diff --git a/BUILD-TDE.sh b/BUILD-TDE.sh
index 5e4f1c0..461941f 100755
--- a/BUILD-TDE.sh
+++ b/BUILD-TDE.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ if [ ! -d $TMPVARS ]; then
   mkdir -p $TMPVARS
 fi
 
+rm $TMPVARS/got-this-far ## testing
+
 dialog --cr-wrap --no-shadow --colors --title " Introduction " --msgbox \
 "
  This is the set up script for TDE SlackBuilds on Slackware 14.2/current for setting user preferences and options.
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ build_core()
 export INST=1
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp}
 export LIBPNG_TMP=$TMP
-ROOT=$(pwd)
+export BUILD_TDE_ROOT=$(pwd)
 
 
 ###################################################
@@ -81,31 +83,40 @@ ROOT=$(pwd)
 run_dialog()
 {
 rm -f $TMPVARS/TDEVERSION
-dialog --cr-wrap --nocancel --no-shadow --colors --title " TDE Version " --inputbox \
+dialog --cr-wrap --nocancel --no-shadow --colors --title " TDE Version " --menu \
 "
 Set the version of TDE to be built.
+ 
 " \
-10 75 R14.0.4 \
+12 75 2 \
+"R14.0.4" "the latest released version" \
+"cgit" "development source from Trinity git" \
 2> $TMPVARS/TDEVERSION
 
 
 rm -f $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE
-dialog --cr-wrap --nocancel --no-shadow --colors --title " TDE Installation Directory " --inputbox \
+dialog --cr-wrap --defaultno --no-shadow --colors --cancel-label "/opt/trinity" --ok-label "/usr" --title " TDE Installation Directory " --inputbox \
 "
-Set the directory that TDE is to be installed in.
+Select the directory that TDE is to be installed in, \Zb\Zr\Z4</....>\Zn.
+
+Use any arrow key x2 to activate the input box to edit for another installation directory.
+ 
 " \
-10 75 /opt/trinity \
+14 75 /usr \
 2> $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE
+[[ $? == 1 ]] && echo /opt/trinity > $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE
 
 
 rm -f $TMPVARS/COMPILER
-dialog --cr-wrap --no-shadow --colors --yes-label "Clang" --no-label "Gcc" --defaultno --title " Compiler " --yesno \
+dialog --cr-wrap --nocancel --no-shadow --colors --title " Compiler " --menu \
 "
-Choose which compiler to use - <\Z1C\Zb\Z0lang/clang++\Zn> or \Zr\Z4\ZbGcc/g++\Zn
+Choose which compiler to use.
+ 
 " \
-8 75
-[[ $? == 0 ]] && echo clang > $TMPVARS/COMPILER
-[[ $? == 1 ]] && echo gcc > $TMPVARS/COMPILER
+12 75 2 \
+"gcc" "gcc/g++" \
+"clang" "clang/clang++" \
+2> $TMPVARS/COMPILER
 
