diff --git a/packages/a52.rb b/packages/a52.rb
index 449e08674..c39be6af6 100644
--- a/packages/a52.rb
+++ b/packages/a52.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'liba52'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/liba52.rb")
 
 class A52 < Package
   description Liba52.description
diff --git a/packages/acli.rb b/packages/acli.rb
index 3d34f63fc..1036d12c9 100644
--- a/packages/acli.rb
+++ b/packages/acli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'acquia_cli'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/acquia_cli.rb")
 
 class Acli < Package
   description Acquia_cli.description
diff --git a/packages/asciidoctor.rb b/packages/asciidoctor.rb
index 381f81bdb..3462959ec 100644
--- a/packages/asciidoctor.rb
+++ b/packages/asciidoctor.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'ruby_asciidoctor'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/ruby_asciidoctor.rb")
 
 class Asciidoctor < Package
   description Ruby_asciidoctor.description
diff --git a/packages/at_spi2_atk.rb b/packages/at_spi2_atk.rb
index 8d06fb2c6..8ed457762 100644
--- a/packages/at_spi2_atk.rb
+++ b/packages/at_spi2_atk.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'at_spi2_core'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/at_spi2_core.rb")
 
 class At_spi2_atk < Package
   description At_spi2_core.description
diff --git a/packages/atk.rb b/packages/atk.rb
index fda2e1b85..0c3f8e2bf 100644
--- a/packages/atk.rb
+++ b/packages/atk.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'at_spi2_core'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/at_spi2_core.rb")
 
 class Atk < Package
   description At_spi2_core.description
diff --git a/packages/avocado.rb b/packages/avocado.rb
index 782c25cf5..1654569c0 100644
--- a/packages/avocado.rb
+++ b/packages/avocado.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'avocado_framework'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/avocado_framework.rb")
 
 class Avocado < Package
   description Avocado_framework.description
diff --git a/packages/az.rb b/packages/az.rb
index 4b0a1cd56..14a1a6218 100644
--- a/packages/az.rb
+++ b/packages/az.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'py3_azure_cli'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/py3_azure_cli.rb")
 
 class Az < Package
   description Py3_azure_cli.description
diff --git a/packages/azure_cli.rb b/packages/azure_cli.rb
index 4e9239241..086901705 100644
--- a/packages/azure_cli.rb
+++ b/packages/azure_cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'py3_azure_cli'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/py3_azure_cli.rb")
 
 class Azure_cli < Package
   description Py3_azure_cli.description
diff --git a/packages/cairomm.rb b/packages/cairomm.rb
index 774f9b82c..06854448e 100644
--- a/packages/cairomm.rb
+++ b/packages/cairomm.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'cairomm_1_0'
-require_relative 'cairomm_1_16'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/cairomm_1_0.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/cairomm_1_16.rb")
 
 class Cairomm < Package
   description Cairomm_1_0.description
diff --git a/packages/desktop_file_utilities.rb b/packages/desktop_file_utilities.rb
index 013333d50..41fb1b0c8 100644
--- a/packages/desktop_file_utilities.rb
+++ b/packages/desktop_file_utilities.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'desktop_file_utils'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/desktop_file_utils.rb")
 
 class Desktop_file_utilities < Package
   description Desktop_file_utils.description
diff --git a/packages/difft.rb b/packages/difft.rb
index 06895059d..65fb537e1 100644
--- a/packages/difft.rb
+++ b/packages/difft.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'difftastic'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/difftastic.rb")
 
 class Difft < Package
   description Difftastic.description
diff --git a/packages/gcc.rb b/packages/gcc.rb
index 3af459458..547ce4c0a 100644
--- a/packages/gcc.rb
+++ b/packages/gcc.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gcc_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcc_build.rb")
 
 class Gcc < Package
   description 'The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, and Go.'
diff --git a/packages/gcc_dev.rb b/packages/gcc_dev.rb
index a97528836..79a89556a 100644
--- a/packages/gcc_dev.rb
+++ b/packages/gcc_dev.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gcc_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcc_build.rb")
 
