diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
index 9ffb709..7d71007 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ jobs:
 - job: linux
   pool:
     vmImage: ubuntu-16.04
-  timeoutInMinutes: 360
   strategy:
-    maxParallel: 8
     matrix:
       linux_:
         CONFIG: linux_
-        UPLOAD_PACKAGES: True
+        UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
+    maxParallel: 8
+  timeoutInMinutes: 360
+
   steps:
   # configure qemu binfmt-misc running.  This allows us to run docker containers
   # embedded qemu-static
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_.yaml
index 09ccc16..6fb9802 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ ctng_binutils:
 ctng_cpu_arch:
 - x86_64
 ctng_gcc:
-- 7.3.0
+- 7.5.0
 ctng_gcc_activation_build_num:
-- '18'
+- '19'
 ctng_target_platform:
 - linux-64
 ctng_vendor:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_.yaml
index 93b6562..3248b1c 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ ctng_binutils:
 ctng_cpu_arch:
 - aarch64
 ctng_gcc:
-- 7.3.0
+- 7.5.0
 ctng_gcc_activation_build_num:
-- '18'
+- '19'
 ctng_target_platform:
 - linux-aarch64
 ctng_vendor:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_.yaml
index 6484cb8..9a2a371 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ctng_cpu_arch:
 ctng_gcc:
 - 8.2.0
 ctng_gcc_activation_build_num:
-- '18'
+- '19'
 ctng_target_platform:
 - linux-ppc64le
 ctng_vendor:
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8dd281e..5d50cfb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ steps:
     CONFIG: linux_aarch64_
     UPLOAD_PACKAGES: True
     PLATFORM: linux-aarch64
-    BINSTAR_TOKEN: 
+    BINSTAR_TOKEN:
       from_secret: BINSTAR_TOKEN
   commands:
     - export FEEDSTOCK_ROOT="$DRONE_WORKSPACE"
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ac943c1..9060b27 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bld.bat text eol=crlf
 .gitattributes linguist-generated=true
 .gitignore linguist-generated=true
 .travis.yml linguist-generated=true
-.scripts linguist-generated=true
+.scripts/* linguist-generated=true
 LICENSE.txt linguist-generated=true
 README.md linguist-generated=true
 azure-pipelines.yml linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 8a4af44..bef68a0 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ conda-build:
 
 CONDARC
 
-conda install --yes --quiet conda-forge-ci-setup=2 conda-build -c conda-forge
+conda install --yes --quiet conda-forge-ci-setup=3 conda-build pip -c conda-forge
 
 # set up the condarc
 setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
diff --git a/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh b/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
index 066a857..2e4fccc 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ mkdir -p "$ARTIFACTS"
 DONE_CANARY="$ARTIFACTS/conda-forge-build-done-${CONFIG}"
 rm -f "$DONE_CANARY"
 
+# Allow people to specify extra default arguments to `docker run` (e.g. `--rm`)
+DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="${CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS}"
 if [ -z "${CI}" ]; then
-    DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-it "
+    DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-it ${DOCKER_RUN_ARGS}"
 fi
 
 export UPLOAD_PACKAGES="${UPLOAD_PACKAGES:-True}"
 docker run ${DOCKER_RUN_ARGS} \
-           -v "${RECIPE_ROOT}":/home/conda/recipe_root:ro,z \
+           -v "${RECIPE_ROOT}":/home/conda/recipe_root:rw,z \
            -v "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}":/home/conda/feedstock_root:rw,z \
            -e CONFIG \
            -e BINSTAR_TOKEN \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15dd18e..10df03a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Current build status
     <td>Drone</td>
     <td>
       <a href="https://cloud.drone.io/conda-forge/ctng-compiler-activation-feedstock">
-        <img alt="linux" src="https://img.shields.io/drone/build/conda-forge/master.svg?label=Linux">
+        <img alt="linux" src="https://img.shields.io/drone/build/conda-forge/ctng-compiler-activation-feedstock/master.svg?label=Linux">
       </a>
     </td>
   </tr>