 
 rm -f $TMPVARS/SET_MARCH
@@ -496,13 +507,13 @@ There are three options that can be set up for building the imaging app in koffi
 " useGM" "Use GraphicsMagick" on "\Zb\Z6  \Zn" \
 2> $TMPVARS/Krita_OPTS
 ## If GM has been selected and isn't in the build list or installed, add it to the build list before koffice
-GM_VERSION=$(grep VERSION:- $ROOT/Misc/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.SlackBuild|cut -d- -f2|cut -d} -f1)
+GM_VERSION=$(grep VERSION:- $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/Misc/GraphicsMagick/GraphicsMagick.SlackBuild|cut -d- -f2|cut -d} -f1)
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/Krita_OPTS) == *useGM* ]] && \
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/TDEbuilds) != *GraphicsMagick* ]] && \
 [[ ! $(ls /var/log/packages/GraphicsMagick-$GM_VERSION*) ]] && \
 sed -i 's|Apps/koffice|Misc/GraphicsMagick &|' $TMPVARS/TDEbuilds
 ## If libpng-1.4 has been selected and hasn't already been built, add it to the build list before koffice
-PNG_VERSION=$(grep VERSION:- $ROOT/Misc/libpng/libpng.SlackBuild|cut -d- -f2|cut -d} -f1)
+PNG_VERSION=$(grep VERSION:- $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/Misc/libpng/libpng.SlackBuild|cut -d- -f2|cut -d} -f1)
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/Krita_OPTS) == *libpng14* ]] && \
 [[ ! $(ls $LIBPNG_TMP/libpng-$PNG_VERSION-*-1.txz) ]] && \
 sed -i 's|Apps/koffice|Misc/libpng &|' $TMPVARS/TDEbuilds
@@ -536,6 +547,30 @@ Do you want to read them?
 $(cat $TMPVARS/READMEs)" \
 30 75
 }
+
+
+[[ $(cat $TMPVARS/TDEVERSION) == cgit ]] && {
+rm -f $TMPVARS/CGIT
+dialog --cr-wrap --no-shadow --colors --defaultno --title " TDE development build " --yesno \
+"
+This routine creates and updates the git repositories local copies.
+
+If this is a first run, answer 'yes' - be patient, downloads from git are slowwww...
+
+For subsequent runs, 'yes' will update only.
+
+Local repositories are created/updated as for the single downloads for R14.0.4 builds.
+If the current build list includes new apps, and you don't want the existing repos updated, the new apps should be run as a new group initially as selective updating is not supported.
+
+Do you want to create or update the git repositories?
+ 
+" \
+20 75
+[[ $? == 0 ]] && echo yes > $TMPVARS/CGIT
+[[ $? == 1 ]] && echo no > $TMPVARS/CGIT
+}
+
+
 }
 
 [[ ! -e $TMPVARS/TDEbuilds ]] && run_dialog
@@ -577,7 +612,7 @@ export EXIT_FAIL=$(cat $TMPVARS/EXIT_FAIL)
 export KEEP_BUILD=$(cat $TMPVARS/KEEP_BUILD)
 export PREPEND=$(cat $TMPVARS/PREPEND)
 export RUNLEVEL=$(cat $TMPVARS/RUNLEVEL)
-export VIEWMODE=$(grep "$(cat $TMPVARS/VIEWMODE)" $0 | grep -o [a-z]*_[a-z]*)
+export VIEWMODE=$(grep "$(cat $TMPVARS/VIEWMODE)" $0 | grep -o "[a-z]*_[a-z]*")
 # these exports are for koffice.SB
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/Krita_OPTS) == *krita* ]] && export REVERT=yes
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/Krita_OPTS) == *libpng14* ]] && export USE_PNG14=yes
@@ -667,10 +702,15 @@ done
 
 ######################################################
 # package(s) build starts here
+## If there is a download failure in getsource_fn, it needs to be communicated to this script if the build is set to stop on failure
+## getsource_fn is a function in get-source.sh which is a child of the SlackBuild script which is a child of this script and that failure needs to be carried back here
+## $TMPVARS/download-failure will be created if needed for that purpose, so remove any possible previous file
+rm -f $TMPVARS/download-failure
 
 # Loop for all packages
 for dir in $(cat $TMPVARS/TDEbuilds)
 do
+[[ ! -e $TMPVARS/download-failure ]] && {
    { [[ $dir == Deps* ]] && export TDEMIR_SUBDIR="/dependencies"; } \
 || { [[ $dir == Core* ]] && export TDEMIR_SUBDIR=""; } \
 || { [[ $dir == Libs* ]] && export TDEMIR_SUBDIR="/libraries"; } \
@@ -681,7 +721,7 @@ do
   package=$(echo $dir | cut -f2- -d /)
 
   # Change to package directory
-  cd $ROOT/$dir || ${EXIT_FAIL:-"true"}
+  cd $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/$dir || ${EXIT_FAIL:-"true"}
 
   # Get the version
   version=$(cat $package.SlackBuild | grep "VERSION:" | head -n1 | cut -d "-" -f2 | rev | cut -c 2- | rev)
@@ -704,6 +744,7 @@ checkinstall ()
 {
 {
 [[ $package != libpng ]] && [[ $(ls /var/log/packages/$package-*$(eval echo $version)-*-$build*) ]]
+## testing #echo $(ls /var/log/packages/$package-*$(eval echo $version)-*-$build*) > $TMPVARS/libcaldav-package-build-failed
 } || {
 [[ $package == libpng ]] && [[ $(ls $LIBPNG_TMP/$package-$(eval echo $version)-*-$build*.txz) ]]
 }
@@ -717,7 +758,7 @@ echo "
       Check the build log $TMP/$package-build-log
       "
 ## if koffice was building with libpng14, restore the libpng16 headers for any following builds
-[[ ${USE_PNG14:-} == yes ]] && source $ROOT/get-source.sh && libpng16_fn || true
+[[ ${USE_PNG14:-} == yes ]] && source $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/get-source.sh && libpng16_fn || true
 ${EXIT_FAIL:-":"}
 }
 }
@@ -734,7 +775,8 @@ elif [[ $package == libpng ]]; then checkinstall
 fi
 
