LFS install problems

[Clayton Stapleton]

Hi Folks,
Trying to do a LINUXFROMSCRATCH installation and have run 
into a couple of problems as follows:
1. When installing "bash-2.04" I get the error that "ltermcap"
    cannot be found. Not knowing where to look or what to
    look for is no help.
2. When trying to add a "patch" to "glibc-2.1.3" I get that the
    "command patch" cannot be found.
I would have used there mailing list for these questions but
have been unable to get my subscription accepted by their
mailing list. Tried to get into their archives but that has
shut down. So this group is my only hope.
TIA
Clay Stapleton