diff --git a/development/tclvfs/README b/development/tclvfs/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee49344b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The TclVfs project aims to provide an extension to the Tcl language which
+allows Virtual Filesystems to be built using Tcl scripts only.
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/patches/01-configure.patch b/development/tclvfs/patches/01-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9f5b42566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/patches/01-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+All the patches are taken from Debian repo
+
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/configure
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/configure
+@@ -7937,12 +7937,15 @@
+ 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
+ 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
+ 
++	    # following line added by CW for Debian GNU/Hurd
++	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname,\${TCL_LIB_FILE}.0"
++
+ 	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
+-	    DL_OBJS=""
++	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
+ 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
+ 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
+ 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
+-	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
++	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS="${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}"
+ 	    if test "`uname -m`" = "alpha" ; then
+ 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
+ 	    fi
+@@ -9803,7 +9806,6 @@
+ # (actually we leave an empty line to preserve line numbers).
+ if test "x$srcdir" = x.; then
+   ac_vpsub='/^[	 ]*VPATH[	 ]*=/{
+-s/:*\$(srcdir):*/:/;
+ s/:*\${srcdir}:*/:/;
+ s/:*@srcdir@:*/:/;
+ s/^\([^=]*=[	 ]*\):*/\1/;
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/patches/02-encoding.patch b/development/tclvfs/patches/02-encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..997a352fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/patches/02-encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+Patch by Sergei Golovan (initially by Victor Wagner taken from
+http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1011498&group_id=32692&atid=406308)
+fixes -encoding and -eofchar of files opened on VFS.
+
+Probably, the patch is incomplete for mk4fs with ::mk4vfs::zstreamed set to 1.
+
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/ftpvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/ftpvfs.tcl
+@@ -133,10 +133,13 @@
+ 	    ftp::Get $fd $name -variable tmp
+ 
+ 	    set filed [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $filed -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $filed -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $filed -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $filed -translation binary
+ 	    puts -nonewline $filed $tmp
+ 
+-	    fconfigure $filed -translation auto
++	    fconfigure $filed -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $filed 0
+ 	    return [list $filed]
+ 	}
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/httpvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/httpvfs.tcl
+@@ -357,11 +357,14 @@
+ 	"r" {
+ 	    set token [geturl "$dirurl$urlname" -headers $headers]
+ 	    set filed [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $filed -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $filed -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $filed -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $filed -translation binary
+ 	    puts -nonewline $filed [::http::data $token]
+ 	    http::cleanup $token
+ 
+-	    fconfigure $filed -translation auto
++	    fconfigure $filed -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $filed 0
+ 	    # XXX: the close command should free vfs::memchan somehow??
+ 	    return [list $filed]
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/tclprocvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/tclprocvfs.tcl
+@@ -84,9 +84,12 @@
+ 	"" -
+ 	"r" {
+ 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
+ 	    puts -nonewline $nfd [_generate ::${ns}::${name}]
+-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
++	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $nfd 0
+ 	    return [list $nfd]
+ 	}
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/webdavvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/webdavvfs.tcl
+@@ -153,8 +153,12 @@
+ 	    upvar #0 $token state
+ 
+ 	    set filed [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $filed -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $filed -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $filed -translation]
+             fconfigure $filed -encoding binary -translation binary
+ 	    puts -nonewline $filed [::http::data $token]
++	    fconfigure $filed -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $filed 0
+ 	    ::http::cleanup $token
+ 	    return [list $filed]
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/tkvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/tkvfs.tcl
+@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@
+ 	"" -
+ 	"r" {
+ 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
+ 	    puts -nonewline $nfd [_generate ${widg}.${name}]
+-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
++	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $nfd 0
+ 	    return [list $nfd]
+ 	}
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/tarvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/tarvfs.tcl
+@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
+ 	    ::tar::stat $tarfd $name sb
+ 	    
+ 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
+ 	    
+ 	    # get the starting point from structure
+@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@
+ 	    
+ 	    puts -nonewline $nfd $data
+ 	    
+-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
++	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $nfd 0
+ 	    return [list $nfd]
+ 	}
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/zipvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/zipvfs.tcl
