diff --git a/recipes/diffutils/diffutils.patch b/recipes/diffutils/diffutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..283e500217d8e1021a0cb3eea938375ab1d9b6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/diffutils/diffutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+diff -ru source/lib/cmpbuf.c source-new/lib/cmpbuf.c
+--- source/lib/cmpbuf.c 2017-01-01 03:22:36.000000000 -0800
++++ source-new/lib/cmpbuf.c 2017-07-25 14:12:20.128407130 -0700
+@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
+ ancient AIX hosts that set errno to EINTR after uncaught
+ SIGCONT. See <news:1r77ojINN85n@ftp.UU.NET>
+ (1993-04-22). */
+- if (! SA_RESTART && errno == EINTR)
+- continue;
++ //if (! SA_RESTART && errno == EINTR)
++ // continue;
+
+ return SIZE_MAX;
+ }
+diff -ru source/lib/getdtablesize.c source-new/lib/getdtablesize.c
+--- source/lib/getdtablesize.c 2017-05-18 09:23:32.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/lib/getdtablesize.c 2017-07-25 14:14:43.353197473 -0700
+@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@
+ int
+ getdtablesize (void)
+ {
+- struct rlimit lim;
+-
+- if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &lim) == 0
+- && 0 <= lim.rlim_cur && lim.rlim_cur <= INT_MAX
+- && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY
+- && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_SAVED_CUR
+- && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_SAVED_MAX)
+- return lim.rlim_cur;
+-
+ return INT_MAX;
+ }
+
+diff -ru source/lib/getprogname.c source-new/lib/getprogname.c
+--- source/lib/getprogname.c 2017-01-31 10:36:50.000000000 -0800
++++ source-new/lib/getprogname.c 2017-07-25 14:08:30.219353774 -0700
+@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@
+ # include <string.h>
+ #endif
+
+-#ifdef __sgi
+ # include <string.h>
+ # include <unistd.h>
+ # include <stdio.h>
+ # include <fcntl.h>
+-# include <sys/procfs.h>
+-#endif
++# include <limits.h>
+
+ #include "dirname.h"
+
+@@ -178,7 +176,16 @@
+ }
+ return NULL;
+ # else
+-# error "getprogname module not ported to this OS"
++ char filename[PATH_MAX];
++ int fd = open ("sys:exe", O_RDONLY);
++ if (fd > 0) {
++ int len = read(fd, filename, PATH_MAX-1);
++ if (len > 0) {
++ filename[len] = '\0';
++ return strdup(filename);
++ }
++ }
++ return NULL;
+ # endif
+ }
+
+diff -ru source/lib/sigaction.c source-new/lib/sigaction.c
+--- source/lib/sigaction.c 2017-05-18 09:23:32.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/lib/sigaction.c 2017-07-25 14:16:01.860655606 -0700
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++#if 0
+ /* POSIX compatible signal blocking.
+ Copyright (C) 2008-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>, 2008.
+@@ -202,3 +203,4 @@
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ return -1;
+ }
++#endif
+diff -ru source/lib/sig-handler.h source-new/lib/sig-handler.h
+--- source/lib/sig-handler.h 2017-05-18 09:23:32.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/lib/sig-handler.h 2017-07-25 14:10:17.137139018 -0700
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ # define SIG_HANDLER_INLINE _GL_INLINE
+ #endif
+
++#if 0
+ /* Convenience type when working with signal handlers. */
+ typedef void (*sa_handler_t) (int);
+
+@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
+ #endif
+ return a->sa_handler;
+ }
++#endif
+
+ _GL_INLINE_HEADER_END
+
+diff -ru source/lib/signal.in.h source-new/lib/signal.in.h
+--- source/lib/signal.in.h 2017-05-18 09:23:32.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/lib/signal.in.h 2017-07-25 14:04:47.960296802 -0700
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++#if 0
+ /* A GNU-like <signal.h>.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@@ -461,3 +462,4 @@
+ #endif /* _@GUARD_PREFIX@_SIGNAL_H */
+ #endif /* _@GUARD_PREFIX@_SIGNAL_H */
+ #endif
++#endif
+diff -ru source/lib/sigprocmask.c source-new/lib/sigprocmask.c
+--- source/lib/sigprocmask.c 2017-05-18 09:23:32.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/lib/sigprocmask.c 2017-07-25 14:17:19.291432128 -0700
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++#if 0
+ /* POSIX compatible signal blocking.
+ Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2006.
