diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index 29b4685..a13afc1 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 -removed bkeymaps, brotli, jq.
 -fix iptables package to not require GNU install
 -add iptables to mbase?
--began adding 'about' files to each directory
+-begin adding 'about' files to each directory
 -remove need for autoconf in core/core-mod/
 -remove need for git in core/core-mod/
 -attempt to make packages m4-agnostic
diff --git a/core-mod/core/autoconf/depends b/core-mod/core/autoconf/depends
index 72b0f6e..c0b4a86 100644
--- a/core-mod/core/autoconf/depends
+++ b/core-mod/core/autoconf/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-qm4-git
+gnu-m4
 perl
diff --git a/core-mod/core/bison/depends b/core-mod/core/bison/depends
index 8748d9e..6a6cbc6 100644
--- a/core-mod/core/bison/depends
+++ b/core-mod/core/bison/depends
@@ -1 +1 @@
-qm4-git
+gnu-m4
diff --git a/core-mod/core/flex/depends b/core-mod/core/flex/depends
index e15a376..414d5f6 100644
--- a/core-mod/core/flex/depends
+++ b/core-mod/core/flex/depends
@@ -1 +1 @@
-qm4-git make
+gnu-m4 make
diff --git a/core-mod/core/libgmp/depends b/core-mod/core/libgmp/depends
index e15a376..414d5f6 100644
--- a/core-mod/core/libgmp/depends
+++ b/core-mod/core/libgmp/depends
@@ -1 +1 @@
-qm4-git make
+gnu-m4 make
diff --git a/core-mod/core/libtool/depends b/core-mod/core/libtool/depends
index 72b0f6e..c0b4a86 100644
--- a/core-mod/core/libtool/depends
+++ b/core-mod/core/libtool/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-qm4-git
+gnu-m4
 perl
diff --git a/core-mod/extra/mesa/depends b/core-mod/extra/mesa/depends
index fc6287f..236a992 100644
--- a/core-mod/extra/mesa/depends
+++ b/core-mod/extra/mesa/depends
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ libxcb
 libxshmfence
 linux-headers make
 llvm
-qm4-git            make
+gnu-m4            make
 meson         make
 pkgconf       make
 python        make
diff --git a/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-cursor/depends b/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-cursor/depends
index 20c62ea..4fa94e0 100644
--- a/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-cursor/depends
+++ b/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-cursor/depends
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 libXau
 libxcb
-qm4-git      make
+gnu-m4      make
 pkgconf make
 xcb-util
 xcb-util-image
diff --git a/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-wm/depends b/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-wm/depends
index 7032b8a..9cc87eb 100644
--- a/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-wm/depends
+++ b/core-mod/xorg/xcb-util-wm/depends
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 libxcb
-qm4-git       make
+gnu-m4       make
 pkgconf  make
 xcb-util make
diff --git a/mbase/iptables b/mbase/iptables
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..6fc5973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mbase/iptables
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./community-mod/stable/iptables
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mbase/sed-i b/mbase/sed-i
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/core-mod/core/qm4-git/build b/ports/qm4-git/build
similarity index 100%
rename from core-mod/core/qm4-git/build
rename to ports/qm4-git/build
diff --git a/core-mod/core/qm4-git/sources b/ports/qm4-git/sources
similarity index 100%
rename from core-mod/core/qm4-git/sources
rename to ports/qm4-git/sources
diff --git a/core-mod/core/qm4-git/version b/ports/qm4-git/version
similarity index 100%
rename from core-mod/core/qm4-git/version
rename to ports/qm4-git/version
diff --git a/testing/autoconf-2.13/depends b/testing/autoconf-2.13/depends
index 72b0f6e..c0b4a86 100644
--- a/testing/autoconf-2.13/depends
+++ b/testing/autoconf-2.13/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-qm4-git
+gnu-m4
 perl
diff --git a/testing/webbrowser/depends b/testing/webbrowser/depends
index edfdaca..71e8623 100644
--- a/testing/webbrowser/depends
+++ b/testing/webbrowser/depends
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ libXt
 libevent
 libffi
 libvpx
-qm4-git make
+gnu-m4 make
 perl make
 python2 make
 sqlite