%general-entities; ]> 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: Automake Perl-&perl-version; Patch - &automake-perl_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &automake-perl_fix-patch-md5; Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - &bash-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bash-fixes-patch-md5; Binutils Build Fix Patch - &binutils-build-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &binutils-build-patch-md5; Bzip2 Documentation Patch - &bzip2-docs-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &bzip2-docs-patch-md5; Coreutils Internationalization Fixes Patch - &coreutils-i18n-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &coreutils-i18n-patch-md5; Flex GCC-4.4.x Patch - &flex-gcc-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &flex-gcc-patch-md5; Glibc Fixes Patch - &glibc-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &glibc-fixes-patch-md5; Glibc GCC Fix Patch - &glibc-gcc_fix-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &glibc-gcc_fix-patch-md5; Kbd Loadkeys Fix Patch - &kbd-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &kbd-fixes-patch-md5; Kbd Backspace/Delete Fix Patch - &kbd-backspace-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &kbd-backspace-patch-md5; MPFR Fixes Patch - &mpfr-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &mpfr-fixes-patch-md5; Patch Testsuite Fix Patch - &patch-test-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &patch-test-patch-md5; Perl Libc Patch - &perl-libc-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &perl-libc-patch-md5; Procps HZ Errors Patch - &procps-hz_fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &procps-hz_fixes-patch-md5; Procps Watch Patch - &procps-watch-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &procps-watch-patch-md5; Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - &readline-fixes-patch-size;: Download: MD5 sum: &readline-fixes-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 your system needs.