   # back to original directory
-  cd $ROOT
+  cd $BUILD_TDE_ROOT
+}
 done
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
index 787822c..59edb0c 100755
--- a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
@@ -34,53 +34,61 @@ getsource_fn
 ## the source unpacked is ~950MB, so to save on build space
 ## extract, build, and remove source for each language package one at a time
 
-cd $TMP/tmp-${PRGNAM}
+cd $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM
+[[ $TDEVERSION == R14.0.4 ]] && {
 # extract the cmake source once only
 echo -e "\033[39;1m"
-echo "Extracting the cmake source from the ${PRGNAM} archive ..."
+echo "Extracting the cmake source from the $PRGNAM archive ..."
 echo -e "\033[0m"
-tar xf ${SOURCE} ${PRGNAM}/cmake
-
+tar xf $SOURCE $PRGNAM/cmake
+}
 for lang in $I18N
 do
+[[ $TDEVERSION == R14.0.4 ]] && {
 # extract the source for one language at a time for each iteration of the loop
 echo -e "\033[39;1m"
-echo "Extracting the ${PRGNAM}-$lang source from the ${PRGNAM} archive ..."
+echo "Extracting the $PRGNAM-$lang source from the $PRGNAM archive ..."
 echo -e "\033[0m"
-tar -xf ${SOURCE} ${PRGNAM}/${PRGNAM}-$lang
+tar -xf $SOURCE $PRGNAM/$PRGNAM-$lang
+cd $PRGNAM
+} || {
+mkdir $PRGNAM
+cd $PRGNAM
+cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/tdei18n/cgit/tde-i18n/plain/tde-i18n-$lang .
+cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/{admin,cmake} tde-i18n-$lang/
+}
 
-cd ${PRGNAM}
 
 chown_fn
 
-mkdir -p ${PRGNAM}-$lang/build
-cd ${PRGNAM}-$lang/build
+mkdir -p $PRGNAM-$lang/build
+cd $PRGNAM-$lang/build
   cmake \
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${COMPILER} \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${COMPILER_CXX} \
+    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$COMPILER \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER_CXX \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_TDE} \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
     -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR="/etc/trinity" \
-    -DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=${INSTALL_TDE}/man \
-    -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+    -DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/man \
+    -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DBUILD_ALL="ON" \
     ..
 
 make_fn
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/${INSTALL_TDE}/doc/${PRGNAM}-$VERSION
-#cp -a $DOCS $PKG${INSTALL_TDE}/doc/${PRGNAM}-$VERSION || true
-cat $SRCDIR/$(basename $0) > $PKG${INSTALL_TDE}/doc/${PRGNAM}-$VERSION/${PRGNAM}-${lang}.SlackBuild
-chown -R root:root $PKG${INSTALL_TDE}/doc/${PRGNAM}-$VERSION
-find $PKG${INSTALL_TDE}/doc -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+mkdir -p $PKG/$INSTALL_TDE/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+#cp -a $DOCS $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION || true
+cat $SRCDIR/$(basename $0) > $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM-$lang.SlackBuild
+chown -R root:root $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+find $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/doc -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 
 mkdir_install_fn
 
 # extract the name of the language from the source text - a bit messy but there is no standard format
-Lang=$(grep Language-Team: $TMP/tmp-$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM/tde-i18n-${lang}/messages/tdebase/*.po|sort -k2 | sed -e 's|Team: |\n|' -e 's| <|\n|' -e 's|akh\\n"|akh|' -e 's|an S|#|' | grep "[A-Z][a-z][a-z]*$"|head -n 1)
+Lang=$(grep Language-Team: $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM/tde-i18n-$lang/messages/tdebase/*.po|sort -k2 | sed -e 's|Team: |\n|' -e 's| <|\n|' -e 's|akh\\n"|akh|' -e 's|an S|#|' | grep "[A-Z][a-z][a-z]*$"|head -n 1)
 [[ "$lang" == "pt" ]] && Lang="Portuguese"
 [[ "$lang" == "fy" ]] && Lang="Frisian"
 
