--- /dev/null
+diff -rdup binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure
+--- binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure 2007-11-22 12:41:26.000000000 +0100
++++ binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure 2007-11-22 12:45:01.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libffi target-qthreads"
+ libgloss_dir=arm
+ ;;
+- arm*-*-linux-gnueabi)
++ arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-qthreads"
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libobjc"
+ case ${with_newlib} in
+diff -rdup binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure.ac binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure.ac
+--- binutils-2.18.50.0.3.orig/configure.ac 2007-11-22 12:41:26.000000000 +0100
++++ binutils-2.18.50.0.3/configure.ac 2007-11-22 12:44:54.000000000 +0100
+@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libffi target-qthreads"
+ libgloss_dir=arm
+ ;;
+- arm*-*-linux-gnueabi)
++ arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-qthreads"
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libobjc"
+ case ${with_newlib} in
--- /dev/null
+diff -rdup binutils-2.18.50.0.9.old/configure binutils-2.18.50.0.9/configure
+--- binutils-2.18.50.0.9.old/configure 2008-08-23 17:36:13.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.18.50.0.9/configure 2008-10-14 14:25:22.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+ am33_2.0-*-linux*)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ${libgcj} target-newlib target-libgloss"
+ ;;
+- sh-*-linux*)
++ sh*-*-linux*)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ${libgcj} target-newlib target-libgloss"
+ ;;
+ sh*-*-pe|mips*-*-pe|*arm-wince-pe)
+@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+ romp-*-*)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs bfd binutils ld gas opcodes target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
+ ;;
+- sh-*-* | sh64-*-*)
++ sh*-*-* | sh64-*-*)
+ case "${host}" in
+ i[3456789]86-*-vsta) ;; # don't add gprof back in
+ i[3456789]86-*-go32*) ;; # don't add gprof back in
+diff -rdup binutils-2.18.50.0.9.old/configure.ac binutils-2.18.50.0.9/configure.ac
+--- binutils-2.18.50.0.9.old/configure.ac 2008-08-23 17:36:13.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.18.50.0.9/configure.ac 2008-10-14 14:25:11.000000000 +0200
+@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+ am33_2.0-*-linux*)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ${libgcj} target-newlib target-libgloss"
+ ;;
+- sh-*-linux*)
++ sh*-*-linux*)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ${libgcj} target-newlib target-libgloss"
+ ;;
+ sh*-*-pe|mips*-*-pe|*arm-wince-pe)
+@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+ romp-*-*)
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs bfd binutils ld gas opcodes target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
+ ;;
+- sh-*-* | sh64-*-*)
++ sh*-*-* | sh64-*-*)
+ case "${host}" in
+ i[[3456789]]86-*-vsta) ;; # don't add gprof back in
+ i[[3456789]]86-*-go32*) ;; # don't add gprof back in
--- /dev/null
+diff -u binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.am binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.am
+--- binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.am 2007-06-18 19:29:29.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.am 2007-06-25 10:00:36.000000000 +0200
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
+ # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
+ # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
+-scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
++scriptdir = $(libdir)
+
+ EMUL = @EMUL@
+ EMULATION_OFILES = @EMULATION_OFILES@
+diff -u binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.in binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.in
+--- binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/Makefile.in 2007-06-18 19:29:29.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/Makefile.in 2007-06-25 10:00:36.000000000 +0200
+@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
+ # We put the scripts in the directory $(scriptdir)/ldscripts.
+ # We can't put the scripts in $(datadir) because the SEARCH_DIR
+ # directives need to be different for native and cross linkers.
+-scriptdir = $(tooldir)/lib
++scriptdir = $(libdir)
+ BASEDIR = $(srcdir)/..
+ BFDDIR = $(BASEDIR)/bfd
+ INCDIR = $(BASEDIR)/include
--- /dev/null
+diff -u binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+--- binutils-2.17.50.0.17.oorig/ld/emultempl/elf32.em 2007-06-18 19:31:40.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.17.50.0.17/ld/emultempl/elf32.em 2007-06-25 10:01:25.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1007,6 +1007,8 @@
+ && command_line.rpath == NULL)
+ {
+ lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++ if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))
++ lib_path = NULL;
+ if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,
+ force))
+ break;
+@@ -1191,6 +1193,8 @@
+ rpath = command_line.rpath;
+ if (rpath == NULL)
+ rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++ if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))
++ rpath = NULL;
+ if (! (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections
+ (output_bfd, command_line.soname, rpath,
+ command_line.filter_shlib,