diff --git a/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers b/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers
index 520b6ceec5a..f8d07741612 100644
--- a/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers
+++ b/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@
 #
 # - sdh_cmake [...]
 #
-#    Runs `cmake` in the current directory with the given arguments, as well as
-#    additional arguments passed to cmake (assuming packages are using the
-#    GNUInstallDirs module) so that `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` and
-#    `CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR` are set correctly.
+#    Runs `cmake` with the given arguments, as well as additional arguments
+#    (assuming packages are using the GNUInstallDirs module) so that
+#    `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` and `CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR` are set correctly.
 #
 # - sdh_install [-T] SRC [SRC...] DEST
 #
@@ -416,9 +415,9 @@ sdh_pip_uninstall() {
 
 sdh_cmake() {
     echo "Configuring $PKG_NAME with cmake"
-    cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${SAGE_INST_LOCAL}" \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
-            "$@"
+    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${SAGE_INST_LOCAL}" \
+          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+          "$@"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         if [ -f "$(pwd)/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log" ]; then
             sdh_die <<_EOF_
diff --git a/build/pkgs/bliss/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/bliss/spkg-install.in
index b988d6262ce..b203f30dcab 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/bliss/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/bliss/spkg-install.in
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ if [ "$UNAME" = "Darwin" ]; then
     export LDFLAGS
 fi
 cd src
-sdh_cmake -DUSE_GMP=OFF -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON
+sdh_cmake -DUSE_GMP=OFF -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON .
 sdh_make
 sdh_make_install
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ccache/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/ccache/checksums.ini
index 2b4b1895243..23eadcfc9b7 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/ccache/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/ccache/checksums.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-tarball=ccache-VERSION.tar.bz2
-sha1=3653e0765f01697c449f7026c479fbd9526323a7
-sha256=fa9d7f38367431bc86b19ad107d709ca7ecf1574fdacca01698bdf0a47cd8567
+tarball=ccache-VERSION.tar.xz
+sha1=cff97f7592f5042eb43cb54a6d12a1ce7e49da62
+sha256=c0b85ddfc1a3e77b105ec9ada2d24aad617fa0b447c6a94d55890972810f0f5a
+upstream_url=https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/vVERSION/ccache-VERSION.tar.xz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ccache/dependencies b/build/pkgs/ccache/dependencies
index a1eb8a80d3d..e1c0b124beb 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/ccache/dependencies
+++ b/build/pkgs/ccache/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-zlib
+cmake xz
 
 ----------
 All lines of this file are ignored except the first.
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ccache/distros/arch.txt b/build/pkgs/ccache/distros/arch.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..812b9efc0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/ccache/distros/arch.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ccache
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ccache/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/ccache/package-version.txt
index a0891f563f3..0216ba38478 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/ccache/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/ccache/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.3.4
+4.10.2
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ccache/patches/01-apple-gcc-id.patch b/build/pkgs/ccache/patches/01-apple-gcc-id.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fec64b61d85..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/ccache/patches/01-apple-gcc-id.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
-index b4c95b1..e51b4bc 100755
---- a/test.sh
-+++ b/test.sh
-@@ -3354,6 +3354,10 @@ case $compiler_version in
-     *clang*)
-         COMPILER_TYPE_CLANG=true
-         ;;
-+    *Xcode.app*)
-+# /usr/bin/gcc on OS X which is a front end to clang doesn't have gcc or clang in the first line.
-+        COMPILER_TYPE_CLANG=true
-+        ;;
-     *)
-         echo "WARNING: Compiler $COMPILER not supported (version: $compiler_version) -- not running tests" >&2
-         exit 0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ccache/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/ccache/spkg-install.in
index 3ed82ae521c..6e7bcf1fc55 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/ccache/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/ccache/spkg-install.in
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 cd src
 