@@ -92,18 +100,18 @@ echo "
 # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
 # customary to leave one space after the ':'.
                |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang: ${PRGNAM}-$lang
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang: Language support for TDE:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:              $(echo $Lang)
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
-${PRGNAM}-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang: $PRGNAM-$lang
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang: Language support for TDE:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:              $(echo $Lang)
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
+$PRGNAM-$lang:
 " > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cat <<EOINS >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
@@ -123,25 +131,24 @@ EOINS
 
 ARCH="noarch"
 cd $PKG
-makepkg --linkadd y --chown n $OUTPUT/${PRGNAM}-${lang}-${VERSION}-${ARCH}-${BUILD}.${PKGTYPE:-txz} 
+makepkg --linkadd y --chown n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$lang-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.${PKGTYPE:-txz} 
 cd $OUTPUT
-md5sum ${PRGNAM}-${lang}-${VERSION}-${ARCH}-${BUILD}.${PKGTYPE:-txz} > ${PRGNAM}-${lang}-${VERSION}-${ARCH}-${BUILD}.${PKGTYPE:-txz}.md5
-cat $PKG/install/slack-desc | grep "^${PRGNAM}" | grep -v handy > $OUTPUT/${PRGNAM}-${lang}-${VERSION}-${ARCH}-${BUILD}.txt
+md5sum $PRGNAM-$lang-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.${PKGTYPE:-txz} > $PRGNAM-$lang-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.${PKGTYPE:-txz}.md5
+cat $PKG/install/slack-desc | grep "^$PRGNAM" | grep -v handy > $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$lang-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txt
 
 # Restore the original umask:
 umask ${_UMASK_}
 
 rm -rf $PKG/*
-cd $TMP/tmp-${PRGNAM}
-rm -rf ${PRGNAM}/${PRGNAM}-${lang}
+cd $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM
+rm -rf $PRGNAM/$PRGNAM-$lang
 
 # Install i18n package(s) here because if more than one language pack is built,
 # upgradepkg [in BUILD-TDE.sh] can't process them in one command and the build will exit
 if [ $INST == 1 ]
 then
-upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall $OUTPUT/${PRGNAM}-${lang}-${VERSION}-${ARCH}-${BUILD}.${PKGTYPE:-txz}
+upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$lang-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.${PKGTYPE:-txz}
 fi
-
 done
 
 echo $lang > $TMPVARS/LASTLANG
diff --git a/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild b/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
index b65cf04..a749961 100755
--- a/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ untar_fn
 listdocs_fn
 
 # patch for TDE bug 2043
+[[ $TDEVERSION == R14.0.4 ]] && {
 echo $'
 --- konq-plugins/arkplugin/arkplugin.cpp
 +++ konq-plugins/arkplugin/arkplugin.cpp
@@ -62,6 +63,17 @@ do
 patch -p0
 done
 
+echo $'
+--- konq-plugins/arkplugin/arkplugin.cpp
++++ konq-plugins/arkplugin/arkplugin.cpp
+@@ -328 +328 @@
+-        m_archiveMimeTypes << "application/x-rar" << "application/x-rar-compressed";
++        m_archiveMimeTypes << "application/x-rar";
+' | while read line
+do
+patch -p0
+done
+}
 ## Set the default compression as tar.xz
 ## enable jar & ar compression in Compress As menu
 ## remove application/x-rar-compressed
@@ -77,9 +89,6 @@ echo $'
 @@ -323 +323 @@
 -        if ( m_conf->readBoolEntry( "UseJar", false ) )
 +        if ( m_conf->readBoolEntry( "UseJar", true ) )
-@@ -328 +328 @@
--        m_archiveMimeTypes << "application/x-rar" << "application/x-rar-compressed";
-+        m_archiveMimeTypes << "application/x-rar";
 @@ -346 +346 @@
 -    if ( !TDEStandardDirs::findExe( "ar" ).isNull() && m_conf->readBoolEntry( "UseAr", false ) )
 +    if ( !TDEStandardDirs::findExe( "ar" ).isNull() && m_conf->readBoolEntry( "UseAr", true ) )
diff --git a/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild b/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
index b94da97..fcf9373 100644
--- a/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ untar_fn
 ## remove x-rar-compressed.desktop
 sed -i '/x-rar-compressed.desktop/d' mimetypes/application/{CMakeLists.txt,Makefile.am}
 