 class Gcc_dev < Package
   description 'The GNU Compiler Collection: Everything (excepting libraries aside from libgccjit)'
diff --git a/packages/gcc_lib.rb b/packages/gcc_lib.rb
index 0c422a4fc..9035a556a 100644
--- a/packages/gcc_lib.rb
+++ b/packages/gcc_lib.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gcc_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcc_build.rb")
 
 class Gcc_lib < Package
   description 'GCC shared libs except libgccjit'
diff --git a/packages/gcr.rb b/packages/gcr.rb
index 1d918bbd5..211d541f1 100644
--- a/packages/gcr.rb
+++ b/packages/gcr.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gcr_3'
-require_relative 'gcr_4'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcr_3.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcr_4.rb")
 
 class Gcr < Package
   description Gcr_3.description
diff --git a/packages/gh.rb b/packages/gh.rb
index 7b90aa4d9..13225c532 100644
--- a/packages/gh.rb
+++ b/packages/gh.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'github_cli'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/github_cli.rb")
 
 class Gh < Package
   description Github_cli.description
diff --git a/packages/glibc.rb b/packages/glibc.rb
index d99b9e28b..f47da63eb 100644
--- a/packages/glibc.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc_build223'
-require_relative 'glibc_build227'
-require_relative 'glibc_build232'
-require_relative 'glibc_build233'
-require_relative 'glibc_build235'
-require_relative 'glibc_build237'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build223.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build227.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build232.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build233.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build235.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build237.rb")
 
 class Glibc < Package
   description 'The GNU C Library project provides the core libraries for GNU/Linux systems.'
diff --git a/packages/glibc_dev.rb b/packages/glibc_dev.rb
index 0766fd5b5..e6fdedcbb 100644
--- a/packages/glibc_dev.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc_dev.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc'
-require_relative 'glibc_build235'
-require_relative 'glibc_build237'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build235.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build237.rb")
 
 class Glibc_dev < Package
   description 'glibc: everything except what is in glibc_lib'
diff --git a/packages/glibc_dev235.rb b/packages/glibc_dev235.rb
index 1b2bc6626..0efa54644 100644
--- a/packages/glibc_dev235.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc_dev235.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc_build235'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build235.rb")
 
 class Glibc_dev235 < Package
   description 'glibc: everything except what is in glibc_lib'
diff --git a/packages/glibc_dev237.rb b/packages/glibc_dev237.rb
index 1152c2950..2d339dd45 100644
--- a/packages/glibc_dev237.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc_dev237.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc_build237'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build237.rb")
 
 class Glibc_dev237 < Package
   description 'glibc: everything except what is in glibc_lib'
diff --git a/packages/glibc_lib.rb b/packages/glibc_lib.rb
index 02eeb8305..98e97bcf8 100644
--- a/packages/glibc_lib.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc_lib.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc'
-require_relative 'glibc_build235'
-require_relative 'glibc_build237'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build235.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build237.rb")
 
 class Glibc_lib < Package
   description 'glibc libraries'
diff --git a/packages/glibc_lib235.rb b/packages/glibc_lib235.rb
index ec64f240b..642708c3b 100644
--- a/packages/glibc_lib235.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc_lib235.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc_build235'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build235.rb")
 
 class Glibc_lib235 < Package
   description 'glibc libraries'
diff --git a/packages/glibc_lib237.rb b/packages/glibc_lib237.rb
index 936c4a15a..1d79bb88b 100644
--- a/packages/glibc_lib237.rb
+++ b/packages/glibc_lib237.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibc_build237'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibc_build237.rb")
 
 class Glibc_lib237 < Package
   description 'glibc libraries'
diff --git a/packages/glibmm.rb b/packages/glibmm.rb
index 5f301044c..e5af234c1 100644
--- a/packages/glibmm.rb
+++ b/packages/glibmm.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'glibmm_2_4'
-require_relative 'glibmm_2_68'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibmm_2_4.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/glibmm_2_68.rb")
 