-# Use newer version of config.guess and config.sub (see Issue #23710)
-cp "$SAGE_ROOT"/config/config.* .
-
-export CPPFLAGS="-I$SAGE_LOCAL/include $CPPFLAGS"
-sdh_configure
+mkdir build
+cd build
+sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+          -DENABLE_TESTING=OFF \
+		  -DREDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND=OFF \
+		  ..
 sdh_make
 sdh_make_install
 
-
 set -e
 
 mkdir -p "$SAGE_LOCAL/libexec/ccache"
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ ln -sf ../../bin/ccache "$SAGE_LOCAL/libexec/ccache/clang++"
 
 # Copy a reasonable default configuration for Sage
 # (cache size of 4G and compression enabled)
-cp -p ../ccache.conf "$SAGE_LOCAL/etc"
+cp -p ../../ccache.conf "$SAGE_LOCAL/etc"
diff --git a/build/pkgs/dsdp/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/dsdp/spkg-install.in
index 5d0ecadf030..238cc83b279 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/dsdp/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/dsdp/spkg-install.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
           -DBLA_VENDOR=OpenBLAS \
           -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs blas)" \
-          -DLAPACK_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs lapack)"
+          -DLAPACK_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs lapack)" \
+          .
 sdh_make
 sdh_make_install
diff --git a/build/pkgs/primecount/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/primecount/spkg-install.in
index 7589fad8cb9..19b88753127 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/primecount/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/primecount/spkg-install.in
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
           -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY=BOTH \
           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$SAGE_LOCAL \
           -DWITH_POPCNT=OFF \
+          . \
           && sdh_make_install
 }
 
diff --git a/build/pkgs/primesieve/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/primesieve/spkg-install.in
index c7669a664e9..52968c86587 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/primesieve/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/primesieve/spkg-install.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
           -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF \
           -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
           -DBUILD_TESTS=ON \
-          ${EXTRA_OPTS}
+          ${EXTRA_OPTS} \
+          .
 
 sdh_make_install
diff --git a/build/pkgs/qhull/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/qhull/spkg-install.in
index c3df534ad86..e649712ac43 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/qhull/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/qhull/spkg-install.in
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 cd src/
 
 sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
-          -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR="${SAGE_LOCAL}"/lib
+          -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR="${SAGE_LOCAL}"/lib \
+          .
 
 sdh_make
 
diff --git a/build/pkgs/scip/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/scip/spkg-install.in
index 69bbdfae266..2ec391fc2bc 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/scip/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/scip/spkg-install.in
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ cd src
 mkdir build
 cd build
 sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
-         -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
-         -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=ON \
-         -DGMP_DIR="${SAGE_GMP_PREFIX}" \
-         -DReadline_ROOT_DIR=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix readline) \
-         -DHistory_ROOT_DIR=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix readline) \
-         -DIPOPT=off \
-         -DPAPILO=on -DPAPILO_DIR="${SAGE_LOCAL}" \
-         -DZIMPL=off \
-         -DAMPL=off \
-         -DSYM=bliss \
-         ..
+          -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=ON \
+          -DGMP_DIR="${SAGE_GMP_PREFIX}" \
+          -DReadline_ROOT_DIR=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix readline) \
+          -DHistory_ROOT_DIR=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix readline) \
+          -DIPOPT=off \
+          -DPAPILO=on -DPAPILO_DIR="${SAGE_LOCAL}" \
+          -DZIMPL=off \
+          -DAMPL=off \
+          -DSYM=bliss \
+          ..
 sdh_make
 sdh_make_install
diff --git a/build/pkgs/scip_sdp/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/scip_sdp/spkg-install.in
index 3a65a004219..bc202b1262b 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/scip_sdp/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/scip_sdp/spkg-install.in
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ cd src
 mkdir build
 cd build
 sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
-         -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
-         -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=ON \
-         -DBLA_VENDOR=OpenBLAS \
-         -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs blas)" \
-         -DLAPACK_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs lapack)" \
-         -DSCIP_DIR="${SAGE_LOCAL}" \
-         -DSYM=bliss \
-         -DSDPS=dsdp \
-         ..
+          -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_NAME_DIR=ON \
+          -DBLA_VENDOR=OpenBLAS \
+          -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs blas)" \
+          -DLAPACK_LIBRARIES="$(pkg-config --libs lapack)" \
+          -DSCIP_DIR="${SAGE_LOCAL}" \
+          -DSYM=bliss \
+          -DSDPS=dsdp \
+          ..
 sdh_make
 sdh_make_install
diff --git a/build/pkgs/suitesparse/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/suitesparse/spkg-install.in
index f7ef16bb48b..cfc8b176d71 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/suitesparse/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/suitesparse/spkg-install.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ echo "Configuring suitesparse"
 # Hopefully these sill be normalised in the future.
 # * SUITESPARSE_INCLUDEDIR_POSTFIX sets the subfolder in which to install headers.
 # It default to "suitesparse" if not defined, which currently breaks dependencies.
-# * SUITESPARSE_USE_FORTRAN make sure the fortran interface is off. There is trouble when 
+# * SUITESPARSE_USE_FORTRAN make sure the fortran interface is off. There is trouble when
 # gcc and gfortran version are not matching.
 # * SUITESPARSE_ENABLE_PROJECTS semi column separated list of the desired packages. Default is
 # all the packages in the suitesparse tarball.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
           -DNSTATIC=ON \
           -DSUITESPARSE_USE_FORTRAN=OFF \
           -DSUITESPARSE_INCLUDEDIR_POSTFIX="" \
-          -DSUITESPARSE_ENABLE_PROJECTS="suitesparse_config;amd;camd;ccolamd;colamd;cholmod;umfpack"
+          -DSUITESPARSE_ENABLE_PROJECTS="suitesparse_config;amd;camd;ccolamd;colamd;cholmod;umfpack" \
+          .
 