+@@ -347,3 +348,4 @@
+ return 0;
+ }
+ #endif
++#endif
+diff -ru source/Makefile.am source-new/Makefile.am
+--- source/Makefile.am 2017-01-01 03:22:36.000000000 -0800
++++ source-new/Makefile.am 2017-07-25 14:36:08.905866861 -0700
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS =
+
+ EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap exgettext ChangeLog-2008 cfg.mk dist-check.mk
+-SUBDIRS = lib src tests doc man po gnulib-tests
++SUBDIRS = lib src tests doc po gnulib-tests
+
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+ AM_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(WERROR_CFLAGS)
+diff -ru source/src/sdiff.c source-new/src/sdiff.c
+--- source/src/sdiff.c 2017-05-18 10:39:59.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/src/sdiff.c 2017-07-25 14:31:10.436289463 -0700
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
+ #ifdef SIGPIPE
+ SIGPIPE,
+ #endif
+- SIGINT
++ //SIGINT
+ };
+ enum
+ {
+@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
+ static void
+ cleanup (int signo __attribute__((unused)))
+ {
+-#if HAVE_WORKING_FORK
++#if 0
+ if (0 < diffpid)
+ kill (diffpid, SIGPIPE);
+ #endif
+@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@
+ perror_fatal ("fork");
+ if (! diffpid)
+ {
++#if 0
+ /* Alter the child's SIGINT and SIGPIPE handlers;
+ this may munge the parent.
+ The child ignores SIGINT in case the user interrupts the editor.
+@@ -636,6 +637,7 @@
+ if (initial_handler (handler_index_of_SIGINT) != SIG_IGN)
+ signal_handler (SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
+ signal_handler (SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
++#endif
+ close (diff_fds[0]);
+ if (diff_fds[1] != STDOUT_FILENO)
+ {
+@@ -727,11 +729,13 @@
+ static void
+ catchsig (int s)
+ {
++#if 0
+ #if ! HAVE_SIGACTION
+ signal (s, SIG_IGN);
+ #endif
+ if (! (s == SIGINT && ignore_SIGINT))
+ signal_received = s;
++#endif
+ }
+
+ #if HAVE_SIGACTION
+@@ -748,6 +752,7 @@
+ static void
+ trapsigs (void)
+ {
++#if 0
+ int i;
+
+ #if HAVE_SIGACTION
+@@ -772,6 +777,7 @@
+ /* System V fork+wait does not work if SIGCHLD is ignored. */
+ signal (SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+ #endif
++#endif
+
+ sigs_trapped = true;
+ }
+@@ -780,6 +786,7 @@
+ static void
+ untrapsig (int s)
+ {
++#if 0
+ int i;
+
+ if (sigs_trapped)
+@@ -792,6 +799,7 @@
+ signal (sigs[i], initial_action[i]);
+ #endif
+ }
++#endif
+ }
+
+ /* Exit if a signal has been received. */
+diff -ru source/src/util.c source-new/src/util.c
+--- source/src/util.c 2017-05-18 10:39:59.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/src/util.c 2017-07-25 14:24:02.588763499 -0700
+@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
+
+ /* The set of signals that are caught. */
+
++#if 0
+ static sigset_t caught_signals;
+
+ /* If nonzero, the value of the pending fatal signal. */
+@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
+ if (! interrupt_signal)
+ stop_signal_count++;
+ }
++#endif
+ /* Process any pending signals. If signals are caught, this function
+ should be called periodically. Ideally there should never be an
+ unbounded amount of time when signals are not being processed.
+@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@
+ static void
+ process_signals (void)
+ {
++#if 0
+ while (interrupt_signal || stop_signal_count)
+ {
+ int sig;
+@@ -235,11 +238,13 @@
+ /* If execution reaches here, then the program has been
+ continued (after being suspended). */
+ }
++#endif
+ }
+
+ static void
+ install_signal_handlers (void)
+ {
++# if 0
+ /* The signals that are trapped, and the number of such signals. */
+ static int const sig[] =
+ {
+@@ -303,6 +308,7 @@
+ }
+ #endif
+ }
++#endif
+ }
+
+ static char const *current_name0;
diff --git a/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f96a833c6fe73d89712ef2ad755d0dd0bca52abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+VERSION=3.6
+TAR=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-$VERSION.tar.xz
+
+HOST=x86_64-elf-redox
+
+function recipe_version {
+ echo "$VERSION"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+ echo "skipping update"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+ autoreconf
+ ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix=/
+ make
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+ echo "skipping test"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+ make clean
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+ dest="$(realpath $1)"
+ make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+ ${HOST}-strip "$1"/bin/*
+ rm -rf "$1"/{lib,share}
+ skip=1
+}
diff --git a/recipes/git/git.patch b/recipes/git/git.patch
index 6489dfe76ea8b791bb03bdfd5ec3f5229581da1a..8a36a6697bbb880e6e12b6ee3788194958f15046 100644
--- a/recipes/git/git.patch
+++ b/recipes/git/git.patch
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ diff -ru git-2.13.1/fast-import.c git-2.13.1-new/fast-import.c
#endif
