Sorry you're having trouble.

In the Makefile you'll find these lines:

$(OK_GLIBC_1) : THISAPP = glibc-$(GLIBC)
$(OK_GLIBC_1) : $(OK_MAIN)
	@$(PREBUILD)
	@rm -rf $(DIR_BUILD)

Immediately after them, try inserting the following:

	@cd $(DIR_SRC) && cp $(DIR_DL)/glibc-$(GLIBC).patch.gz . && gunzip glibc-$(GLIBC).patch.gz
	@cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-$(GLIBC).patch
	@rm -f $(DIR_SRC)/glibc-$(GLIBC).patch

Note that the first character of each line must be a tab character.

-- Rod
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On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Clayton Stapleton wrote:
> Hi Folks;
> Have proceeded with LFSMake into the stage1 installing
> glibc-2.1.3 and have run into the "invalid character 45"
> problem. Cannot just apply the "glibc-2.1.3.patch" to
> "glibc-2.1.3" due to the way LFSMake starts from the
> beginning each time "make stage1" is started.
> 
> There needs to be a modification to the LFSMake program
> to allow the patch to be installed from within the program.
> Not being a programmer leaves things hanging until 
> someone can come up with a fix that can be applied.
> 
> TIA
> Clay Stapleton