-## patch for building with clang
+## patch for building with clang - added '-N' and '|| true' for cgit build
 echo $'
 --- tdeabc/tests/testaddresseelist.cpp
 +++ tdeabc/tests/testaddresseelist.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ echo $'
 +int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
 ' | while read line
 do
-patch -p0
-done
+patch -N -p0
+done || true
 
 ## patch for 'Magic file type detection not working' - bug 2713 - commit f54496a1
 echo $'
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ echo $'
 +		int magic_flags = MAGIC_ERROR|MAGIC_MIME_TYPE/*|MAGIC_DEBUG*/;
 ' | while read line
 do
-patch -p0
-done
+patch -N -p0
+done || true
 
 listdocs_fn
 
diff --git a/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild b/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
index eebff8e..dde2f70 100755
--- a/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ untar_fn
 ## tdeio (KMimeType): WARNING: mimetype not valid '' (missing entry in the file ?)
 ## the other removals are a general clear out of the mimetype before they cause problems
 ## application/x-rar-compressed causes a double entry in the Compress As menu without adding any functionality
+## patch for ark/archiveformatinfo.cpp split to accommodate cgit build
 echo $'
 --- ark/archiveformatinfo.cpp
 +++ ark/archiveformatinfo.cpp
 @@ -55 +54,0 @@
 -  addFormatInfo( TAR_FORMAT, "application/x-tbz2", ".tar.bz2" );
-@@ -80 +78,0 @@
+--- ark/archiveformatinfo.cpp
++++ ark/archiveformatinfo.cpp
+@@ -79 +78,0 @@
 -  addFormatInfo( RAR_FORMAT, "application/x-rar-compressed", ".rar" );
 --- ark/tar.cpp
 +++ ark/tar.cpp
@@ -70,8 +73,8 @@ echo $'
 +MimeType=application/x-gzip;application/x-lha;application/x-tar;application/x-tgz;application/x-tbz;application/x-zip;application/x-bzip;application/x-tzo;application/x-lzop;application/x-rar;application/x-zoo;application/x-tarz;application/x-archive;application/x-bzip2;application/x-jar;application/x-deb;application/x-ace;application/x-7z;application/x-arc;application/x-arj;application/x-compress;application/x-cpio;application/x-pak;application/x-lzma;application/x-xz;application/x-tlz;application/x-txz
 ' | while read line
 do
-patch -p0
-done
+patch -N -p0
+done || true ## to avoid build failure because patch has skipped already applied patches [cgit]
 
 ## fix bug 2794 - ark can't open rar files
 echo $'
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ echo $'
 +        m_version += versionRegExp.cap(5).toShort();
 ' | while read line
 do
-patch -p0
+patch -N -p0
 done
 
 listdocs_fn
diff --git a/Deps/arts/arts.SlackBuild b/Deps/arts/arts.SlackBuild
index 0fdbbc8..40f5d2e 100755
--- a/Deps/arts/arts.SlackBuild
+++ b/Deps/arts/arts.SlackBuild
@@ -39,17 +39,15 @@ chown_fn
 
 cd_builddir_fn
   cmake \
-    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${COMPILER} \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${COMPILER_CXX} \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=$SLKCFLAGS \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=$SLKCFLAGS \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=$SLKCFLAGS \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=$SLKCFLAGS \
+    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$COMPILER \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER_CXX \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_TDE} \
-    -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-    -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR="/etc/trinity" \
-    -DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=${INSTALL_TDE}/man \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
+    -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
     ..
 make_fn
diff --git a/Deps/tqt3/tqt3.SlackBuild b/Deps/tqt3/tqt3.SlackBuild
index d02b5ba..2559a4b 100755
--- a/Deps/tqt3/tqt3.SlackBuild
+++ b/Deps/tqt3/tqt3.SlackBuild
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ untar_fn
 ## add -march and -mtune options to CFLAGS where they've been set in BUILD-TDE.sh
 sed -i "s|^QMAKE_CFLAGS[^_].*$|& $SET_march|" mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf
 ## allow building with clang
+[[ ! $(grep COMPILER mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf) ]] && {
 echo $'--- mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf
 +++ mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf
 @@ -11 +11 @@
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ echo $'--- mkspecs/linux-g++/qmake.conf
 do
 patch -p0
 done
+}
 
 listdocs_fn
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 48f8573..0e38232 100755
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Build TDE [Trinity Desktop Environment] for Slackware 14.2 and current** on i586
 
 Run ./BUILD-TDE.sh - a dialog based script with a series of screens for user input.
 
