diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 9815477dd39..0e1f57bd3dc 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ debug: all
 
 # package types
 package_debian:
-	cd build_files/package_spec ; sh ./build_debian.sh
+	cd build_files/package_spec ; DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=$(NPROCS)" sh ./build_debian.sh
 
 package_pacman:
-	cd build_files/package_spec/pacman ; makepkg --asroot
+	cd build_files/package_spec/pacman ; MAKEFLAGS="-j$(NPROCS)" makepkg --asroot
 
 # forward build targets
 test:
diff --git a/build_files/package_spec/build_debian.sh b/build_files/package_spec/build_debian.sh
index dda24eabee5..1d35e4590e2 100755
--- a/build_files/package_spec/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_files/package_spec/build_debian.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ cp -a build_files/package_spec/debian .
 
 
 # Get values from blender to use in debian/changelog.
-BLENDER_REVISION=$(svnversion)
+# value may be formatted: 35042:35051M
+BLENDER_REVISION=$(svnversion | cut -d: -f2 | tr -dc 0-9)
 
 blender_srcdir=$PWD
 blender_version=$(grep BLENDER_VERSION $blender_srcdir/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h | tr -dc 0-9)
diff --git a/build_files/package_spec/debian/control b/build_files/package_spec/debian/control
index 3a6fda8ff6c..7329a552dbc 100644
--- a/build_files/package_spec/debian/control
+++ b/build_files/package_spec/debian/control
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ Maintainer: Dan Eicher <dan@trollwerks.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), cmake, python3, python, libfreetype6-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev, libilmbase-dev, libopenexr-dev, libjpeg62-dev, libopenal-dev, libpng12-dev, libsamplerate0-dev, libsdl-dev, libtiff4-dev, libx11-dev, libxi-dev, zlib1g-dev, python3.1-dev, libopenjpeg-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Homepage: http://blender.org/
-Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/eponymous/blender
-Vcs-Git: git://github.com/eponymous/blender.git
 X-Python3-Version: >= 3.1, << 3.2
 
 Package: blender-snapshot
diff --git a/build_files/package_spec/pacman/PKGBUILD b/build_files/package_spec/pacman/PKGBUILD
index 6102be5833c..3cbd452dbf4 100644
--- a/build_files/package_spec/pacman/PKGBUILD
+++ b/build_files/package_spec/pacman/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # custom blender vars
 blender_srcdir=$(dirname $startdir)"/../.."
-blender_revision=$(svnversion $blender_srcdir)
+# value may be formatted: 35042:35051M
+blender_revision=$(svnversion $blender_srcdir | cut -d: -f2 | tr -dc 0-9)
 blender_version=$(grep BLENDER_VERSION $blender_srcdir/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h | tr -dc 0-9)
 # blender_subversion=$(grep BLENDER_SUBVERSION $blender_srcdir/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h | tr -dc 0-9)
 blender_ver_string=$(expr $blender_version / 100).$(expr $blender_version % 100)+svn$blender_revision
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ build() {
     -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL:BOOL=OFF \
     -DWITH_OPENCOLLADA:BOOL=OFF
 
-  make
+  make $MAKEFLAGS
 }
 
 package() {