lfs-book/chapter03/patches.xml

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  <title>Needed Patches</title>

  <para>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:</para>

  <variablelist role="materials">

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Automake Test Fix Patch - <token>&automake-test-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&automake-test-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&automake-test-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&bash-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&bash-fixes-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bash-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Bzip2 Documentation Patch - <token>&bzip2-docs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&bzip2-docs-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bzip2-docs-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Coreutils Internationalization Fixes Patch - <token>&coreutils-i18n-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&coreutils-i18n-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&coreutils-i18n-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
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    <varlistentry>
      <term>Coreutils Test Fixes Patch - <token>&coreutils-test-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&coreutils-test-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&coreutils-test-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Flex Regression Tests Patch - <token>&flex-bison-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&flex-bison-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&flex-bison-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
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    <varlistentry>
      <term>Kbd Backspace/Delete Fix Patch - <token>&kbd-backspace-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&kbd-backspace-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&kbd-backspace-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Make Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&make-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&make-fixes-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&make-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Perl Libc Patch - <token>&perl-libc-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&perl-libc-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&perl-libc-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <!--
    <varlistentry>
      <term>Procps HZ Errors Patch - <token>&procps-hz_fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&procps-hz_fixes-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&procps-hz_fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Procps Watch Patch - <token>&procps-watch-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&procps-watch-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&procps-watch-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    -->

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&readline-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&readline-fixes-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&readline-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term>Texinfo Test Patch - <token>&texinfo-test-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&texinfo-test-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&texinfo-test-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <!--<varlistentry>
      <term>Zlib fPIC Patch - <token>&zlib-fpic-patch-size;</token>:</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&zlib-fpic-patch;"/></para>
        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&zlib-fpic-patch-md5;</literal></para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>-->

  </variablelist>

  <para>Total size of these patches: about <returnvalue/></para>

  <para>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
  <ulink url="&lfs-root;patches/downloads/"/> and acquire any additional
  patches to suit your system needs.</para>

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