diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fms/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fms/package.py
index 0bcf22034cf8d2..f94fb771b05de6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fms/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fms/package.py
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ class Fms(CMakePackage):
         when="@2023.03",
     )
 
+    variant("shared", description="Build shared libraries", when="@2024.02:", default=False)
+    # What the following patch is providing is available in version 2024.03
+    # and newer so it is only needed to 2024.02
+    patch(
+        "https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/fms/pull/1559.patch?full_index=1",
+        sha256="2b12a6c35f357c3dddcfa5282576e56ab0e8e6c1ad1dab92a2c85ce3dfb815d4",
+        when="@2024.02",
+    )
+
     variant(
         "precision",
         values=("32", "64"),
@@ -119,6 +128,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             self.define_from_variant("GFS_PHYS"),
             self.define_from_variant("OPENMP"),
             self.define_from_variant("ENABLE_QUAD_PRECISION", "quad_precision"),
+            self.define_from_variant("SHARED_LIBS", "shared"),
             self.define_from_variant("WITH_YAML", "yaml"),
             self.define_from_variant("CONSTANTS"),
             self.define_from_variant("LARGEFILE", "large_file"),
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/g2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/g2/package.py
index 1d47e4ee3b89cf..ea3bb603442dd1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/g2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/g2/package.py
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ def cmake_args(self):
 
         return args
 
+    # https://github.com/JCSDA/spack/issues/475
+    def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
+        if self.spec.satisfies("@3.5.1") and name == "fflags" and "gfortran" in self.compiler.fc:
+            with self.compiler.compiler_environment():
+                gfortran_major_version = int(
+                    spack.compiler.get_compiler_version_output(
+                        self.compiler.fc, "-dumpversion"
+                    ).split(".")[0]
+                )
+            if gfortran_major_version < 10:
+                flags.append("-fno-range-check")
+        return (None, None, flags)
+
     def setup_run_environment(self, env):
         precisions = (
             self.spec.variants["precision"].value if self.spec.satisfies("@3.4.6:") else ("4", "d")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py
index d485aaf82d7431..b4db62738ce4e0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class Gettext(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     # depends_on('cvs')
 
     conflicts("+shared~pic")
+    # https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65811
+    conflicts("%gcc@:5", when="@0.22:")
 
     patch("test-verify-parallel-make-check.patch", when="@:0.19.8.1")
     patch("nvhpc-builtin.patch", when="@:0.21.0 %nvhpc")
@@ -78,12 +80,13 @@ def patch(self):
         # From the configure script: "we don't want to use an external libxml, because its
         # dependencies and their dynamic relocations have an impact on the startup time", well,
         # *we* do.
-        filter_file(
-            "gl_cv_libxml_force_included=yes",
-            "gl_cv_libxml_force_included=no",
-            "libtextstyle/configure",
-            string=True,
-        )
+        if self.spec.satisfies("@20:"):  # libtextstyle/configure not present prior
+            filter_file(
+                "gl_cv_libxml_force_included=yes",
+                "gl_cv_libxml_force_included=no",
+                "libtextstyle/configure",
+                string=True,
+            )
 
     def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
         # this goes together with gl_cv_libxml_force_included=no
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grib-util/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grib-util/package.py
index 76e819348fc1dd..5708c29cc93cae 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grib-util/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grib-util/package.py
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ def cmake_args(self):
         ]
         return args
 
+    @when("@1.4.0 %intel@:20")
+    def patch(self):
+        filter_file("stop iret", "stop 9", "src/grb2index/grb2index.F90")
+
     def check(self):
         with working_dir(self.builder.build_directory):
             make("test")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-netcdf4/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-netcdf4/package.py
index e0bf493749e4c0..3316e69692d7d5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-netcdf4/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-netcdf4/package.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class PyNetcdf4(PythonPackage):
 
     def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
         if name == "cflags":
-            if self.spec.satisfies("%oneapi"):
+            if self.spec.satisfies("%oneapi") or self.spec.satisfies("%apple-clang@15:"):
                 flags.append("-Wno-error=int-conversion")
 
         return flags, None, None
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-ruamel-yaml-clib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-ruamel-yaml-clib/package.py
index bd9d97f49bd23b..2ae9ad5f568522 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-ruamel-yaml-clib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-ruamel-yaml-clib/package.py
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ class PyRuamelYamlClib(PythonPackage):
 
     def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
         if name == "cflags":
-            if self.spec.satisfies("%oneapi"):
+            if self.spec.satisfies("%oneapi") or self.spec.satisfies(" %apple-clang@15:"):
                 flags.append("-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types")
         return (flags, None, None)