Linux From Scratch: Version 5.0-pre2
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# Needed patches

Besides all those packages, you'll also need several patches. These correct tiny mistakes in the packages that should be fixed by the maintainer, or just make some small modifications to bend things our way. You'll need the following:

Bash Patch (2.05b-2) - 7.6 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/bash-2.05b-2.patch
Bison Attribute Patch:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/bison-1.875-attribute.patch
Coreutils Hostname Patch (5.0-hostname-2) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/coreutils-5.0-hostname-2.patch
Coreutils Uname Patch (5.0-uname) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/coreutils-5.0-uname.patch
Ed Patch (0.2) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/ed-0.2.patch
Expect Patch (5.39.0) - 6.5 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/expect-5.39.0.patch
Gawk Patch (3.1.3) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gawk-3.1.3.patch
GCC No Fixincludes Patch: (3.3.1-no_fixincludes-2) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gcc-3.3.1-no_fixincludes-2.patch
GCC Specs Patch: (3.3.1-specs-2) - 10 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gcc-3.3.1-specs-2.patch
GCC Suppress Libiberty Patch: (3.3.1-suppress-libiberty) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gcc-3.3.1-suppress-libiberty.patch
GCC-2 Patch (2.95.3-2) - 16 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gcc-2.95.3-2.patch
GCC-2 No Fixincludes Patch (2.95.3) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gcc-2.95.3-no-fixinc.patch
GCC-2 Return Type Patch (2.95.3) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/gcc-2.95.3-returntype-fix.patch
Glibc Sscanf Patch: - 2 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/glibc-2.3.2-sscanf-1.patch
Grub Patch (0.93-gcc33-1) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/grub-0.93-gcc33-1.patch
Kbd Patch (1.08) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/kbd-1.08.patch
Man 80Cols Patch (1.5m2) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/man-1.5m2-80cols.patch
Man Manpath Patch (1.5m2) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/man-1.5m2-manpath.patch
Man Pager Patch (1.5m2) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/man-1.5m2-pager.patch
Ncurses Etip Patch (5.3) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch
Ncurses Vsscanf Patch (5.3) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch
Net-Tools mii-tool Patch (1.60) - 2k:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/net-tools-1.60-miitool-gcc33-1.patch
Perl Libc Patch (5.8.0-libc-3) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/perl-5.8.0-libc-3.patch
Procps Patch (3.1.11) - 1 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/procps-3.1.11.patch
Shadow Patch (4.0.3-newgrp-fix) - 836 Bytes:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/shadow-4.0.3-newgrp-fix.patch
Zlib Patch (1.1.4-vsnprintf) - 10 KB:
http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch

In addition, there are a number of optional patches that have been created by the LFS community. Most of these solve slight problems, or enable some functionality that's not enabled by default. Please feel free to examine the patches database, located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches, and choose any additional patches you might wish to use.

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