+@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
+ 	    ::zip::stat $zipfd $name sb
+ 
+ 	    set nfd [vfs::memchan]
++	    set encoding [fconfigure $nfd -encoding]
++	    set eofchar [fconfigure $nfd -eofchar]
++	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
+ 
+ 	    seek $zipfd $sb(ino) start
+@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@
+ 
+ 	    puts -nonewline $nfd $data
+ 
+-	    fconfigure $nfd -translation auto
++	    fconfigure $nfd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 	    seek $nfd 0
+ 	    return [list $nfd]
+ 	}
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/mk4vfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/mk4vfs.tcl
+@@ -183,19 +183,25 @@
+ 		      set fd [vfs::zstream decompress $fd $sb(csize) $sb(size)]
+ 		    } else {
+ 		      set fd [vfs::memchan]
++		      set encoding [fconfigure $fd -encoding]
++		      set eofchar [fconfigure $fd -eofchar]
++		      set translation [fconfigure $fd -translation]
+ 		      fconfigure $fd -translation binary
+ 		      set s [mk::get $sb(ino) contents]
+ 		      puts -nonewline $fd [vfs::zip -mode decompress $s]
+ 
+-		      fconfigure $fd -translation auto
++		      fconfigure $fd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 		      seek $fd 0
+ 		    }
+ 		} elseif { $::mk4vfs::direct } {
+ 		    set fd [vfs::memchan]
++		    set encoding [fconfigure $fd -encoding]
++		    set eofchar [fconfigure $fd -eofchar]
++		    set translation [fconfigure $fd -translation]
+ 		    fconfigure $fd -translation binary
+ 		    puts -nonewline $fd [mk::get $sb(ino) contents]
+ 
+-		    fconfigure $fd -translation auto
++		    fconfigure $fd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 		    seek $fd 0
+ 		} else {
+ 		    set fd [mk::channel $sb(ino) contents r]
+@@ -226,6 +232,9 @@
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		set fd [vfs::memchan]
++		set encoding [fconfigure $fd -encoding]
++		set eofchar [fconfigure $fd -eofchar]
++		set translation [fconfigure $fd -translation]
+ 		fconfigure $fd -translation binary
+ 		set s [mk::get $sb(ino) contents]
+ 
+@@ -237,7 +246,7 @@
+ 		    puts -nonewline $fd $s
+ 		    #set fd [mk::channel $sb(ino) contents a]
+ 		}
+-		fconfigure $fd -translation auto
++		fconfigure $fd -translation $translation -encoding $encoding -eofchar $eofchar
+ 		seek $fd 0 end
+ 		return [list $fd [list mk4vfs::do_close $db $fd $mode $sb(ino)]]
+ 	    }
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/patches/03-m4.patch b/development/tclvfs/patches/03-m4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d995d72fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/patches/03-m4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/tclconfig/tcl.m4
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/tclconfig/tcl.m4
+@@ -1486,12 +1486,15 @@
+ 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
+ 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
+ 
++	    # following line added by CW for Debian GNU/Hurd
++	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname,\${TCL_LIB_FILE}.0"
++
+ 	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
+-	    DL_OBJS=""
++	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
+ 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
+ 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
+ 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
+-	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
++	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS="${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}"
+ 	    if test "`uname -m`" = "alpha" ; then
+ 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
+ 	    fi
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/patches/04-man.patch b/development/tclvfs/patches/04-man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73392562a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/patches/04-man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/doc/vfs.n
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/doc/vfs.n
+@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
+ \fImount.zip\fR is a zip archive which has been mounted (on top of
+ itself) and contains \fIxxx/yyy\fR, and the current working directory
+ is inside \fIxxx\fR, and we evaluate a command like \fIfile exists
+-yyy\fR, then \fIroot\R will be \fIC:/foo/bar/mount.zip\fR,
++yyy\fR, then \fIroot\fR will be \fIC:/foo/bar/mount.zip\fR,
+ \fIrelative\fR will be \fIxxx/yyy\fR, and \fIactualpath\fR will be
+ \fIyyy\fR. The file separator between the \fIroot\fR and \fIrelative\fR
+ is omitted.
+@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
+ Delete the given directory.  \fIrecursive\fR is either 0 or 1. If
+ it is 1 then even if the directory is non-empty, an attempt should
+ be made to recursively delete it and its contents.  If it is 0 and
+-the directory is non-empty, a posix error (EEXIST) should be
++the directory is non-empty, a posix error (ENOTEMPTY) should be
+ thrown.
+ .TP
+ \fIcommand\fR \fIstat\fR \fIr-r-a\fR
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/doc/vfslib.n
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/doc/vfslib.n
+@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
+ .PP
+ The current supported types are ftp, tar, http, zip, mk4, ns, webdav.  In
+ addition there is the ability to mount any 'urltype' as a new volume,
+-provided an appropriate vfs is supported.  This means that you can treat
+-'ftp://', 'http://' and 'file://' urls as files.  To do this, simply
++provided an appropriate vfs is supported.  This means that you can
++treat 'ftp://', 'http://' and 'file://' urls as files.  To do this, simply
+ evaluate the command
+ .PP
+ \fIvfs::urltype::Mount ftp\fR
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/patches/05-pkgindex.patch b/development/tclvfs/patches/05-pkgindex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77bb689caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/patches/05-pkgindex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Debian-specific patch by Sergei Golovan which replaces current directory
+for tclvfs library by a fixed one.
