Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Version SVN-20081112-MIPS

Chapter 3. Packages and Patches

3.4. 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 a CLFS system:

Bash Fixes - 416 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/bash-3.2-fixes-8.patch

MD5 sum: 9f57c9bd5d7278529a9b13d8fc36a02e

Binutils Branch Update Patch - 432 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/binutils-2.18-branch_update-3.patch

MD5 sum: afc0cc91efe7d2e5a14008d0625462ef

Binutils Posix Patch - 4 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/binutils-2.18-posix-1.patch

MD5 sum: f2020cb369c2facbfd8987fa2263f31f

Coreutils Uname Patch - 8 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/coreutils-6.12-uname-1.patch

MD5 sum: 29391ef5175247370fb4646019e82c79

Expect Avoid TCL Internals Patch - 4 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/expect-5.43.0-avoid-tcl-internals-1.patch

MD5 sum: 5661004ca23ddc9592f488142367c2f5

Expect Spawn Patch - 6.9 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/expect-5.43.0-spawn-2.patch

MD5 sum: 7706e1e8238c72eed8dc905d6f3b6aa9

GCC Posix Patch - 16 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/gcc-4.3.2-posix-1.patch

MD5 sum: ed26ea522e014b2e39adf066bd44053b

Glibc Disable linking with libgcc_eh.a - 8 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/glibc-2.8-libgcc_eh-1.patch

MD5 sum: 02bbf6bc29e34c4fc92fb478fddd43dd

Glibc Localedef Segfault - 4 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/glibc-2.8-localedef_segfault-1.patch

MD5 sum: 7f8d1687d78f18cc46db1531fb17f7fe

Inetutils No-Server-Man-Pages Patch - 8 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/inetutils-1.5-no_server_man_pages-2.patch

MD5 sum: b04f46e66c4b438f609565073590ffd5

Module-Init-Tools Manpages Patch - 35 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/module-init-tools-3.4.1-manpages-1.patch

MD5 sum: 2271047586981ae23adf01cc13d97791

Ncurses Bash Patch - 4 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/ncurses-5.6-bash_fix-1.patch

MD5 sum: c6f7f2ab0ebaf7721ebeb266641352db

Ncurses Branch Update Patch - 7188 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/ncurses-5.6-branch_update-3.patch

MD5 sum: 5c5436409af4699e8b81e4100b5203ec

Perl Libc Patch - 4 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/perl-5.10.0-libc-1.patch

MD5 sum: 2d5d9cfd00a7e6554496338133bcd06c

Readline Fixes - 20 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/readline-5.2-fixes-4.patch

MD5 sum: 14ae1c3f3ff7223656f874bcf36e6f19

Vim Branch Update Patch - 20 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/vim-7.2-branch_update-1.patch

MD5 sum: b8d3ec6d9b1123d4c92044db590f3218

Zlib fPIC Patch - 3.2 KB:

Download: http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/zlib-1.2.3-fPIC-1.patch

MD5 sum: 545d60b20bfde6f53023de44438cef59

Total size of these patches: about 8 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://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/patches/ and acquire any additional patches to suit the system needs.