+This branch includes a beta build for the TDE development version from https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/ [see README-git].
+
 =============================================================
 
 Any package, or set of packages, can be built by running BUILD-TDE.sh and selecting them from the 'TDE Packages Selection' screen.
diff --git a/README-git b/README-git
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a769dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README-git
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+The individual TDE apps can be cloned from Trinity git, so the build is set up to do that - except for individual language packs of tde-i18n. The whole tde-i18n download is ~1x10^6 bytes, so to reduce that, wget is used to download individual tde-i18n-ab_CD packs as they are not git repositories.
+
+Once any git repository has been cloned, further downloads are updates only.
+
+This gives the best options - only fetching what is needed, and incremental updates.
+
+The git repositories are cloned to 'src/cgit', arranged in this tree format ignoring whether they are in Core, Deps, etc.
+
+src
+:
+└── cgit
+    ├── admin
+    ├── cmake
+    :
+    ├── tqt3
+    :
+    ├── tdelibs
+    :
+    ├── tdei18n
+    :   └── cgit
+            └── tde-i18n
+                └── plain
+                    ├── tde-i18n-en_GB
+                    └── tde-i18n-ru
+
+For the build, these repositories are copied to the build area where the R14.0.4 archives would otherwise be extracted. admin & cmake are also always copied, and libltdl where it's needed.
+
+This has resulted in most of the modifications being in the main scripts, BUILD-TDE.sh and get-source.sh [in getsource_fn and untar_fn]. tde-i18n.SlackBuild had to be modified because it doesn't use untar_fn. Some other *.SlackBuild modifications are work-arounds to accommodate the patching already included in the git sources.
+
+As this is in beta stage, I've left in the markers I use in get-source.sh to give a better idea of where the build is failing.
+
+
+First upload:
+ modified:   BUILD-TDE.sh
+ modified:   Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n.SlackBuild
+ modified:   Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
+ modified:   Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
+ modified:   Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
+ modified:   Deps/arts/arts.SlackBuild
+ modified:   Deps/tqt3/tqt3.SlackBuild
+ modified:   README
+ modified:   get-source.sh
+ tested:   tqt3
+ tested:   tqtinterface
+ tested:   arts
+ tested:   dbus-tqt
+ tested:   dbus-1-tqt
+ tested:   libart_lgpl
+ tested:   tqca-tls
+ tested:   avahi-tqt
+ tested:   tdelibs
+ tested:   tdebase
+ tested:   tde-i18n-en_GB
+ tested:   tde-i18n-ru
+ tested:   tdeaddons
+ tested:   tdeutils
+
diff --git a/get-source.sh b/get-source.sh
index 49394aa..f393963 100755
--- a/get-source.sh
+++ b/get-source.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 #   OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 #   SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+            echo yes1 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
 getsource_fn ()
 {
+            echo yes2 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
 #!/bin/sh
 # Generated by Alien's SlackBuild Toolkit: http://slackware.com/~alien/AST
 # Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015  Eric Hameleers, Eindhoven, Netherlands
@@ -47,52 +49,43 @@ getsource_fn ()
 #   OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 #   SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-# Where do we look for sources?
-SRCDIR=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
-[[ ! -s $SRCDIR/../../src/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"} ]] && rm $SRCDIR/../../src/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"} 2>/dev/null
-ln -sf $SRCDIR/../../src/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"} $SRCDIR
-
-# Place to build (TMP) package (PKG) and output (OUTPUT) the program:
-TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/build}
-PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
-OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
-
-# remove any previous builds
-[[ $KEEP_BUILD != "yes" ]] && rm -rf $TMP/{tmp,package}*
-
-SOURCE=$SRCDIR/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"}
-# SRCURL for non-TDE archives, set in the SB, will override the Trinity default *tar.bz2 URL
-SRCURL=${SRCURL:-"http://$TDE_MIRROR/releases/$VERSION$TDEMIR_SUBDIR/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2"}
-
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
-## 2017-09 removed - ARCH is set in BUILD-TDE.sh
-
-# Set CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS and LIBDIRSUFFIX:
-   { [[ $ARCH == x86_64 ]]  && SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC ${SET_march:-}" \
-                               SLKLDFLAGS="-L$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX -L/usr/lib64"; } \
-|| {                           SLKCFLAGS="-O2 ${SET_march:-}" \
-                               SLKLDFLAGS="-L$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX"; }
-
-
-# Exit the script on errors:
-set -e
-trap 'echo "$0 FAILED at line $LINENO" | tee $OUTPUT/error-$PRGNAM.log' ERR
-# Catch unitialized variables:
-set -u
-P1=${1:-1}
+# Place to build (TMP_BUILD) package (PKG) and output (OUTPUT) the program:
+TMP_BUILD=/tmp/build
+PKG=$TMP_BUILD/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=/tmp
 