+
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/pkgIndex.tcl.in
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/pkgIndex.tcl.in
+@@ -12,19 +12,18 @@
+ package require Tcl 8.4
+ 
+ namespace eval ::vfs {}
+-variable vfs::dll [file join $dir @PKG_LIB_FILE@]
++variable vfs::dll [file join /usr/lib @PACKAGE_NAME@@PACKAGE_VERSION@ @PKG_LIB_FILE@]
+ 
+-proc loadvfs {dll} {
++proc loadvfs {dir dll} {
+     global auto_path
+     if {![file exists $dll]} { return }
+-    set dir [file dirname $dll]
+     if {[lsearch -exact $auto_path $dir] == -1} {
+ 	lappend auto_path $dir
+     }
+     load $dll
+ }
+ 
+-package ifneeded vfs        @PACKAGE_VERSION@ [list loadvfs $vfs::dll]
++package ifneeded vfs        @PACKAGE_VERSION@ [list loadvfs $dir $vfs::dll]
+ 
+ # Allow optional redirect of VFS_LIBRARY components.  Only necessary
+ # for testing, but could be used elsewhere.
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/patches/06-zipfix.patch b/development/tclvfs/patches/06-zipfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ca6e1c1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/patches/06-zipfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Patch by Victor Wagner (modified by Sergei Golovan for archives less
+than 512 bytes long) fixes zip vfs to work with prepended executable.
+
+--- tclvfs-1.3-20080503.orig/library/zipvfs.tcl
++++ tclvfs-1.3-20080503/library/zipvfs.tcl
+@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
+ 	    set translation [fconfigure $nfd -translation]
+ 	    fconfigure $nfd -translation binary
+ 
+-	    seek $zipfd $sb(ino) start
++	    upvar #0 zip::$zipfd cb 
++	    seek $zipfd [expr {$sb(ino)+$cb(base)}] start
+ 	    zip::Data $zipfd sb data
+ 
+ 	    puts -nonewline $nfd $data
+@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@
+ 
+ 	seek $fd $n end
+ 	set hdr [read $fd $len]
++	set read [string length $hdr]
+ 	set pos [string first "PK\05\06" $hdr]
+ 	if {$pos == -1} {
+ 	    if {$at >= $sz} {
+@@ -384,7 +386,7 @@
+     }
+ 
+     set hdr [string range $hdr [expr $pos + 4] [expr $pos + 21]]
+-    set pos [expr [tell $fd] + $pos - 512]
++    set pos [expr [tell $fd] + $pos - $read]
+ 
+     binary scan $hdr ssssiis \
+ 	cb(ndisk) cb(cdisk) \
+@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@
+ 	
+ 	zip::EndOfArchive $fd cb
+ 
+-	seek $fd $cb(coff) start
++	seek $fd [expr {$cb(coff)+$cb(base)}] start
+ 
+ 	set toc(_) 0; unset toc(_); #MakeArray
+ 	
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/slack-desc b/development/tclvfs/slack-desc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b6f726738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/slack-desc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+      |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+tclvfs: tclvfs (virtial filesystem extension for Tcl)
+tclvfs:
+tclvfs: The TclVfs project aims to provide an extension to the Tcl language
+tclvfs: which allows Virtual Filesystems to be built using Tcl scripts only.
+tclvfs:
+tclvfs: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tclvfs/
+tclvfs:
+tclvfs:
+tclvfs:
+tclvfs:
+tclvfs:
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/tclvfs.SlackBuild b/development/tclvfs/tclvfs.SlackBuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f540177160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/tclvfs.SlackBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for tclvfs
+
+# Written by Zbigniew Baniewski, zb@ispid.com.pl
+
+PRGNAM=tclvfs
+VERSION=20080503
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+cat $CWD/patches/01-configure.patch | patch -p1 || exit
+cat $CWD/patches/02-encoding.patch | patch -p1 || exit
+cat $CWD/patches/03-m4.patch | patch -p1 || exit
+cat $CWD/patches/04-man.patch | patch -p1 || exit
+cat $CWD/patches/05-pkgindex.patch | patch -p1 || exit
+cat $CWD/patches/06-zipfix.patch | patch -p1 || exit
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/tcl-private/generic" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --with-tcl=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --with-tclinclude=/usr/include/tcl-private/generic \
+  --with-tk=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --with-tkinclude=/usr/include/tk-private/generic \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a ChangeLog license.terms Readme.txt examples tests $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/development/tclvfs/tclvfs.info b/development/tclvfs/tclvfs.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c88210eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/tclvfs/tclvfs.info
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+PRGNAM="tclvfs"
+VERSION="20080503"
+HOMEPAGE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tclvfs/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tclvfs/tclvfs-20080503.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="3f6dbec91a305f97475d155ca6b1b563"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Zbigniew Baniewski"
+EMAIL="zb@ispid.com.pl"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn"