diff --git a/scripts/prt-auf b/scripts/prt-auf
index 40fe79c..6643f4f 100755
--- a/scripts/prt-auf
+++ b/scripts/prt-auf
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ if (($action =~ /^(listinst|listorphans|dependent)/) and
    }
 } elsif ($action =~ /^(current|isinst|dup|diff|quickdiff)$/) {
       my $format = "%20s %15s %20s\n"; my $ind = shift(@results);
-      if ($action eq "diff") { printf $format, "Port", "Installed", "Available in Repo"; }
+      if ($action eq "diff") { 
+          if ($#results > 0) {
+		  printf $format, "Port", "Installed", "Available in Repo"
+	  } else { print "No differences found\n" }
+      }
       foreach (@results) {
 	  if ($action =~ /^(current|isinst)$/) { print "$_\n"; next; }
           my ($diffN, $diffI, $diffR) = split / /;
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ sub parse_args {
     } elsif ($arg eq "-vv") { $osearch{verbose} += 2;
     } elsif ($arg eq "--test") { $opkg{test} = "yes";
     } elsif ($arg eq "--group") { $opkg{group} = "yes";
-    } elsif ($arg eq "-fr") { $opkg{margs} .= " -f";
+    } elsif ($arg eq "-fr") { $opkg{margs} .= " -f"; $odepends{inject} = 0;
     } elsif ($arg eq "-fi") { $opkg{aargs} .= " -f";
     } elsif ($arg =~ /^(-uf|-if|-us|-is|-ns|-kw)$/) { $opkg{margs} .= " $1";
     } elsif ($arg =~ /^--margs=(.+)/) { $opkg{margs} .= $1;
@@ -665,7 +669,7 @@ sub port_diff { # find differences between the pkgdb and the repo
 
 sub deporder { # returns a sorted list of packages required.
   my $type=shift; my @seeds=@_; our @treewalk=(); our @missing;
-  our %numPred; our %children; my @result;
+  our %numPred; our %children; my @result; our %SEEDS = map { $_ => 1 } @seeds;
 
   # determine the minimal set of targets needed to satisfy all dependencies
   foreach my $t (@seeds) {
@@ -681,10 +685,10 @@ sub deporder { # returns a sorted list of packages required.
       ( grep /^$s$/, @treewalk ) ? return : push(@treewalk, $s);
 
       %curdeps = map { $_ => 0 } split /[ ,]/, $DEPENDS{$s};
-      # if the user toggles --softdeps, consider only the
-      # optional dependencies that are already installed
+      # if the user toggles --softdeps, consider only the optional dependencies 
+      # that are already installed or are given on the command line
       if ($odepends{soft} == 1)  {
-           @optionals = grep { ($V_INST{$_}) } split /[ ,]/, $SOFTDEPS{$s};
+           @optionals = grep { ($V_INST{$_}) or ($SEEDS{$_}) } split /[ ,]/, $SOFTDEPS{$s};
            foreach (@optionals) { $curdeps{$_} = 1; }
       }
       
@@ -794,7 +798,7 @@ sub up_inst {  # returns scalar references to five arrays
       }
       chdir $pdirs{$t}; system("$mkcmd{$t}"); $status=( $?>>8 == 0 );
       if ($logfile{$t}) {
-          (! log_failure($logfile{$t})) ? $ok{$t} = 1 : $not_ok{$t} = 1;
+          ( ($mkcmd{$t} =~ /skipped build/) or ! log_failure($logfile{$t}) ) ? $ok{$t} = 1 : $not_ok{$t} = 1;
       } else {
           ( $status ) ? $ok{$t} = 1 : $not_ok{$t} = 1;
       }