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:
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/bash-4.0-branch_update-6.patch
MD5 sum: b80de9ff5aa41a3e6ed2cdaa7c15027a
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/binutils-2.19.1-branch_update-5.patch
MD5 sum: 577d2c47daf07e35041382f4d5d6581e
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/coreutils-7.4-uname-1.patch
MD5 sum: e21c03d8d79e07366ee558ab4b3c5ece
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/diffutils-2.8.7-i18n-1.patch
MD5 sum: 2e176c390bf4dca2fb088e0a16261a96
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/eglibc-2.10.1-fixes-2.patch
MD5 sum: 082eb9a8e2019ce31dff6a9b1f8d2a7c
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/file-5.03-cross_compile-1.patch
MD5 sum: 17956303345b8514a9c2bdc3939a21e5
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/gcc-4.4.1-branch_update-1.patch
MD5 sum: ab8fc23fb2814b2d1e4128fa8d02f4e2
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/grep-2.5.4-i18n-1.patch
MD5 sum: 337d017202d7e3b08d428a89da3ee572
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/iputils-s20071127-fixes-2.patch
MD5 sum: 31a39902b0d343233d48ef0f3c038559
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/iputils-s20071127-manpages-2.patch
MD5 sum: fc3ceca15794cc0f9d84a43a21692aeb
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/man-1.6f-i18n-1.patch
MD5 sum: 8b189d6500461797250ae9f3e5638dd5
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/man-1.6f-new_compressors-1.patch
MD5 sum: efebe29737e80c2f6de4833182f1edb6
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/mpfr-2.4.1-branch_update-2.patch
MD5 sum: 2df45ded7bd8c5b987bb4af75ab1f21c
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/ncurses-5.7-bash_fix-1.patch
MD5 sum: c6f7f2ab0ebaf7721ebeb266641352db
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/ncurses-5.7-branch_update-18.patch
MD5 sum: 6b17e03f6191a79f90666c25af0d758b
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/perl-5.10.0-cross_compile-1.patch
MD5 sum: 5efface8b393841a07c66a08dc7be847
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/readline-6.0-branch_update-1.patch
MD5 sum: 1113f58c09eebb9839c5fc4d692416d9
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/shadow-4.1.4.2-sysroot_hacks-1.patch
MD5 sum: 07ee28eff99b2c0ef68908fc947cf02c
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/sysvinit-2.86-fixes-1.patch
MD5 sum: 405d23896b54ca61afd53003a62592fd
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/tar-1.22-man_page-1.patch
MD5 sum: a8d01d18a3e550230302a5a52c686d25
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/texinfo-4.13a-new_compressors-1.patch
MD5 sum: 4ae2d3c132e21cb83b825bc691056d07
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/vim-7.2-branch_update-19.patch
MD5 sum: 6b17e03f6191a79f90666c25af0d758b
Download: http://patches.cross-lfs.org/sysroot-dev/zlib-1.2.3-fPIC-2.patch
MD5 sum: b1e6644c97b04c368e11c0a1554f2efe
Total size of these patches: about NaN 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://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/ and acquire any additional patches to suit the system needs.