-# Save old umask and set to 0022:
-_UMASK_=$(umask)
-umask 0022
+# remove any previous builds if option chosen
+[[ $KEEP_BUILD != "yes" ]] && rm -rf $TMP_BUILD/{tmp,package}*
 
 # Create working directories:
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT
-mkdir -p $TMP/tmp-$PRGNAM
+mkdir -p $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM
 mkdir -p $PKG
 rm -rf $PKG/*
-rm -rf $TMP/tmp-$PRGNAM/*
+rm -rf $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM/*
 rm -rf $OUTPUT/{checkout,configure,make,install,error,makepkg,patch}-$PRGNAM.log
 
+# Where do we look for sources?
+SRCDIR=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
+            echo "SRCDIR: $SRCDIR" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+            echo yes3 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+
+
+
+## if R14.0.4 or misc, do this:
+
+[[ $TDEVERSION == R14.0.4 || $TDEMIR_SUBDIR == misc ]] && \
+{
+            echo yes4 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+[[ ! -s $SRCDIR/../../src/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"} ]] && rm $SRCDIR/../../src/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"} 2>/dev/null || true
+            echo yes5 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+ln -sf $SRCDIR/../../src/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"} $SRCDIR
+            echo yes6 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+SOURCE=$SRCDIR/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.${ARCHIVE_TYPE:-"tar.bz2"}
+            echo "SOURCE: $SOURCE" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+# SRCURL for non-TDE archives, set in the SB, will override the Trinity default *tar.bz2 URL
+SRCURL=${SRCURL:-"http://$TDE_MIRROR/releases/$VERSION$TDEMIR_SUBDIR/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2"}
+            echo "SRCURL: $SRCURL" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
 # Source file availability:
 if ! [ -f $SOURCE ]; then
   echo "Source '$(basename $SOURCE)' not available yet..."
@@ -105,6 +98,8 @@ if ! [ -f $SOURCE ]; then
     if [ $? -ne 0 -o ! -s "$SOURCE" ]; then
       echo "Downloading '$(basename $SOURCE)' failed... aborting the build."
       mv -f "$SOURCE" "$SOURCE".FAIL
+## set this for BUILD-TDE.sh to stop on failure
+      [[ $EXIT_FAIL == "exit 1" ]] && touch $TMPVARS/download-failure
       ${EXIT_FAIL:-":"}
     fi
   else
@@ -112,19 +107,115 @@ if ! [ -f $SOURCE ]; then
     ${EXIT_FAIL:-":"}
   fi
 fi
-
+            echo yes7 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
 if [ "$P1" == "--download" ]; then
   echo "Download complete."
   exit 0
 fi
+} || \
+
+{
+## if not creating/updating git, nothing to do in this function for git builds
+## otherwise, now not R14.0.4 or misc, and creating/updating git, do admin/cmake:
+
+[[ $(cat $TMPVARS/CGIT) == yes ]] && {
+#mkdir -p $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit
+cd $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit
+            echo yes8 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+
+## if admin and cmake don't exist, clone them
+[[ ! -d admin ]] && git clone https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tde-common-admin admin
+[[ ! -d cmake ]] && git clone https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tde-common-cmake cmake
+## update admin and cmake
+[[ -d admin ]] && echo "Updating admin ..." && (cd admin
+git checkout -- *
+git pull)
+[[ -d cmake ]] && echo "Updating cmake ..." && (cd cmake
+git checkout -- *
+git pull)
+
+## not tde-i18n, and creating/updating git, do PRGNAM
+
+[[ $PRGNAM != tde-i18n ]] && {
