%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 Fixes - &bash-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bash-fixes-patch-md5; Binutils Branch Update Patch - &binutils-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &binutils-branch_update-patch-md5; Binutils Posix Patch - &binutils-posix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &binutils-posix-patch-md5; Coreutils Suppress Uptime, Kill, Su Patch - &coreutils-suppress-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &coreutils-suppress-patch-md5; Coreutils Uname Patch - &coreutils-uname-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &coreutils-uname-patch-md5; Expect Spawn Patch - &expect-spawn-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &expect-spawn-patch-md5; GCC Branch Update Patch - &gcc-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-branch_update-patch-md5; GCC Cross Search Paths Patch - &gcc-cross_search-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-cross_search-patch-md5; GCC Posix Patch - &gcc-posix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-posix-patch-md5; GCC PR31490 Patch - &gcc-PR31490-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-PR31490-patch-md5; Glibc Branch Update Patch - &glibc-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &glibc-branch_update-patch-md5; Glibc Disable linking with libgcc_eh.a - &glibc-libgcc_eh-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &glibc-libgcc_eh-patch-md5; Glibc Localedef Segfault - &glibc-localedef_segfault-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &glibc-localedef_segfault-patch-md5; Inetutils No-Server-Man-Pages Patch - &inetutils-man_pages-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &inetutils-man_pages-patch-md5; Linux Security Fixes Patch - &linux-security-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &linux-security-patch-md5; Mktemp Tempfile Patch - &mktemp-tempfile-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &mktemp-tempfile-patch-md5; Module-Init-Tools Manpages Patch - &module-init-tools-manpages-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &module-init-tools-manpages-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 GCC 4.2.x Fix Patch - &perl-gcc42_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &perl-gcc42_fix-patch-md5; Perl Libc Patch - &perl-libc-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &perl-libc-patch-md5; Readline Fixes - &readline-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &readline-fixes-patch-md5; Texinfo mbstate Fix Patch - &texinfo-mbstate_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &texinfo-mbstate_fix-patch-md5; Vim Branch Update Patch - &vim-branch_update-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &vim-branch_update-patch-md5; Zlib fPIC Patch - &zlib-fpic-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &zlib-fpic-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.