 sdh_make_install
diff --git a/build/pkgs/symengine/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/symengine/spkg-install.in
index 8eaaf6fbcbe..3e9c4b05fcf 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/symengine/spkg-install.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/symengine/spkg-install.in
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ cd src
 mkdir build
 cd build
 sdh_cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$SAGE_LOCAL" \
-      -DWITH_SYMENGINE_THREAD_SAFE=yes \
-      -DWITH_ECM=yes \
-      -DWITH_FLINT=yes \
-      -DWITH_ARB=yes \
-      -DWITH_MPFR=yes \
-      -DWITH_MPC=yes \
-      -DWITH_LLVM=no \
-      -DINTEGER_CLASS="flint" \
-      -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=no \
-      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes \
-      -DBUILD_TESTS=yes \
-      ..
+          -DWITH_SYMENGINE_THREAD_SAFE=yes \
+          -DWITH_ECM=yes \
+          -DWITH_FLINT=yes \
+          -DWITH_ARB=yes \
+          -DWITH_MPFR=yes \
+          -DWITH_MPC=yes \
+          -DWITH_LLVM=no \
+          -DINTEGER_CLASS="flint" \
+          -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=no \
+          -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes \
+          -DBUILD_TESTS=yes \
+          ..
 
 sdh_make
 sdh_make install
diff --git a/src/doc/en/developer/packaging.rst b/src/doc/en/developer/packaging.rst
index 2b6903ca466..cfa6fec89d3 100644
--- a/src/doc/en/developer/packaging.rst
+++ b/src/doc/en/developer/packaging.rst
@@ -497,10 +497,9 @@ should not need to add it yourself.
 
 The following are also available, but rarely used.
 
-- ``sdh_cmake [...]``: Runs ``cmake`` in the current directory with
-  the given arguments, as well as additional arguments passed to
-  cmake (assuming packages are using the GNUInstallDirs module) so
-  that ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`` and ``CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR`` are set
+- ``sdh_cmake [...]``: Runs ``cmake`` with the given arguments, as well as
+  additional arguments (assuming packages are using the GNUInstallDirs module)
+  so that ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`` and ``CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR`` are set
   correctly.
 
 - ``sdh_preload_lib EXECUTABLE SONAME``: (Linux only -- no-op on other