diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/6502-emulator/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/6502-emulator/recipe.toml
index 06d2621d..1a647f68 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/6502-emulator/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/6502-emulator/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO ahash crate error (probably outdated)
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/ArchUsr64/6502_emulator"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/8086-emulator/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/8086-emulator/recipe.toml
index 50be9e79..29adae59 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/8086-emulator/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/8086-emulator/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/YJDoc2/8086-Emulator"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/mipsy/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/mipsy/recipe.toml
index 108aec67..f4806b0e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/mipsy/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/mipsy/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #TODO users crate error
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/insou22/mipsy"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-cookbook_cargo_packages mipsy
-"""
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["mipsy"]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rustzx/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rustzx/recipe.toml
index 8397b535..de3f47df 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rustzx/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rustzx/recipe.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #TODO Not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/rustzx/rustzx"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["rustzx"]
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_cargo_packages rustzx
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rvemu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rvemu/recipe.toml
index 695b600b..2d6ceef6 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rvemu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/rvemu/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/d0iasm/rvemu"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-cookbook_cargo_packages rvemu-cli
-"""
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["rvemu-cli"]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/scemu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/scemu/recipe.toml
index d2917c6c..e1db1a50 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/scemu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/scemu/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/sha0coder/scemu"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
index 5e0f96ef..e4e1e468 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ rev = "2.1.4"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DUNICORN_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/azahar/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/azahar/recipe.toml
index 46599aa7..559bdb5d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/azahar/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/azahar/recipe.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,18 @@ rev = "2123.3"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
-dependencies = [
-    "qt6-base",
-    "qt6-multimedia",
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DUSE_SYSTEM_SDL2=ON",
+    "-DENABLE_QT=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_WEB_SERVICE=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_SCRIPTING=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_LIBUSB=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_VULKAN=OFF",
+    "-DCITRA_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF" # can be used?
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "sdl2",
+    #"qt6-base",
+    #"qt6-multimedia",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/clementine/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/clementine/recipe.toml
index 475ea534..0b058f9e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/clementine/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/clementine/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO the webbrowser crate needs to be ported
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/RIP-Comm/clementine"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
index f47d2eec..6dc01cb4 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ cmakeflags = [
     "=DENABLE_ANALYTICS=OFF",
     "-DENCODE_FRAMEDUMPS=OFF",
     "-DENABLE_LLVM=OFF",
+    "-DENABLE_QT=OFF",
 ]
-dependencies = [
+#dependencies = [
     #"ffmpeg6",
     #"libevdev",
     #"libusb",
     #"pango",
     #"cairo",
-    "qt6-base",
-    "qt6-svg",
+    #"qt6-base",
+    #"qt6-svg",
     #"mesa-x11",
     #"curl",
     #"libvulkan",
     #"openal",
-]
+#]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/finalburn-neo/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/finalburn-neo/recipe.toml
index d5fa0a40..dd4739c7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/finalburn-neo/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/finalburn-neo/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#TODO missing script for "make", see https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/blob/master/README-SDL.md#sdl2
+#TODO missing script for gnu make: https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/blob/master/README-SDL.md#sdl2
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo"
-rev = "9cc496e02a8d1588e1226b648852488a491f1b75"
+rev = "a50ddd24dcd7bed4b625eeea9b25631072bbfe80"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/boytacean/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/boytacean/recipe.toml
index 0575e2f5..f0a4eaea 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/boytacean/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/boytacean/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #TODO Not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/joamag/boytacean"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/gameroy/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/gameroy/recipe.toml
index 004d06dc..ee7ede2c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/gameroy/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/gameroy/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #TODO not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Rodrigodd/gameroy"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-cookbook_cargo_packages gameroy-native
-"""
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["gameroy-native"]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/mimic/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/mimic/recipe.toml
index 7122d7c4..85ade83d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/mimic/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gameboy/mimic/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO update mio to 0.8
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/jawline/Mimic"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gopher64/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gopher64/recipe.toml
index f5b60765..6d393768 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gopher64/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/gopher64/recipe.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 #TODO Not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cargo"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_cargo
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/jgenesis/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/jgenesis/recipe.toml
index 5c840598..0a554ee0 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/jgenesis/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/jgenesis/recipe.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #TODO Not compiled or tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["jgenesis-cli"]
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_cargo_packages jgenesis-cli
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml
index 22fe56db..d5aec44a 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ rev = "1.0"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DBUILD_QT_SDL=OFF"
+]
 dependencies = [
     "curl",
     "libpcap",
     "libenet",
     "sdl2",
-    "qt6-base",
-    "qt6-multimedia",
-    "qt6-svg",
+    #"qt6-base",
+    #"qt6-multimedia",
+    #"qt6-svg",
     "libarchive",
     "zstd",
     "faad2",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml
index f2e3106f..5161a3b9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #TODO ahash crate error
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/tanakh/meru"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-cookbook_cargo_packages meru
-"""
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["meru"]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml
index 73bce526..126f356f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/notaz/picodrive"
 rev = "26ecb2b6358fefba24e3d68b9eb2efba7f10d5ee"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "configure"
 configureflags = [
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml
index 9bf49486..3cf64469 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ git = "https://github.com/jpd002/Play-"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF"
+]
 dependencies = [
     "openal",
     "libevdev",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/lynx/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/lynx/recipe.toml
index 6b8a6800..749a9bbe 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/lynx/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/lynx/recipe.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #TODO compilation error
 [source]
-tar = "https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx2.8.9rel.1.tar.gz"
+tar = "https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx2.9.2.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "configure"
 dependencies = [
-    "ncurses",
+    "ncursesw",
 ]
-script = """
-export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/miniupnpc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/miniupnpc/recipe.toml
index 56d62911..333a28c4 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/miniupnpc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/miniupnpc/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO Missing script for "make", see https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/tree/master/miniupnpc#readme
+#TODO missing script for gnu make: https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/tree/master/miniupnpc#readme
 [source]
 tar = "http://miniupnp.free.fr/files/miniupnpc-2.2.4.tar.gz"
 [build]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/nmap/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/nmap/recipe.toml
index fcbd41f1..b853186c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/nmap/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/nmap/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #TODO compilation error
 [source]
-tar = "https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.94.tar.bz2"
+tar = "https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.98.tar.bz2"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
\ No newline at end of file
+template = "configure"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/samba/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/samba/recipe.toml
index 68ba87be..5901e89e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/samba/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/samba/recipe.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/samba.git"
 upstream = "https://github.com/samba-team/samba.git"
-
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/smb-rs/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/smb-rs/recipe.toml
index 815321ed..689eea87 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/smb-rs/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/smb-rs/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: fix aws-lc-sys compilation
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/AvivNaaman/smb-rs"
-
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-cookbook_cargo_packages smb-cli
-"""
+template = "cargo"
+cargopackages = ["smb-cli"]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/speedtest-rs/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/speedtest-rs/recipe.toml
index 7e32c6f2..c2b0f21b 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/speedtest-rs/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/speedtest-rs/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #TODO openssl-sys crate error (after cargo update)
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/nelsonjchen/speedtest-rs"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
 dependencies = [
-    "openssl1",
+    "openssl3",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/other/wireguard-rs/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/other/wireguard-rs/recipe.toml
index 9722b4af..b6563f62 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/net/other/wireguard-rs/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/other/wireguard-rs/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #TODO update mio to 0.8 (after cargo update)
 [source]
 git = "https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-rs"
+shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"