix=$prefix)
 export LDSHARED="gcc -shared -R ${prefix}/${_libdir} -Wl,-h,libz.so.1"
 shortroot=1