diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index dbe8d5a702..5e399bf2eb 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@ detect_params() {
 			CFLAGS=* | --CFLAGS=*)        CFLAGS="$optarg";;
 			CXXFLAGS=* | --CXXFLAGS=*)    CXXFLAGS="$optarg";;
 			LDFLAGS=* | --LDFLAGS=*)      LDFLAGS="$optarg";;
-			CFLAGS_BUILD=* | --CFLAGS_BUILD=*)     CFLAGS_BUILD="$optarg";;
-			CXXFLAGS_BUILD=* | --CXXFLAGS_BUILD=*) CXXFLAGS_BUILD="$optarg";;
-			LDFLAGS_BUILD=* | --LDFLAGS_BUILD=*)   LDFLAGS_BUILD="$optarg";;
+			CFLAGS_BUILD=* | --CFLAGS_BUILD=* | --CFLAGS-BUILD=*)     CFLAGS_BUILD="$optarg";;
+			CXXFLAGS_BUILD=* | --CXXFLAGS_BUILD=* | --CXXFLAGS-BUILD=*) CXXFLAGS_BUILD="$optarg";;
+			LDFLAGS_BUILD=* | --LDFLAGS_BUILD=* | --LDFLAGS-BUILD=*)   LDFLAGS_BUILD="$optarg";;
 
 			--ignore-extra-parameters)    ignore_extra_parameters="1";;
 
@@ -2138,6 +2138,30 @@ check_makedepend() {
 	log 1 "checking makedepend... $makedepend"
 }
 
+check_version() {
+	# $1 - requested version (major.minor)
+	# $2 - version we got (major.minor)
+
+	if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	req_major=`echo $1 | cut -d. -f1`
+	got_major=`echo $2 | cut -d. -f1`
+	if [ $got_major -lt $req_major ]; then
+		return 0
+	elif [ $got_major -gt $req_major ]; then
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	req_minor=`echo $1 | cut -d. -f2`
+	got_minor=`echo $2 | cut -d. -f2`
+	if [ $got_minor -lt $req_minor ]; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+	return 1
+}
+
 detect_awk() {
 	# Not all awks allow gsub(), so we test for that here! It is in fact all we need...
 
@@ -2823,13 +2847,14 @@ detect_fontconfig() {
 
 	version=`$fontconfig_config --modversion 2>/dev/null`
 	ret=$?
-	shortversion=`echo $version | cut -c 1,3`
+	check_version '2.3' "$version"
+	version_ok=$?
 	log 2 "executing $fontconfig_config --modversion"
 	log 2 "  returned $version"
 	log 2 "  exit code $ret"
 
-	if [ -z "$version" ] || [ "$ret" != "0" ] || [ "$shortversion" -le "22" ]; then
-		if [ -n "$shortversion" ] && [ "$shortversion" -le "22" ]; then
+	if [ -z "$version" ] || [ "$ret" != "0" ] || [ "$version_ok" != "1" ]; then
+		if [ -n "$version" ] && [ "$version_ok" != "1" ]; then
 			log 1 "checking libfontconfig... needs at least version 2.3.0, fontconfig NOT enabled"
 		else
 			log 1 "checking libfontconfig... not found"
@@ -2872,13 +2897,14 @@ detect_icu() {
 
 	version=`$icu_config --version 2>/dev/null`
 	ret=$?
-	shortversion=`echo $version | cut -d\. -f1,2 | sed "s/\.//g" | cut -c1-2`
+	check_version '3.6' "$version"
+	version_ok=$?
 	log 2 "executing $icu_config --version"
 	log 2 "  returned $version"
 	log 2 "  exit code $ret"
 
-	if [ -z "$version" ] || [ "$ret" != "0" ] || [ "$shortversion" -lt "36" ]; then
-		if [ -n "$shortversion" ] && [ "$shortversion" -lt "36" ]; then
+	if [ -z "$version" ] || [ "$ret" != "0" ] || [ "$version_ok" != "1" ]; then
+		if [ -n "$version" ] && [ "$version_ok" != "1" ]; then
 			log 1 "checking libicu... needs at least version 3.6.0, icu NOT enabled"
 		else
 			log 1 "checking libicu... not found"
diff --git a/src/bootstrap_gui.cpp b/src/bootstrap_gui.cpp
index 2b3e231b29..a9459f967f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/bootstrap_gui.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ bool HandleBootstrap()
 	if (BlitterFactoryBase::GetCurrentBlitter()->GetScreenDepth() == 0) goto failure;
 
 	/* If there is no network or no freetype, then there is nothing we can do. Go straight to failure. */
-#if defined(ENABLE_NETWORK) && defined(WITH_FREETYPE) && !defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(ENABLE_NETWORK) && defined(WITH_FREETYPE) && !defined(__APPLE__) && (defined(WITH_FONTCONFIG) || defined(WIN32))
 	if (!_network_available) goto failure;
 
 	/* First tell the game we're bootstrapping. */
diff --git a/src/strings.cpp b/src/strings.cpp
index 181ac83108..a0391af99f 100644
--- a/src/strings.cpp
+++ b/src/strings.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,24 @@ void StringParameters::ClearTypeInformation()
 	MemSetT(this->type, 0, this->num_param);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Read an int64 from the argument array. The offset is increased
+ * so the next time GetInt64 is called the next value is read.
+ */
+int64 StringParameters::GetInt64(WChar type)
+{
+	if (this->offset >= this->num_param) {
+		DEBUG(misc, 0, "Trying to read invalid string parameter");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (this->type != NULL) {
+		assert(this->type[this->offset] == 0 || this->type[this->offset] == type);
+		this->type[this->offset] = type;
+	}
+	return this->data[this->offset++];
+}
+
 /**
  * Shift all data in the data array by the given amount to make
  * room for some extra parameters.
@@ -781,7 +799,7 @@ static char *FormatString(char *buff, const char *str_arg, StringParameters *arg
 				}
 
 				int i = 0;
-				while (*p != '\0') {
+				while (*p != '\0' && i < 20) {
 					uint64 param;
 					s = ++p;
 
diff --git a/src/strings_func.h b/src/strings_func.h
index eef78d84e4..395a80e1a1 100644
--- a/src/strings_func.h
+++ b/src/strings_func.h
@@ -73,19 +73,7 @@ public:
 
 	void ClearTypeInformation();
 
-	/**
-	 * Read an int64 from the argument array. The offset is increased
-	 * so the next time GetInt64 is called the next value is read.
-	 */
-	int64 GetInt64(WChar type = 0)
-	{
-		assert(this->offset < this->num_param);
-		if (this->type != NULL) {
-			assert(this->type[this->offset] == 0 || this->type[this->offset] == type);
-			this->type[this->offset] = type;
-		}
-		return this->data[this->offset++];
-	}
+	int64 GetInt64(WChar type = 0);
 
 	/** Read an int32 from the argument array. @see GetInt64. */
 	int32 GetInt32(WChar type = 0)