 class Glibmm < Package
   description Glibmm_2_4.description
diff --git a/packages/google_cloud_sdk.rb b/packages/google_cloud_sdk.rb
index a2f69cbd8..6b8639f87 100644
--- a/packages/google_cloud_sdk.rb
+++ b/packages/google_cloud_sdk.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gcloud'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcloud.rb")
 
 class Google_cloud_sdk < Package
   description Gcloud.description
diff --git a/packages/gst_plugins_bad.rb b/packages/gst_plugins_bad.rb
index 6b087c0ed..8a533ed55 100644
--- a/packages/gst_plugins_bad.rb
+++ b/packages/gst_plugins_bad.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gstreamer'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gstreamer.rb")
 
 class Gst_plugins_bad < Package
   description 'Multimedia graph framework - bad plugins'
diff --git a/packages/gst_plugins_base.rb b/packages/gst_plugins_base.rb
index 0cfbf93a2..94d91df67 100644
--- a/packages/gst_plugins_base.rb
+++ b/packages/gst_plugins_base.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gstreamer'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gstreamer.rb")
 
 class Gst_plugins_base < Package
   description 'An essential, exemplary set of elements for GStreamer'
diff --git a/packages/gst_plugins_good.rb b/packages/gst_plugins_good.rb
index 97b875e29..132042440 100644
--- a/packages/gst_plugins_good.rb
+++ b/packages/gst_plugins_good.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gstreamer'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gstreamer.rb")
 
 class Gst_plugins_good < Package
   description 'Multimedia graph framework - good plugins'
diff --git a/packages/gtksourceview.rb b/packages/gtksourceview.rb
index bb4ca35cd..b061e9382 100644
--- a/packages/gtksourceview.rb
+++ b/packages/gtksourceview.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gtksourceview_3'
-require_relative 'gtksourceview_4'
-require_relative 'gtksourceview_5'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gtksourceview_3.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gtksourceview_4.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gtksourceview_5.rb")
 
 class Gtksourceview < Package
   description Gtksourceview_3.description
diff --git a/packages/gucharmap.rb b/packages/gucharmap.rb
index b4cf27d7d..93eee1c8f 100644
--- a/packages/gucharmap.rb
+++ b/packages/gucharmap.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'buildsystems/meson'
-require_relative 'unicode_character_database'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/unicode_character_database.rb")
 
 class Gucharmap < Meson
   description 'GNOME Character Map, based on the Unicode Character Database.'
diff --git a/packages/harfbuzz.rb b/packages/harfbuzz.rb
index a717ca72d..885d060cd 100644
--- a/packages/harfbuzz.rb
+++ b/packages/harfbuzz.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'buildsystems/meson'
-require_relative 'cairo'
-require_relative 'fontconfig'
-require_relative 'freetype'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/cairo.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/fontconfig.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/freetype.rb")
 # build order: harfbuzz => freetype => fontconfig => cairo => pango
 
 class Harfbuzz < Meson
diff --git a/packages/hg.rb b/packages/hg.rb
index 078370934..0f2d8826a 100644
--- a/packages/hg.rb
+++ b/packages/hg.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'py3_mercurial'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/py3_mercurial.rb")
 
 class Hg < Package
   description Py3_mercurial.description
diff --git a/packages/hunspell.rb b/packages/hunspell.rb
index 87af51f9a..35b9acad0 100644
--- a/packages/hunspell.rb
+++ b/packages/hunspell.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'hunspell_en_us'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/hunspell_en_us.rb")
 
 class Hunspell < Package
   description 'Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyzer library'
diff --git a/packages/imagemagick.rb b/packages/imagemagick.rb
index 4e22bacb9..afedfead3 100644
--- a/packages/imagemagick.rb
+++ b/packages/imagemagick.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'imagemagick6'
-require_relative 'imagemagick7'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/imagemagick6.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/imagemagick7.rb")
 
 class Imagemagick < Package
   description Imagemagick7.description
diff --git a/packages/libclc.rb b/packages/libclc.rb
index 3369396e4..66c35a5a3 100644
--- a/packages/libclc.rb
+++ b/packages/libclc.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/raw/packages/libclc/trunk/PKGBUILD
 
