13 files changed, 50 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/appendixa/bash-down.xml b/appendixa/bash-down.xml
index 9e361001d..664715603 100644
--- a/appendixa/bash-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bash-down.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/"/>
 
 Bash Patch (&bash-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/appendixa/ed-down.xml b/appendixa/ed-down.xml
index 4661ea64d..63e6ac35d 100644
--- a/appendixa/ed-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/ed-down.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/"/>
 
 Ed Patch (&ed-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/expect-down.xml b/appendixa/expect-down.xml
index f4360fbe3..b70dad6f1 100644
--- a/appendixa/expect-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/expect-down.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 <ulink url="http://expect.nist.gov/src/"/>
 
 Expect Patch (&expect-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/gawk-down.xml b/appendixa/gawk-down.xml
index 3980d8f11..7911bb724 100644
--- a/appendixa/gawk-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gawk-down.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gawk/"/>
 
 Gawk Patch (&gawk-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/gcc-down.xml b/appendixa/gcc-down.xml
index b97a9d5f7..0afb772fd 100644
--- a/appendixa/gcc-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gcc-down.xml
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/"/>
 
 GCC No Fixincludes Patch (&gcc-nofixincludes-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 GCC Specs Patch (&gcc-specs-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 GCC Suppress Libiberty Patch (&gcc-suppress-libiberty-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 GCC-2 Patch (&gcc-2953-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 GCC-2 No Fixincludes Patch (&gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 GCC-2 Return Type Patch (&gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/glibc-down.xml b/appendixa/glibc-down.xml
index 807b39fbd..d67c2c575 100644
--- a/appendixa/glibc-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/glibc-down.xml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Glibc-linuxthreads (&glibc-version;):
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/"/>
 
 Glibc Sscanf Patch (&glibc-sscanf-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/kbd-down.xml b/appendixa/kbd-down.xml
index 41f9a478d..6a0944321 100644
--- a/appendixa/kbd-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/kbd-down.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/kbd/"/>
 
 Kbd Patch (&kbd-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/man-down.xml b/appendixa/man-down.xml
index 9ed474f8b..501bfd4ab 100644
--- a/appendixa/man-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/man-down.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/man/"/>
 
 Man 80Cols Patch (&man-80cols-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 Man Manpath Patch (&man-manpath-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/>
 
 Man Pager Patch (&man-pager-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/procps-down.xml b/appendixa/procps-down.xml
index 230fbad02..2ad36e933 100644
--- a/appendixa/procps-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/procps-down.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 <ulink url="http://procps.sourceforge.net/"/>
 
 Procps Patch (&procps-patch-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/zlib-down.xml b/appendixa/zlib-down.xml
index 056a52dd0..1662ef0d5 100644
--- a/appendixa/zlib-down.xml
+++ b/appendixa/zlib-down.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <ulink url="http://www.gzip.org/zlib/"/>
 
 Zlib Patch (&zlib-version;):
-<ulink url="&http;/"/></literallayout></para>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/"/></literallayout></para>
 </sect2>
diff --git a/chapter04/chapter04.xml b/chapter04/chapter04.xml
index 29cf4d828..e33f53ee1 100644
--- a/chapter04/chapter04.xml
+++ b/chapter04/chapter04.xml
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ Gawk (&gawk-version;) - &gawk-size;:
 
 GCC (&gcc-2953-version;) - &gcc-2953-size;:
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>
+
 GCC-core (&gcc-version;) - &gcc-core-size;:
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>
+
 GCC-g++ (&gcc-version;) - &gcc-gpp-size;:
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>
 
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ Gettext (&gettext-version;) - &gettext-size;:
 
 Glibc (&glibc-version;) - &glibc-size;:
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/glibc/"/>
+
 Glibc-linuxthreads (&glibc-version;) - &glibc-threads-size;:
 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/glibc/"/>
 
@@ -239,82 +242,82 @@ following:</para>
 
 <literallayout>
 Bash Patch (&bash-patch-version;) - &bash-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/bash-&bash-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/bash-&bash-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Bison Attribute Patch:
-<ulink url="&http;/bison-1.875-attribute.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/bison-1.875-attribute.patch"/>
 