+            echo yes9 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+
+## if the app repo doesn't exist, clone it ..
+[[ ! -d $PRGNAM ]] && \
+            echo "yes10 $PWD clone $PRGNAM" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far && \
+git clone https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/$PRGNAM
+## get latest commits
+[[ -d $PRGNAM ]] && echo "Updating $PRGNAM ..." && {
+(cd $PRGNAM
+git checkout -- *
+git pull)
+
+## if arts/tdelibs, need libltdl
+
+[[ " arts tdelibs " == *$PRGNAM* ]] && {
+[[ ! -d libltdl ]] && \
+#rm -rf $PRGNAM/libltdl
+git clone https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/libltdl
+#ln -s ../libltdl $PRGNAM/
+[[ -d libltdl ]] && \
+(echo "Updating libltdl ..."
+cd libltdl
+git checkout -- *
+git pull)
+}
+}
+
+true # stop the following i18n download (attempts) if this routine fails
+} || \
+
+{
+## for tde-i18n-$lang, and creating/updating git do this:
+
+## Use wget to download the required i18n repos to avoid the ~1x10^6 byte download for the full tde-i18n
+## same for both creating and updating
+## this test not strictly logically necessary, but can run a second time if the previous fails
+## add this if the above 'true' causes problems
+## [[ $PRGNAM == tde-i18n ]] && {
+for lang in $I18N
+do
+            echo "yes11 $PWD" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+cd tdei18n
+            echo "yes12 $PWD" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+wget -m --no-parent --no-host-directories https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tde-i18n/plain/tde-i18n-$lang/
+##will give:
+##$BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/tdei18n/cgit/tde-i18n/plain/tde-i18n-$lang/*
+cd ..
+done
+#}
+}
+}
+}
+
+
+            echo yes13 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+# Set CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS and LIBDIRSUFFIX:
+   { [[ $ARCH == x86_64 ]]  && SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC ${SET_march:-}" \
+                               SLKLDFLAGS="-L$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX -L/usr/lib64"; } \
+|| {                           SLKCFLAGS="-O2 ${SET_march:-}" \
+                               SLKLDFLAGS="-L$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX"; }
+            echo yes14 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+# Exit the script on errors:
+set -e
+trap 'echo "$0 FAILED at line $LINENO" | tee $OUTPUT/error-$PRGNAM.log' ERR
+# Catch unitialized variables:
+set -u
+P1=${1:-1}
+
+# Save old umask and set to 0022:
+_UMASK_=$(umask)
+umask 0022
 }
 
 untar_fn ()
 {
-cd $TMP/tmp-$PRGNAM
+cd $TMP_BUILD/tmp-$PRGNAM
+[[ $TDEVERSION == R14.0.4 || $TDEMIR_SUBDIR == misc ]] && {
 echo -e "\n unpacking $(basename $SOURCE) ... \n"
 tar -xf $SOURCE
-[[ $TDEMIR_SUBDIR != misc ]] && cd ./$(echo $TDEMIR_SUBDIR | cut -d / -f 2) && cd $PRGNAM || cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
 ## patch to allow automake 1.16.x
 [[ -s admin/cvs.sh ]] && echo $'
@@ -137,6 +228,15 @@ tar -xf $SOURCE
 do
 patch -p0
 done || true
+} || {
+            echo "yes15 $PWD" >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/$PRGNAM .
+cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/{admin,cmake} $PRGNAM/
+[[ " arts tdelibs " == *$PRGNAM* ]] && cp -a $BUILD_TDE_ROOT/src/cgit/libltdl $PRGNAM/
+            echo yes16 >> $TMPVARS/got-this-far
+} && {
+[[ $TDEVERSION == R14.0.4 && $TDEMIR_SUBDIR != misc ]] && cd ./$(echo $TDEMIR_SUBDIR | cut -d / -f 2) || true
+} && cd $PRGNAM 2>/dev/null || cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 }
 
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