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm18_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm18_build.rb")
 
 class Libclc < Package
   description 'Library requirements of the OpenCL C programming language'
diff --git a/packages/libcurl.rb b/packages/libcurl.rb
index 733f8763b..77e17aea1 100644
--- a/packages/libcurl.rb
+++ b/packages/libcurl.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'curl'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/curl.rb")
 
 class Libcurl < Package
   description Curl.description
diff --git a/packages/libressl.rb b/packages/libressl.rb
index a81fae982..4275b25cd 100644
--- a/packages/libressl.rb
+++ b/packages/libressl.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'openssl'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/openssl.rb")
 
 class Libressl < Package
   description 'LibreSSL is a version of the TLS/crypto stack forked from OpenSSL in 2014, with goals of modernizing the codebase, improving security, and applying best practice development processes.'
diff --git a/packages/libssp.rb b/packages/libssp.rb
index 1ce3b9d1d..0752ea708 100644
--- a/packages/libssp.rb
+++ b/packages/libssp.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gcc_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gcc_build.rb")
 
 class Libssp < Package
   description 'Libssp is a part of the GCC toolkit.'
diff --git a/packages/libuuid.rb b/packages/libuuid.rb
index ddf688f87..5fc768cb3 100644
--- a/packages/libuuid.rb
+++ b/packages/libuuid.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'util_linux'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/util_linux.rb")
 
 class Libuuid < Package
   description 'Portable UUID C library. Bundled with util_linux.'
diff --git a/packages/libxml2_python.rb b/packages/libxml2_python.rb
index dc1f4853f..e5e999987 100644
--- a/packages/libxml2_python.rb
+++ b/packages/libxml2_python.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'py3_libxml2'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/py3_libxml2.rb")
 
 class Libxml2_python < Package
   description Py3_libxml2.description
diff --git a/packages/libxscrnsaver.rb b/packages/libxscrnsaver.rb
index d1f7fc2a6..9f43a8d5d 100644
--- a/packages/libxscrnsaver.rb
+++ b/packages/libxscrnsaver.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'libxss'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/libxss.rb")
 
 class Libxscrnsaver < Package
   description Libxss.description
diff --git a/packages/llvm.rb b/packages/llvm.rb
index 503fc2fb1..2870bfe28 100644
--- a/packages/llvm.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm18_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm18_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm < Package
   description 'The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. The optional packages clang, lld, lldb, polly, compiler-rt, libcxx, and libcxxabi are included.'
diff --git a/packages/llvm16_dev.rb b/packages/llvm16_dev.rb
index 7b67bf12a..c360df2e1 100644
--- a/packages/llvm16_dev.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm16_dev.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm16_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm16_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm16_dev < Package
   description 'LLVM: Everything except libLLVM & llvm-strip'
diff --git a/packages/llvm16_lib.rb b/packages/llvm16_lib.rb
index 72847872c..a29a91de2 100644
--- a/packages/llvm16_lib.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm16_lib.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm16_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm16_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm16_lib < Package
   description 'LibLLVM and llvm-strip'
diff --git a/packages/llvm17_dev.rb b/packages/llvm17_dev.rb
index 85fa7c3d2..11331dc7d 100644
--- a/packages/llvm17_dev.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm17_dev.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm17_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm17_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm17_dev < Package
   description 'LLVM: Everything except libLLVM & llvm-strip'
diff --git a/packages/llvm17_lib.rb b/packages/llvm17_lib.rb
index 32cc51d37..239801f14 100644
--- a/packages/llvm17_lib.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm17_lib.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm17_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm17_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm17_lib < Package
   description 'LibLLVM and llvm-strip'
diff --git a/packages/llvm18_dev.rb b/packages/llvm18_dev.rb
index e1d577122..5b6d11ddb 100644
--- a/packages/llvm18_dev.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm18_dev.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm18_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm18_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm18_dev < Package
   description 'LLVM: Everything except libLLVM & llvm-strip'
diff --git a/packages/llvm18_lib.rb b/packages/llvm18_lib.rb
index 1b72d603a..2f72e0775 100644
--- a/packages/llvm18_lib.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm18_lib.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm18_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm18_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm18_lib < Package
   description 'LibLLVM and llvm-strip'
diff --git a/packages/llvm_build16.rb b/packages/llvm_build16.rb
index b0313fe04..a129b0732 100644
--- a/packages/llvm_build16.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm_build16.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm16_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm16_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm_build16 < Package
   description 'The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. The optional packages clang, lld, lldb, polly, compiler-rt, libcxx, and libcxxabi are included.'
diff --git a/packages/llvm_dev16.rb b/packages/llvm_dev16.rb
index 2841c3405..be287e676 100644
--- a/packages/llvm_dev16.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm_dev16.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm16_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm16_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm_dev16 < Package
   description 'The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. The optional packages clang, lld, lldb, polly, compiler-rt, libcxx, and libcxxabi are included.'
diff --git a/packages/llvm_lib16.rb b/packages/llvm_lib16.rb
index 04a616fa9..f2de10c43 100644
--- a/packages/llvm_lib16.rb
+++ b/packages/llvm_lib16.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm16_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm16_build.rb")
 
