diff -urN crosstool-0.28-rc37/ChangeLog crosstool-0.28-rc38/ChangeLog
--- crosstool-0.28-rc37/ChangeLog	2004-10-06 06:39:12.000000000 +0200
+++ crosstool-0.28-rc38/ChangeLog	2005-02-06 02:52:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 Note: a description of why each patch is needed is embedded
 *inside* the patch file at the top, so read the patch file
 for more info.
- 
+
+0.28-rc37-macosx:
+    doc:
+    * crosstool-howto.html: require gnu install on Mac OS X
+
+    glibc-2.3.3:
+    * added patches so that it compiles on Mac OS X:
+      - glibc-2.3.3-allow-old-as-ld.patch
+      - glibc-2.3.3-no-stddef.h.patch
+
 0.28-rc37:
     doc:
     * crosstool-howto.html now explains how to build statically linked tools 
diff -urN crosstool-0.28-rc37/doc/crosstool-howto.html crosstool-0.28-rc38/doc/crosstool-howto.html
--- crosstool-0.28-rc37/doc/crosstool-howto.html	2004-09-29 07:47:38.000000000 +0200
+++ crosstool-0.28-rc38/doc/crosstool-howto.html	2005-02-06 02:52:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 doesn't accept the --fuzz parameter.
 
 <h3><a name=mac>Mac OS X</a></h3>
-You need to install gawk, gnu sed, and wget before you can build crosstool on Mac OS X.  
+You need to install gawk, gnu sed, gnu install, and wget before you can build crosstool on Mac OS X.  
 The way I installed them was using <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">fink</a>,
 but <a href="http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/">DarwinPorts</a> would probably do as well.
 <p>
diff -urN crosstool-0.28-rc37/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-allow-old-as-ld.patch crosstool-0.28-rc38/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-allow-old-as-ld.patch
--- crosstool-0.28-rc37/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-allow-old-as-ld.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ crosstool-0.28-rc38/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-allow-old-as-ld.patch	2005-02-06 02:52:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Mac OS X 10.3.5 does not provide GNU as or GNU ld:
+checking version of /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... 1.38, bad
+checking for ld... ld
+checking version of ld... v. ?.??, bad
+...
+checking whether autoconf works... yes
+configure: error:
+*** These critical programs are missing or too old: as ld
+*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
+
+However, the installed versions work, so this patch removes these checks.
+
+--- glibc-2.3.3/configure.bak   2004-12-04 04:12:01.000000000 +0100
++++ glibc-2.3.3/configure       2004-12-04 04:12:18.000000000 +0100
+@@ -3732,7 +3732,7 @@
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_prog_version" >&6
+ fi
+-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
+-  AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as"
+-fi
++#if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
++#  AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as"
++#fi
+ 
+ for ac_prog in $LD
+@@ -3793,7 +3793,7 @@
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_prog_version" >&6
+ fi
+-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
+-  LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld"
+-fi
++#if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
++#  LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld"
++#fi
+ 
+ 
diff -urN crosstool-0.28-rc37/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-no-stddef.h.patch crosstool-0.28-rc38/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-no-stddef.h.patch
--- crosstool-0.28-rc37/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-no-stddef.h.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ crosstool-0.28-rc38/patches/glibc-2.3.3/glibc-2.3.3-no-stddef.h.patch	2005-02-06 02:55:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Fixes:
+stdio_lim.hT
+In file included from posix/sys/types.h:31,
+                 from include/sys/types.h:1,
+                 from misc/sys/uio.h:24,
+                 from <stdin>:3:
+sysdeps/generic/bits/types.h:31:20: No include path in which to find stddef.h
+
+On Mac OS X, trying to build the headers failed because
+including misc/sys/uio.h includes stddef.h, which does not exist on Mac OS X.
+
+
+--- glibc-2.3.3/Makerules~	Fri Feb  4 12:42:47 2005
++++ glibc-2.3.3/Makerules	Fri Feb  4 12:44:45 2005
+@@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@
+ 		   $(common-objpfx)config.make
+ 	$(make-target-directory)
+ 	{ echo '#include "$(..)posix/bits/posix1_lim.h"';		\
+-	  echo '#define _LIBC 1';					\
+-	  echo '#include "$(..)misc/sys/uio.h"'; } |			\
++	  echo '#define _LIBC 1'; } |					\
+ 	$(CC) -E -dM -MD -MP -MF $(@:st=dT) -MT '$(@:st=h) $(@:st=d)' 	\
+ 	      $(+includes) -xc - -o $(@:st=hT)
+ 	sed $(sed-remove-objpfx) $(sed-remove-dotdot)			\