diff --git a/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-2.9.bep b/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-2.9.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c2338dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-2.9.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Tools to make diffs and compare files." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-2.9.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="d6bc1bdc874ddb14cfed4d1655a0dbbe"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd diffutils-2.9
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd diffutils-2.9
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils.OptionalPackageDescription b/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils.OptionalPackageDescription
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ac982228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils.OptionalPackageDescription
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package:	diffutils
+Version:	2.9
+Copyright:	1992-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:	GNU GPL v3
+URL:		http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
diff --git a/sys-apps/diffutils/patches/diffutils-2.9.patch b/sys-apps/diffutils/patches/diffutils-2.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b2d130fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/diffutils/patches/diffutils-2.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -up diffutils-2.9/lib/verify.h.orig diffutils-2.9/lib/verify.h
+--- diffutils-2.9/lib/verify.h.orig	2010-04-18 13:06:04.590872576 -0600
++++ diffutils-2.9/lib/verify.h	2010-04-18 13:08:52.910163968 -0600
+@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ template <int w>
+ /* Verify requirement R at compile-time, as a declaration without a
+    trailing ';'.  */
+ 
++# if __GNUC__ == 2
++# define verify(R)
++# else
+ # define verify(R) extern int (* verify_function__ (void)) [verify_true (R)]
++# endif
+ 
+ #endif
diff --git a/sys-devel/make/make-3.81.bep b/sys-devel/make/make-3.81.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41c6e31fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/make/make-3.81.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Standard tool to compile source trees." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/make-3.81.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="354853e0b2da90c527e35aabb8d6f1e6"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd make-3.81
+	libtoolize -fci
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd make-3.81
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/sys-devel/make/make.OptionalPackageDescription b/sys-devel/make/make.OptionalPackageDescription
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6312d970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/make/make.OptionalPackageDescription
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package:	make
+Version:	3.81
+Copyright:	1988-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:	GNU GPL v2
+URL:		http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
diff --git a/sys-devel/make/patches/make-3.81.patch b/sys-devel/make/patches/make-3.81.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8ce9e72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/make/patches/make-3.81.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up make-3.81/arscan.c.orig make-3.81/arscan.c
+--- make-3.81/arscan.c.orig	2010-04-18 13:33:16.283901952 -0600
++++ make-3.81/arscan.c	2010-04-18 13:34:10.106168320 -0600
+@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ ar_scan (char *archive, long int (*funct
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef WINDOWS32
+-# ifndef __BEOS__
++# if !defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ #  include <ar.h>
+ # else
+    /* BeOS 5 doesn't have <ar.h> but has archives in the same format
diff --git a/sys-devel/patch/patch-2.6.1.bep b/sys-devel/patch/patch-2.6.1.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df83e43c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/patch/patch-2.6.1.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Utility to apply diffs to files." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/patch/patch-2.6.1.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="0818d1763ae0c4281bcdc63cdac0b2c0"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd patch-2.6.1
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd patch-2.6.1
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/sys-devel/patch/patch.OptionalPackageDescription b/sys-devel/patch/patch.OptionalPackageDescription
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0670c929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/patch/patch.OptionalPackageDescription
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package:	patch
+Version:	2.6.1
+Copyright:	1989-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:	GNU GPL v3
+URL:		http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/