diff -ru git-2.13.1/git-compat-util.h git-2.13.1-new/git-compat-util.h
--- git-2.13.1/git-compat-util.h 2017-06-04 18:08:11.000000000 -0700
-+++ git-2.13.1-new/git-compat-util.h 2017-06-25 15:01:02.935061516 -0700
++++ git-2.13.1-new/git-compat-util.h 2017-07-24 18:52:23.567535558 -0700
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@
#include <assert.h>
#include <regex.h>
@@ -651,7 +651,18 @@ diff -ru git-2.13.1/git-compat-util.h git-2.13.1-new/git-compat-util.h
#ifndef NO_INTTYPES_H
#include <inttypes.h>
#else
-@@ -1123,4 +1117,7 @@
+@@ -319,9 +313,7 @@
+ #define PRIo32 "o"
+ #endif
+
+-#ifndef PATH_SEP
+-#define PATH_SEP ':'
+-#endif
++#define PATH_SEP ';'
+
+ #ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
+ #include <paths.h>
+@@ -1123,4 +1115,7 @@
extern int cmd_main(int, const char **);
@@ -797,7 +808,7 @@ diff -ru git-2.13.1/rerere.c git-2.13.1-new/rerere.c
diff -ru git-2.13.1/run-command.c git-2.13.1-new/run-command.c
--- git-2.13.1/run-command.c 2017-06-04 18:08:11.000000000 -0700
-+++ git-2.13.1-new/run-command.c 2017-06-25 15:19:23.024088698 -0700
++++ git-2.13.1-new/run-command.c 2017-07-24 18:38:38.359269687 -0700
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@
#ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
static inline void dup_devnull(int to)
@@ -810,6 +821,15 @@ diff -ru git-2.13.1/run-command.c git-2.13.1-new/run-command.c
if (dup2(fd, to) < 0)
die_errno(_("dup2(%d,%d) failed"), fd, to);
close(fd);
+@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
+ return NULL;
+
+ while (1) {
+- const char *end = strchrnul(p, ':');
++ const char *end = strchrnul(p, ';');
+
+ strbuf_reset(&buf);
+
@@ -483,21 +483,21 @@
struct argv_array nargv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
diff --git a/recipes/gnu-grep/grep.patch b/recipes/gnu-grep/grep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b3d8b98e031622269c509e41e0f5032ae25b76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/gnu-grep/grep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Only in source: grep.patch
+diff -ru source/lib/getdtablesize.c source-new/lib/getdtablesize.c
+--- source/lib/getdtablesize.c 2017-07-23 20:50:44.287742363 -0700
++++ source-new/lib/getdtablesize.c 2017-07-23 20:51:06.271284748 -0700
+@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@
+ int
+ getdtablesize (void)
+ {
+- struct rlimit lim;
+-
+- if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &lim) == 0
+- && 0 <= lim.rlim_cur && lim.rlim_cur <= INT_MAX
+- && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY
+- && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_SAVED_CUR
+- && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_SAVED_MAX)
+- return lim.rlim_cur;
+-
+ return INT_MAX;
+ }
+
+diff -ru source/lib/getprogname.c source-new/lib/getprogname.c
+--- source/lib/getprogname.c 2017-01-16 09:29:13.000000000 -0800
++++ source-new/lib/getprogname.c 2017-07-23 20:49:21.133618122 -0700
+@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@
+ # include <string.h>
+ #endif
+
+-#ifdef __sgi
+ # include <string.h>
+ # include <unistd.h>
+ # include <stdio.h>
+ # include <fcntl.h>
+-# include <sys/procfs.h>
+-#endif
++# include <limits.h>
+
+ #include "dirname.h"
+
+@@ -178,7 +176,16 @@
+ }
+ return NULL;
+ # else
+-# error "getprogname module not ported to this OS"
++ char filename[PATH_MAX];
++ int fd = open ("sys:exe", O_RDONLY);
++ if (fd > 0) {
++ int len = read(fd, filename, PATH_MAX-1);
++ if (len > 0) {
++ filename[len] = '\0';
++ return strdup(filename);
++ }
++ }
++ return NULL;
+ # endif
+ }
+
+diff -ru source/src/grep.c source-new/src/grep.c
+--- source/src/grep.c 2017-07-02 10:41:41.000000000 -0700
++++ source-new/src/grep.c 2017-07-23 20:53:10.439131874 -0700
+@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@
+ #ifdef _SC_PAGESIZE
+ long psize = sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ #else
+- long psize = getpagesize ();
++ long psize = 4096;
+ #endif
+ if (! (0 < psize && psize <= (SIZE_MAX - sizeof (uword)) / 2))
+ abort ();
diff --git a/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh b/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..938b1812413c132de8df3c4e713a422bfc33d525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+VERSION=3.1
+TAR=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-$VERSION.tar.xz
+
+HOST=x86_64-elf-redox
+
+function recipe_version {
+ echo "$VERSION"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+ echo "skipping update"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+ autoreconf
+ ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix=/
+ make
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+ echo "skipping test"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+ make clean
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+ dest="$(realpath $1)"
+ make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+ $HOST-strip "$1"/bin/grep
+ rm -rf "$1"/{lib,share}
+ skip=1
+}