diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1944fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.tmp
diff --git a/files/core-functions.sh b/files/core-functions.sh
index 56314e9..8245478 100644
--- a/files/core-functions.sh
+++ b/files/core-functions.sh
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ function mkregex_blacklist() {
 		s,^, ,
 		s,$, ,
 		s,^ (extra|pasture|patches|slackware(|64)|testing)/ $,^\1 ,
-		s,^ ([^/]+)/ $, \\\.\\\/$PKGMAIN\\\/\1\$,
+		s,^ ([^/]+)/ $, \\\./$PKGMAIN/\1\$,
 		" ${CONF}/blacklist > ${TMPDIR}/blacklist.tmp
 
 	# Filter server and local package lists through blacklist
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ function sanity_check() {
 	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || spinning ${TMPDIR}/waiting &
 
 	for i in $(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ | \
-		egrep -- "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+-upgraded"); do
+		grep -E -- "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+-upgraded"); do
 		REVNAME=$(echo ${i} | awk -F'-upgraded' '{ print $1 }')
 		mv $ROOT/var/log/packages/${i} $ROOT/var/log/packages/${REVNAME}
 		mv $ROOT/var/log/scripts/${i} $ROOT/var/log/scripts/${REVNAME}
diff --git a/files/slackpkg b/files/slackpkg
index 9fc7f5d..cc95bb0 100644
--- a/files/slackpkg
+++ b/files/slackpkg
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ while [ -n "$1" ] ; do
       CMD=$1
       shift
       if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-        if echo $1 | egrep -q "^\.{0,2}/" ; then
+        if echo $1 | grep -Eq "^\.{0,2}/" ; then
 		if [ -e $1 ]; then
 			INPUTLIST=$(cat $1 | tr "\n" " ")
 		else