 class Llvm_lib16 < Package
   description 'The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. The optional packages clang, lld, lldb, polly, compiler-rt, libcxx, and libcxxabi are included.'
diff --git a/packages/lzma.rb b/packages/lzma.rb
index 0ff732378..58f553cc6 100644
--- a/packages/lzma.rb
+++ b/packages/lzma.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'xzutils'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/xzutils.rb")
 
 class Lzma < Package
   description 'LZMA Utils are legacy data compression software with high compression ratio. Bundled with xzutils.'
diff --git a/packages/minizip.rb b/packages/minizip.rb
index ed8070df7..463471349 100644
--- a/packages/minizip.rb
+++ b/packages/minizip.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'zlibpkg'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/zlibpkg.rb")
 
 class Minizip < Package
   description 'Minizip is a simple package to zip/unzip files, from zlib.'
diff --git a/packages/musl_toolchain.rb b/packages/musl_toolchain.rb
index cbc7c328a..364f08f31 100644
--- a/packages/musl_toolchain.rb
+++ b/packages/musl_toolchain.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'musl_cc_toolchain'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/musl_cc_toolchain.rb")
 
 class Musl_toolchain < Package
   description Musl_cc_toolchain.description
diff --git a/packages/node.rb b/packages/node.rb
index 7f81b2dab..2a0b16353 100644
--- a/packages/node.rb
+++ b/packages/node.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'nodebrew'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/nodebrew.rb")
 
 class Node < Package
   description 'As an asynchronous event driven JavaScript runtime, Node is designed to build scalable network applications.'
diff --git a/packages/nspr.rb b/packages/nspr.rb
index f9cda4d50..2157d7767 100644
--- a/packages/nspr.rb
+++ b/packages/nspr.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'nss'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/nss.rb")
 
 class Nspr < Package
   description 'Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc-like functions.'
diff --git a/packages/openmp.rb b/packages/openmp.rb
index b5b7cfeca..5a0cb61ca 100644
--- a/packages/openmp.rb
+++ b/packages/openmp.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/raw/packages/openmp/trunk/PKGBUILD
 
