diff --git a/scripts/pkgmeek b/scripts/pkgmeek
index 6aa8c50..e4b519f 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgmeek
+++ b/scripts/pkgmeek
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ here="${_local_[$u]}"; url="${source[$u]}";
 # at least one of the following commands should put a file of the
 # appropriate name in the current directory
 [ -e "$here" ] || [ "$src_dir" = "" ] || [ ! -e "$src_dir/$here" ] || ln -sf "$src_dir/$here" ;
-[ -e "$here" ] || [ ! -e "$PKGMK_ROOT/$here" ] || ln -sf "$PKGMK_ROOT/$here" . ;
+[ -e "$here" ] || [ ! -e "$PKGMK_ROOT/$here" ] || ln -sf "$PKGMK_ROOT/$here" ;
 [ -e "$here" ] || fetch_url "$url" "$here"; # <-- should also be able to resume partial downloads
 [ -e "$here" ] || { error "failed to download $here. Check connection and try again."; errDL+=1; }
 done ; }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ if [ "$pkg_utd" = 0 ] || [ "$PKGMK_FORCE" = "yes" ]; then
 		*.tar|*.tar.gz|*.tar.Z|*.tgz|*.tar.bz2|*.tbz2|*.tar.xz|*.txz|*.tar.lzma|*.tar.lz|*.7z|*.zip|*.rpm)
 			bsdtar -p -o -C src -xf "$here" || errUZ+=1 ;;
 		*)
-			cp -r "$here" src/ ;;
+			cp -r -L "$here" src/ ;;
 	esac
 	done