%general-entities; ]> Needed Patches In addition to the packages, several patches are also required. These patches correct any mistakes in the packages that should be fixed by the maintainer. The patches also make small modifications to make the packages easier to work with. The following patches will be needed to build a CLFS system: Bash Branch Update Patch - &bash-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bash-branch_update-patch-md5; CLooG-PPL Autogen Patch - &cloog-ppl-autogen-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &cloog-ppl-autogen-patch-md5; Coreutils Uname Patch - &coreutils-uname-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &coreutils-uname-patch-md5; Flex GCC 4.4.x Patch - &flex-gcc44-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &flex-gcc44-patch-md5; Grep Fixes Patch - &grep-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &grep-fixes-patch-md5; IPUtils Fixes Patch - &iputils-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &iputils-fixes-patch-md5; IPUtils Pregenerated Documentation Patch - &iputils-doc-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &iputils-doc-patch-md5; Man i18n Patch - &man-i18n-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &man-i18n-patch-md5; Ncurses Bash Patch - &ncurses-bashfix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &ncurses-bashfix-patch-md5; Ncurses Branch Update Patch - &ncurses-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &ncurses-branch_update-patch-md5; Perl Libc Patch - &perl-libc-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &perl-libc-patch-md5; Procps Fix HZ Errors Patch - &procps-fix_HZ_errors-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &procps-fix_HZ_errors-patch-md5; Procps ps cgroup Patch - &procps-ps_cgroup-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &procps-ps_cgroup-patch-md5; Readline Branch Update - &readline-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &readline-branch_update-patch-md5; Tar Man Page Patch - &tar-man-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &tar-man-patch-md5; Texinfo New Compressors Patch - &texinfo-new_compressors-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &texinfo-new_compressors-patch-md5; Vim Branch Update Patch - &vim-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &vim-branch_update-patch-md5; Total size of these patches: about In addition to the above required patches, there exist a number of optional patches created by the CLFS community. These optional patches solve minor problems or enable functionality that is not enabled by default. Feel free to peruse the patches database located at and acquire any additional patches to suit the system needs.