%general-entities; ]> 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 an LFS system: Bash Fixes Patch - &bash-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bash-fixes-patch-md5; Binutils Posix Patch - &binutils-posix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &binutils-posix-patch-md5; Bzip2 Documentation Patch - &bzip2-docs-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bzip2-docs-patch-md5; Bzip2 Bzdiff Remove Tempfile - &bzip2-remove_tempfile-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bzip2-remove_tempfile-patch-md5; Bzip2 Bzgrep Security Fixes Patch - &bzip2-bzgrep-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bzip2-bzgrep-patch-md5; Coreutils Suppress Uptime, Kill, Su Patch - &coreutils-suppress-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &coreutils-suppress-patch-md5; Expect Spawn Patch - &expect-spawn-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &expect-spawn-patch-md5; Gawk Segfault Patch - &gawk-segfault-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gawk-segfault-patch-md5; GCC Cross Search Paths Patch - &gcc-cross_search-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-cross_search-patch-md5; GCC PR20425 Patch - &gcc-PR20425-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-PR20425-patch-md5; GCC Posix Patch - &gcc-posix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gcc-posix-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; Gzip Security Fix Patch - &gzip-security_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &gzip-security_fix-patch-md5; Inetutils GCC 4.x Fixes Patch - &inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch-md5; Inetutils No-Server-Man-Pages Patch - &inetutils-man_pages-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &inetutils-man_pages-patch-md5; KBD GCC 4.x Fixes Patch - &kbd-gcc4_fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &kbd-gcc4_fixes-patch-md5; Mktemp Tempfile Patch - &mktemp-tempfile-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &mktemp-tempfile-patch-md5; Perl Libc Patch - &perl-libc-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &perl-libc-patch-md5; Readline Fixes Patch - &readline-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &readline-fixes-patch-md5; Sysklogd Fixes Patch - &sysklogd-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &sysklogd-fixes-patch-md5; Tar GCC-4.x Fix Patch - &tar-gcc4_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &tar-gcc4_fix-patch-md5; Tar Security Fix Patch - &tar-security_fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &tar-security_fixes-patch-md5; Tar Sparse Fix Patch - &tar-sparse_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &tar-sparse_fix-patch-md5; Texinfo Tempfile Fix Patch - &texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch-md5; Util-linux Cramfs Patch - &util-linux-cramfs-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &util-linux-cramfs-patch-md5; Util-linux GCC 4.x Patch - &util-linux-gcc4_fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &util-linux-gcc4_fixes-patch-md5; Vim Fixes Patch - &vim-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &vim-fixes-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 LFS 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.