Linux From Scratch - Version 6.5

Chapter 3. Packages and Patches

3.3. 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 an LFS system:

Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - 40 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/bash-4.0-fixes-3.patch

MD5 sum: 0f4c4e68cc11088e7136def4adba82c7

Bzip2 Documentation Patch - 1.6 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/bzip2-1.0.5-install_docs-1.patch

MD5 sum: 6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f

Coreutils Internationalization Fixes Patch - 101 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/coreutils-7.4-i18n-1.patch

MD5 sum: 0a923bc16f30eb207fe7d69036f775e4

Coreutils Uname Patch - 4.4 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/coreutils-7.4-uname-1.patch

MD5 sum: 510a730e7bc8fd92daaf47aad4dc1200

Diffutils Internationalization Fixes Patch - 18 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/diffutils-2.8.1-i18n-1.patch

MD5 sum: c8d481223db274a33b121fb8c25af9f7

Expect Spawn Patch - 6.8 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/expect-5.43.0-spawn-1.patch

MD5 sum: ef6d0d0221c571fb420afb7033b3bbba

Expect Tcl Patch - 4.1 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/expect-5.43.0-tcl_8.5.5_fix-1.patch

MD5 sum: 6904a384960ce0e8f0d0b32f7903d7a1

Flex GCC-4.4.x Patch - 1 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/flex-2.5.35-gcc44-1.patch

MD5 sum: ad9109820534278c6dd0898178c0788f

GCC Startfiles Fix Patch - 1.5 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/gcc-4.4.1-startfiles_fix-1.patch

MD5 sum: 799ef1971350d2e3c794f2123f247cc6

Gettext Upstream Fix Patch - 2.9 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/gettext-0.17-upstream_fixes-2.patch

MD5 sum: ae64b6399ed6536e148e8386bcb91689

Grep Debian Patch - 27 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/grep-2.5.4-debian_fixes-1.patch

MD5 sum: 337d017202d7e3b08d428a89da3ee572

GRUB Disk Geometry Patch - 28 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/grub-0.97-disk_geometry-1.patch

MD5 sum: bf1594e82940e25d089feca74c6f1879

GRUB 256-Byte Inodes Patch - 4.8 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/grub-0.97-256byte_inode-1.patch

MD5 sum: 2482bef9c1866b4045767a56268ba673

Inetutils No-Server-Man-Pages Patch - 5.4 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/inetutils-1.6-no_server_man_pages-1.patch

MD5 sum: fffe02c2f93fec7911e57393fd927a9d

Kbd Backspace/Delete Fix Patch - 12 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/kbd-1.15-backspace-1.patch

MD5 sum: f75cca16a38da6caa7d52151f7136895

Man-DB Testsuite Patch - 1 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/man-db-2.5.5-fix_testsuite-1.patch

MD5 sum: 0b23eeba6d8b130078cbee38ff22c621

Patch Carriage Return Fix Patch - 1.7 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/patch-2.5.9-fixes-1.patch

MD5 sum: a2f0901f42e87ad3d5fefbccee6a09f4

Perl Consolidated Patch - 7.1 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/perl-5.10.0-consolidated-1.patch

MD5 sum: d1bcffb5d671bd659f7ca5c451a0c752

Procps Watch Patch - 3.5 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/procps-3.2.8-watch_unicode-1.patch

MD5 sum: cd1a757e532d93662a7ed71da80e6b58

Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - 3.6 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/readline-6.0-fixes-1.patch

MD5 sum: aada5f5c582a769735286e7ed1a80af7

Vim Fixes Patch - 826 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/6.5/vim-7.2-fixes-5.patch

MD5 sum: 3af30a47fbf94d141c4317bf87d28e25

Total size of these patches: about 1,101.4 KB

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 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/ and acquire any additional patches to suit your system needs.