3.4. 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 - 14.075 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/bash-4.3-branch_update-2.patch

MD5 sum: 64c6b5961f538a6b3d4c92f5c65ce51a

Coreutils Uname Patch - 4.9 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/coreutils-8.22-uname-1.patch

MD5 sum: 6eeba217c88ec83b807e305e594fe13d

Coreutils Noman Patch - 14 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/coreutils-8.22-noman-1.patch

MD5 sum: 6ed8f515391580e51f170a32af6fc7b9

GCC Branch Update Patch - 1,964 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/gcc-4.8.2-branch_update-2.patch

MD5 sum: 30b9b9e35cb742edf380b0c05c9a5879

Iana-Etc Protocol and Port Numbers Update - 282 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/iana-etc-2.30-numbers_update-20140202-2.patch.xz

MD5 sum: b0e7051fef0b3ba064209a5f3d23bd2a

IPUtils Fixes Patch - 158 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/iputils-s20121221-fixes-2.patch

MD5 sum: c2344acdd81607685886f617da7d66e0

MPFR Fixes Patch - 45 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/mpfr-3.1.2-fixes-3.patch

MD5 sum: 34cec761c2e53658aad1214d77b7f184

Ncurses Bash Patch - .743 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/ncurses-5.9-bash_fix-1.patch

MD5 sum: c6f7f2ab0ebaf7721ebeb266641352db

Ncurses Branch Update Patch - 2,492 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/ncurses-5.9-branch_update-4.patch

MD5 sum: c2b2dc2d31b02c218359e6218f12a72c

Perl Libc Patch - 1.657 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/perl-5.18.2-libc-1.patch

MD5 sum: 0959d8c1d370ce152b0d2a6df5ccfd7e

Readline Branch Update - 3.015 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/readline-6.3-branch_update-2.patch

MD5 sum: 72a60fac6699ee42f99ec78a5d74e4e1

Sysvinit Tools Updates Patch - 2.339 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/sysvinit-2.88dsf-tools_updates-1.patch

MD5 sum: c3f6981c46868b68bfd58921570ea51f

Tar Man Page Patch - 7.924 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/tar-1.27.1-manpage-1.patch

MD5 sum: 68c86c67e67a5c074872a293818f361d

Vim Branch Update Patch - 2,858 KB:

Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/vim-7.4-branch_update-3.patch

MD5 sum: e7d43252db0a9c00faf2785f9a167516

Total size of these patches: about 8 MB

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 http://patches.cross-lfs.org/dev/ and acquire any additional patches to suit the system needs.