 Coreutils Hostname Patch (&coreutils-hostname-patch-version;) - &coreutils-hostname-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/coreutils-&coreutils-hostname-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/coreutils-&coreutils-hostname-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Coreutils Uname Patch (&coreutils-uname-patch-version;) - &coreutils-uname-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/coreutils-&coreutils-uname-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/coreutils-&coreutils-uname-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Ed Patch (&ed-patch-version;) - &ed-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/ed-&ed-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/ed-&ed-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Expect Patch (&expect-patch-version;) - &expect-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/expect-&expect-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/expect-&expect-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Gawk Patch (&gawk-patch-version;) - &gawk-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gawk-&gawk-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gawk-&gawk-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 GCC No Fixincludes Patch: (&gcc-nofixincludes-patch-version;) - &gcc-nofixincludes-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-nofixincludes-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gcc-&gcc-nofixincludes-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 GCC Specs Patch: (&gcc-specs-patch-version;) - &gcc-specs-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-specs-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gcc-&gcc-specs-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 GCC Suppress Libiberty Patch: (&gcc-suppress-libiberty-patch-version;) - &gcc-suppress-libiberty-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-suppress-libiberty-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gcc-&gcc-suppress-libiberty-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 GCC-2 Patch (&gcc-2953-patch-version;) - &gcc-2953-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-2953-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gcc-&gcc-2953-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 GCC-2 No Fixincludes Patch (&gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch-version;) - &gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch-version;-no-fixinc.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gcc-&gcc-2953-no-fixinc-patch-version;-no-fixinc.patch"/>
 
 GCC-2 Return Type Patch (&gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch-version;) - &gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch-version;-returntype-fix.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/gcc-&gcc-2953-returntype-fix-patch-version;-returntype-fix.patch"/>
 
 Glibc Sscanf Patch: - &glibc-sscanf-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/glibc-&glibc-sscanf-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/glibc-&glibc-sscanf-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Grub Patch (&grub-patch-version;) - &grub-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/grub-&grub-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/grub-&grub-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Kbd Patch (&kbd-patch-version;) - &kbd-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Man 80Cols Patch (&man-80cols-patch-version;) - &man-80cols-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/man-&man-80cols-patch-version;-80cols.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/man-&man-80cols-patch-version;-80cols.patch"/>
 
 Man Manpath Patch (&man-manpath-patch-version;) - &man-manpath-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/man-&man-manpath-patch-version;-manpath.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/man-&man-manpath-patch-version;-manpath.patch"/>
 
 Man Pager Patch (&man-pager-patch-version;) - &man-pager-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/man-&man-pager-patch-version;-pager.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/man-&man-pager-patch-version;-pager.patch"/>
 
 Ncurses Etip Patch (&ncurses-etip-patch-version;) - &ncurses-etip-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch"/>
 
 Ncurses Vsscanf Patch (&ncurses-vsscanf-patch-version;) - &ncurses-vsscanf-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch"/>
 
 Net-Tools mii-tool Patch (1.60) - 2k:
-<ulink url="&http;/net-tools-1.60-miitool-gcc33-1.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/net-tools-1.60-miitool-gcc33-1.patch"/>
 
 Perl Libc Patch (&perl-libc-patch-version;) - &perl-libc-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/perl-&perl-libc-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/perl-&perl-libc-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Procps Patch (&procps-patch-version;) - &procps-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/procps-&procps-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/procps-&procps-patch-version;.patch"/>
 
 Shadow Patch (&shadow-patch-version;) - &shadow-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/shadow-&shadow-patch-version;.patch"/> 
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/shadow-&shadow-patch-version;.patch"/> 
 
 Zlib Patch (&zlib-patch-version;) - &zlib-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&http;/zlib-&zlib-patch-version;.patch"/>
+<ulink url="&patches-root;/zlib-&zlib-patch-version;.patch"/>
 </literallayout>
 
 <para>In addition, there are a number of optional patches that have been
diff --git a/entities/gcc-2953.ent b/entities/gcc-2953.ent
index 81f1dd55b..e5102dda3 100644
--- a/entities/gcc-2953.ent
+++ b/entities/gcc-2953.ent
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gcc-2953-version "2.95.3">
 <!ENTITY gcc-2953-depversion "2.95.3">
 <!ENTITY gcc-2953-contversion "2.95.3">
-<!ENTITY gcc-2953-size "2520 KB">
+<!ENTITY gcc-2953-size "12,609 KB">
 
 <!ENTITY gcc-2953-patch-version "2.95.3-2">
 <!ENTITY gcc-2953-patch-size "16 KB">
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index b360f4e2a..1310b65e7 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 				"/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
 
 
-<!ENTITY version "20030929">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "September 29th, 2003">
+<!ENTITY version "20031001">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 1st, 2003">
 <!ENTITY nbsp " ">
 
 <!ENTITY ftp-root "ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org">
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 <!ENTITY hints-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/">
 <!ENTITY hints-index "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/list.html">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/">
+<!ENTITY patches-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/5.0/">
 <!ENTITY tldp-root "http://www.tldp.org/">
 
 <!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20030831-estimate">