diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk
index ca55564560e3b4886f728a71fe1c3aec4d957930..43e27a5a4cad0c74eba59fea728c04c953e9e5e2 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs.gmk
@@ -287,9 +287,12 @@ ifdef BUILD_NUMBER
   FULL_VERSION = $(RELEASE)-$(BUILD_NUMBER)
 else
   BUILD_NUMBER = b00
-  BUILD_DATE := $(shell $(DATE) '+%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M')
-  CLEAN_USERNAME := $(shell $(ECHO) "$(USER)" | $(TR) -d -c '[:alnum:]')
-  USER_RELEASE_SUFFIX := $(shell $(ECHO) "$(CLEAN_USERNAME)_$(BUILD_DATE)" | $(TR) '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )
+  ifndef USER_RELEASE_SUFFIX
+    BUILD_DATE := $(shell $(DATE) '+%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M')
+    CLEAN_USERNAME := $(shell $(ECHO) "$(USER)" | $(TR) -d -c '[:alnum:]')
+    USER_RELEASE_SUFFIX := $(shell $(ECHO) "$(CLEAN_USERNAME)_$(BUILD_DATE)" | $(TR) '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )
+  endif
+  export USER_RELEASE_SUFFIX
   FULL_VERSION = $(RELEASE)-$(USER_RELEASE_SUFFIX)-$(BUILD_NUMBER)
 endif
 
@@ -335,7 +338,9 @@ endif
 
 # Include any private definitions for this set of workspaces
 _PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE=$(JDK_MAKE_SHARED_DIR)/PrivateDefs.gmk
-USING_PRIVATE_DEFS:=$(shell if [ -f $(_PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE) ]; then echo true; else echo false; fi)
+ifeq ($(USING_PRIVATE_DEFS),)
+  USING_PRIVATE_DEFS:=$(shell if [ -f $(_PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE) ]; then echo true; else echo false; fi)
+endif
 ifeq ($(USING_PRIVATE_DEFS),true)
 dummy:=$(warning "WARNING: Using definitions from $(_PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE)")
 include $(_PRIVATE_DEFS_FILE)
diff --git a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
index 39f99ae7c17c8e70ad5175d838e2eb62f99b9c35..6b545159d54678efb00d076a34d8f1d64ad6d0af 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
@@ -1389,20 +1389,21 @@ ifdef REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION
 endif
 sane-alsa-headers:
 ifdef REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION
-        if [ "$(ALSA_CHECK)" != "same" -a "$(ALSA_CHECK)" != "newer"  ] ; then \
-	    $(ECHO) "ERROR: The ALSA version must be $(REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION) or higher. \n" \
-	      "      You have the following ALSA version installed: $${alsa_version) \n" \
-	      "      Please reinstall ALSA (drivers and lib). You can download \n" \
-	      "      the source distribution from http://www.alsa-project.org \n" \
-	      "      or go to http://www.freshrpms.net/docs/alsa/ for precompiled RPM packages. \n" \
-	      "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
-	  fi \
+	@if [ "$(ALSA_CHECK)" != "missing" ] ; then \
+	    if [ "$(ALSA_CHECK)" != "same" -a "$(ALSA_CHECK)" != "newer"  ] ; then \
+		$(ECHO) "ERROR: The ALSA version must be $(REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION) or higher. \n" \
+		"      You have the following ALSA version installed: $${alsa_version} \n" \
+		"      Please reinstall ALSA (drivers and lib). You can download \n" \
+		"      the source distribution from http://www.alsa-project.org \n" \
+		"      or go to http://www.freshrpms.net/docs/alsa/ for precompiled RPM packages. \n" \
+		"" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+	    fi ; \
 	else \
-	  $(ECHO) "ERROR: You seem to not have installed ALSA $(REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION) or higher. \n" \
-	  "      Please install ALSA (drivers and lib). You can download the \n" \
-	  "      source distribution from http://www.alsa-project.org or go to \n" \
-	  "      http://www.freshrpms.net/docs/alsa/ for precompiled RPM packages. \n" \
-	  "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
+	    $(ECHO) "ERROR: You seem to not have installed ALSA $(REQUIRED_ALSA_VERSION) or higher. \n" \
+	    "      Please install ALSA (drivers and lib). You can download the \n" \
+	    "      source distribution from http://www.alsa-project.org or go to \n" \
+	    "      http://www.freshrpms.net/docs/alsa/ for precompiled RPM packages. \n" \
+	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
 	fi
 endif
 
diff --git a/make/jprt.gmk b/make/jprt.gmk
index bd1189bf45e7a6de973efe6fdb7e89c4eb9bd0f5..3ad4c188243c6b3182cb75da035eb043a004d613 100644
--- a/make/jprt.gmk
+++ b/make/jprt.gmk
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 # JPRT rule to build this workspace
 
 JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE=$(ABS_OUTPUTDIR)/$(JPRT_BUILD_FLAVOR)-bundle.zip
-ifdef JPRT_BUILD_VERSION
-  MILESTONE=$(JPRT_BUILD_VERSION)
-endif
 
 jprt_build_product:  all images
 	( $(CD) $(OUTPUTDIR)/j2sdk-image && \