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'llvm18_build'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/llvm18_build.rb")
 
 class Openmp < Package
   description 'LLVM OpenMP Runtime Library'
diff --git a/packages/orc.rb b/packages/orc.rb
index a117341b6..5e25825f0 100644
--- a/packages/orc.rb
+++ b/packages/orc.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'gstreamer'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/gstreamer.rb")
 
 class Orc < Package
   description 'Optimized Inner Loop Runtime Compiler. Bundled with gstreamer.'
diff --git a/packages/p7zip.rb b/packages/p7zip.rb
index db527415d..1f1aacfd6 100644
--- a/packages/p7zip.rb
+++ b/packages/p7zip.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'pkg_7_zip'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/pkg_7_zip.rb")
 
 class P7zip < Package
   description Pkg_7_zip.description
diff --git a/packages/pangomm.rb b/packages/pangomm.rb
index 3fbeb32ae..ef33564d0 100644
--- a/packages/pangomm.rb
+++ b/packages/pangomm.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'pangomm_1_4'
-require_relative 'pangomm_2_48'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/pangomm_1_4.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/pangomm_2_48.rb")
 
 class Pangomm < Package
   description Pangomm_1_4.description
diff --git a/packages/parallel.rb b/packages/parallel.rb
index 98db34f92..f36f71cfb 100644
--- a/packages/parallel.rb
+++ b/packages/parallel.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'moreutils'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/moreutils.rb")
 
 class Parallel < Package
   description 'Run multiple programs simultaneously. Bundled with moreutils.'
diff --git a/packages/perl_gcstring_linebreak.rb b/packages/perl_gcstring_linebreak.rb
index f62abe6f3..87ad82243 100644
--- a/packages/perl_gcstring_linebreak.rb
+++ b/packages/perl_gcstring_linebreak.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'perl_unicode_linebreak'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/perl_unicode_linebreak.rb")
 
 class Perl_gcstring_linebreak < Package
   description 'UAX 14 Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm - Perl binding Unicode::LineBreak Unicode::GCString'
diff --git a/packages/perl_read_key.rb b/packages/perl_read_key.rb
index e63e6d5e6..ae2e130ed 100644
--- a/packages/perl_read_key.rb
+++ b/packages/perl_read_key.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'perl_term_readkey'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/perl_term_readkey.rb")
 
 class Perl_read_key < Package
   description 'Term::ReadKey - A perl module for simple terminal control'
diff --git a/packages/perl_term_ansicolor.rb b/packages/perl_term_ansicolor.rb
index e70c4a7c2..55c6b2ae7 100644
--- a/packages/perl_term_ansicolor.rb
+++ b/packages/perl_term_ansicolor.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'perl'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/perl.rb")
 
 class Perl_term_ansicolor < Package
   description 'Character mode terminal access for Perl Term::ANSIColor'
diff --git a/packages/perl_time_hires.rb b/packages/perl_time_hires.rb
index d4c2ae924..5804e70c1 100644
--- a/packages/perl_time_hires.rb
+++ b/packages/perl_time_hires.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'perl'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/perl.rb")
 
 class Perl_time_hires < Package
   description 'High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers Time::HiRes'
diff --git a/packages/perl_xml_sax_parserfactory.rb b/packages/perl_xml_sax_parserfactory.rb
index 38b960b1f..33b68223e 100644
--- a/packages/perl_xml_sax_parserfactory.rb
+++ b/packages/perl_xml_sax_parserfactory.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'perl_xml_sax'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/perl_xml_sax.rb")
 
 class Perl_xml_sax_parserfactory < Package
   description 'XML::SAX::ParserFactory is a factory class for providing an application with a Perl SAX2 XML parser.'
diff --git a/packages/py3_libxml2.rb b/packages/py3_libxml2.rb
index c8741042b..6bd820f88 100644
--- a/packages/py3_libxml2.rb
+++ b/packages/py3_libxml2.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'libxml2'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/libxml2.rb")
 
 class Py3_libxml2 < Package
   description 'Libxml2-python provides access to libxml2 and libxslt in Python.'
diff --git a/packages/pycairo.rb b/packages/pycairo.rb
index 48378607e..93d38225b 100644
--- a/packages/pycairo.rb
+++ b/packages/pycairo.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'py3_pycairo'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/py3_pycairo.rb")
 
 class Pycairo < Package
   description Py3_pycairo.description
diff --git a/packages/python27.rb b/packages/python27.rb
index 67d414852..6f4bacf4b 100644
--- a/packages/python27.rb
+++ b/packages/python27.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'python2'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/python2.rb")
 
 class Python27 < Package
   description 'A compatibility package for python2.'
diff --git a/packages/qt5_webengine.rb b/packages/qt5_webengine.rb
index 04f19a2a8..05c88a53c 100644
--- a/packages/qt5_webengine.rb
+++ b/packages/qt5_webengine.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # & LFS build documentation at https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/qtwebengine.html
 
