diff --git a/patches/binutils-2.9.1/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff b/patches/binutils-2.9.1/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff
index c89aec5..a997c66 100644
--- a/patches/binutils-2.9.1/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff
+++ b/patches/binutils-2.9.1/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff
@@ -71,3 +71,23 @@
  char *
  xmalloc (size)
       unsigned size;
+--- binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c	2012-02-17 20:46:45.643806527 -0800
++++ binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c	2012-02-17 20:49:54.372029811 -0800
+@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "config.h"
+ 
++#undef NEED_sys_errlist
++
+ #ifndef NEED_sys_errlist
+ /* Note that errno.h (not sure what OS) or stdio.h (BSD 4.4, at least)
+    might declare sys_errlist in a way that the compiler might consider
+@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@
+ #else
+ 
+ extern int sys_nerr;
+-extern char *sys_errlist[];
++extern const char *const sys_errlist[];
+ 
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/patches/binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c.diff b/patches/binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index b19983c..0000000
--- a/patches/binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c	1998-05-01 08:47:54.000000000 -0700
-+++ binutils-2.9.1/libiberty/strerror.c	2011-05-08 20:59:25.383808009 -0700
-@@ -455,15 +455,17 @@
-    same name, it differs from other implementations in that it is dynamically
-    initialized rather than statically initialized. */
- 
-+#undef NEED_sys_errlist
-+
- #ifdef NEED_sys_errlist
- 
- static int sys_nerr;
--static const char **sys_errlist;
-+static const char *sys_errlist[];
- 
- #else
- 
- extern int sys_nerr;
--extern char *sys_errlist[];
-+//extern char *sys_errlist[];
- 
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/patches/gcc-2.95.3/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff b/patches/gcc-2.95.3/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff
index 71b45bf..2971ddb 100644
--- a/patches/gcc-2.95.3/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff
+++ b/patches/gcc-2.95.3/01_fix_gcc_4.4_errors.diff
@@ -9,3 +9,23 @@
  
        /* Duplicate the stdout and stderr file handles
  	 so they can be restored later.  */
+--- gcc-2.95.3/libiberty/strerror.c	2012-02-17 20:46:45.643806527 -0800
++++ gcc-2.95.3/libiberty/strerror.c	2012-02-17 20:49:54.372029811 -0800
+@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "config.h"
+ 
++#define HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST
+ /* Note that errno.h (not sure what OS) or stdio.h (BSD 4.4, at least)
+    might declare sys_errlist in a way that the compiler might consider
+@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@
+ #else
+ 
+ extern int sys_nerr;
+-extern char *sys_errlist[];
++extern const char *const sys_errlist[];
+ 
+ #endif
+