diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/linphone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/linphone/default.nix
index c98a8ae4fd90..04e119afdb14 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/linphone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/linphone/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk, libglade, libosip, libexosip, speex,
-  readline, ffmpeg, alsaLib, SDL, libv4l, libtheora, libXv }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk, libglade, libosip, libexosip
+, speex, readline, mediastreamer }:
         
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "linphone-3.5.0";
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1jrgsyx2mn6y50hjfx79fzqhp42r78cjr63w3bfjdl258zy2f6ix";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk libglade libosip libexosip speex readline
-    ffmpeg alsaLib SDL libv4l libtheora libXv ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk libglade libosip libexosip readline mediastreamer speex ];
 
-  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildNativeInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-external-ortp --enable-external-mediastreamer";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.linphone.org/;
     description = "Open Source video SIP softphone";
     license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/default.nix
index bef82e5085cc..3d5dff53ff4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, alsaLib, ffmpeg, speex, ortp, pulseaudio, xorg,
-  libv4l, libtheora }:
+  libv4l, libtheora, intltool, libvpx, gsm }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "mediastreamer-2.7.2";
+  name = "mediastreamer-2.8.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/linphone/mediastreamer/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1w5j5shzd5f7q3l2gm4cl82f3vnrdzp78lcyjbjb416c4vzw2nr2";
+    sha256 = "0h1qda2mjc76xirldlvpmzf57vcbgr113a9b0kw1xm5i58s0w34f";
   };
 
 # TODO: make it load plugins from *_PLUGIN_PATH
-  buildNativeInputs = [pkgconfig];
+  buildNativeInputs = [pkgconfig intltool];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [alsaLib ffmpeg speex ortp pulseaudio xorg.libX11
-    xorg.libXv xorg.libXext libv4l libtheora];
+    xorg.libXv xorg.libXext libv4l libtheora libvpx gsm ];
 
 #patches = [ ./h264.patch ./plugins.patch ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
index 5b3b119cb1d0..93ed2869d0e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libtiff, libpng, libjpeg, doxygen, python, fftw }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "vigra-1.7.0";
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libtiff, libpng, libjpeg, doxygen, python,
+  fftw, fftwSinglePrec, hdf5, boost, numpy }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vigra-1.8.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/vigra/vigra-1.7.0-src.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1laf9p0h35xpzs98yd13alm17gh40sn9b7z01ylcja4g7p3a3hs4";
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}-src.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0542qy1bqaq73l7i8aqdhwdbhd6m1wldsn1w2sfyf8yf4398ffpw";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake fftw libtiff libpng libjpeg doxygen python ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake fftw fftwSinglePrec libtiff libpng libjpeg python boost
+    numpy hdf5 ];
 
   cmakeFlags = if (stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux") then
       "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
index 276c3bd1ed0a..ce3eb9cf5ec6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
          --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ":" "$out/lib"                      \
          --prefix "PYTHONPATH" ":" "$out/share/coccinelle/python"
 
+       wrapProgram "$out/bin/spatch.opt"                                \
+         --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ":" "$out/lib"                      \
+         --prefix "PYTHONPATH" ":" "$out/share/coccinelle/python"
+
        yes | make test
     '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 560b8d6723ab..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar -zxvf $src
-cd ext3cow-tools/
-
-echo "Using: $kernel"
-
-kernerlext3cowheader=$(ls $kernel/lib/modules/*/build/include/linux/ext3cow_fs.h)
-
-kernerlext3cowheader_slashed=$(echo $kernerlext3cowheader | sed 's/\//\\\//g')
-
-sed -i "s/linux\/ext3cow_fs.h/$kernerlext3cowheader_slashed/" ext3cow_tools.h		#ugh dirty header rewrite....
-
-make
-
-ensureDir $out/bin/
-cp ss $out/bin/snapshot
-cp tt $out/bin/
-cp e2d $out/bin/
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b776de86ce5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, kernel_ext3cowpatched }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ext3cow-tools";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://ext3cow.com/tools/ext3cow-tools.tgz;
-    sha256 = "78f55b19c8eeaa7b8abde63c7d6547b1ac0421a46d826a8d41c049719a3081f2";
-  };
-
-  kernel = kernel_ext3cowpatched;
-}
-
-
-#note that ext3cow requires the ext3cow kernel patch !!!!
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/snix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/snix/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index c8a13944d5b4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/snix/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, aterm, db4, perl, curl, bzip2, openssl ? null
-
-, ext3cowtools, e3cfsprogs, rsync
-, libtool, automake, autoconf
-, flex, bison
-
-, docbook5, docbook5_xsl, libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_43, w3m
-
-, ext3cow_kernel
-
-, storeDir ? "/nix/store"
-, stateDir ? "/nix/var"
-, nixStoreStateDir ? "/nix/state"
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "snix-0.12rev10946";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.denbreejen.net/public/nix/snix-20080304-rev10948.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "6973f080be8a32f1fc9b109f7f180b2bbd4e9e246721de9247378e49c6a70ef4";
-  };
-  
-  buildInputs = [perl curl openssl rsync libtool automake autoconf flex bison
-                 docbook5 docbook5_xsl libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_43 w3m ];
-
-  preConfigure = "
-    ./bootstrap.sh
-  ";
-
-  configureFlags = "
-    --with-store-dir=${storeDir} --localstatedir=${stateDir}
-    --with-aterm=${aterm} --with-bdb=${db4} --with-bzip2=${bzip2}
-    --disable-init-state
-    --with-store-state-dir=${nixStoreStateDir}
-    --with-ext3cow-header=${ext3cow_kernel}/lib/modules/2.*/build/include/linux/ext3cow_fs.h
-    --with-rsync=${rsync}/bin/rsync";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "The SNix Deployment System (Nix extended to handle state)";
-    homepage = http://nixos.org/;
-    license = "LGPL";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5578b7a3d3c4..14ad4b1cf756 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4731,7 +4731,9 @@ let
 
   vcdimager = callPackage ../development/libraries/vcdimager { };
 
-  vigra = callPackage ../development/libraries/vigra { };
+  vigra = callPackage ../development/libraries/vigra {
+    inherit (pkgs.pythonPackages) numpy;
+  };
 
   vmime = callPackage ../development/libraries/vmime { };
 
@@ -5910,10 +5912,6 @@ let
     splashutils =
       if kernel.features ? fbConDecor then pkgs.splashutils else null;
 
-    ext3cowtools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ext3cow-tools {
-      kernel_ext3cowpatched = kernel;
-    };
-
     /* compiles but has to be integrated into the kernel somehow
       Let's have it uncommented and finish it..
     */
@@ -5925,15 +5923,6 @@ let
 
     perf = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix { };
 
-    # State Nix
-    snix = callPackage ../tools/package-management/snix {
-
-      aterm = aterm25;
-      db4 = db45;
-
-      flex = flex2533;
-      ext3cow_kernel = kernel;    };
-
     sysprof = callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/sysprof {
       inherit (gnome) gtk glib pango libglade;
     };