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'qt5_base'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/qt5_base.rb")
 
 class Qt5_webengine < Package
   description 'Provides support for web applications using the Chromium browser project'
diff --git a/packages/ragel.rb b/packages/ragel.rb
index 29009d5b7..abd945474 100644
--- a/packages/ragel.rb
+++ b/packages/ragel.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'harfbuzz'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/harfbuzz.rb")
 
 class Ragel < Package
   description 'Ragel compiles executable finite state machines from regular languages. Now bundled with harfbuzz.'
diff --git a/packages/six.rb b/packages/six.rb
index 97924cc07..e4a75060f 100644
--- a/packages/six.rb
+++ b/packages/six.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'py3_six'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/py3_six.rb")
 
 class Six < Package
   description Py3_six.description
diff --git a/packages/stow.rb b/packages/stow.rb
index e1168530d..33fac577e 100644
--- a/packages/stow.rb
+++ b/packages/stow.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'perl_stow'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/perl_stow.rb")
 
 class Stow < Package
   description Perl_stow.description
diff --git a/packages/tepl.rb b/packages/tepl.rb
index b7e39075c..c99892a7d 100644
--- a/packages/tepl.rb
+++ b/packages/tepl.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'tepl_5'
-require_relative 'tepl_6'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/tepl_5.rb")
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/tepl_6.rb")
 
 class Tepl < Package
   description Tepl_5.description
diff --git a/packages/tilp.rb b/packages/tilp.rb
index 8c061b01c..c5fd6ad0e 100644
--- a/packages/tilp.rb
+++ b/packages/tilp.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'tilp2'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/tilp2.rb")
 
 class Tilp < Package
   description Tilp2.description
diff --git a/packages/wayland_utils.rb b/packages/wayland_utils.rb
index 5dcf6ad69..8234bf600 100644
--- a/packages/wayland_utils.rb
+++ b/packages/wayland_utils.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'wayland_info'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/wayland_info.rb")
 
 class Wayland_utils < Package
   description Wayland_info.description
diff --git a/packages/webkit2gtk.rb b/packages/webkit2gtk.rb
index 16deaa9e2..98d8e8fcb 100644
--- a/packages/webkit2gtk.rb
+++ b/packages/webkit2gtk.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'webkit2gtk_4'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/webkit2gtk_4.rb")
 
 class Webkit2gtk < Package
   description Webkit2gtk_4.description
diff --git a/packages/webkit2gtk_5.rb b/packages/webkit2gtk_5.rb
index 0beb8088d..d37b68e2a 100644
--- a/packages/webkit2gtk_5.rb
+++ b/packages/webkit2gtk_5.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'webkitgtk_6'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/webkitgtk_6.rb")
 
 class Webkit2gtk_5 < Package
   description Webkitgtk_6.description
diff --git a/packages/xorg_lib.rb b/packages/xorg_lib.rb
index 878c3e54e..7b8af1510 100644
--- a/packages/xorg_lib.rb
+++ b/packages/xorg_lib.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'libx11'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/libx11.rb")
 
 class Xorg_lib < Package
   description 'A collection of xorg libraries.'
diff --git a/packages/youtubedl.rb b/packages/youtubedl.rb
index 01df66692..f0ebd4c81 100644
--- a/packages/youtubedl.rb
+++ b/packages/youtubedl.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'package'
-require_relative 'youtube_dl'
+Package.load_package("#{__dir__}/youtube_dl.rb")
 
 class Youtubedl < Package
   description Youtube_dl.description