diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch
index f45e39525f55..f84b1049adf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-cache.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
---- a/elf/Makefile
-+++ b/elf/Makefile
-@@ -589,13 +589,13 @@ $(objpfx)sln: $(sln-modules:%=$(objpfx)%.o)
+diff -Naur glibc-2.27-orig/elf/ldconfig.c glibc-2.27/elf/ldconfig.c
+--- glibc-2.27-orig/elf/ldconfig.c	2018-02-01 11:17:18.000000000 -0500
++++ glibc-2.27/elf/ldconfig.c	2018-02-17 22:43:17.232175182 -0500
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef LD_SO_CONF
+-# define LD_SO_CONF SYSCONFDIR "/ld.so.conf"
++# define LD_SO_CONF PREFIX "/etc/ld.so.conf"
+ #endif
+ 
+ /* Get libc version number.  */
+diff -Naur glibc-2.27-orig/elf/Makefile glibc-2.27/elf/Makefile
+--- glibc-2.27-orig/elf/Makefile	2018-02-01 11:17:18.000000000 -0500
++++ glibc-2.27/elf/Makefile	2018-02-17 22:44:50.334006750 -0500
+@@ -559,13 +559,13 @@
  
  $(objpfx)ldconfig: $(ldconfig-modules:%=$(objpfx)%.o)
  
@@ -19,19 +32,9 @@
  
  cpp-srcs-left := $(all-rtld-routines:=.os)
  lib := rtld
---- a/elf/ldconfig.c
-+++ b/elf/ldconfig.c
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef LD_SO_CONF
--# define LD_SO_CONF SYSCONFDIR "/ld.so.conf"
-+# define LD_SO_CONF PREFIX "/etc/ld.so.conf"
- #endif
- 
- /* Get libc version number.  */
---- a/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h
-+++ b/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h
+diff -Naur glibc-2.27-orig/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h glibc-2.27/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h
+--- glibc-2.27-orig/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h	2018-02-01 11:17:18.000000000 -0500
++++ glibc-2.27/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h	2018-02-17 22:45:20.471598816 -0500
 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  #endif
  
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch
index 69b63a5bcfee..894e2a11cf87 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/dont-use-system-ld-so-preload.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---- a/elf/rtld.c
-+++ b/elf/rtld.c
-@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ ERROR: '%s': cannot process note segment.\n", _dl_argv[0]);
+diff -ru glibc-2.20-orig/elf/rtld.c glibc-2.20/elf/rtld.c
+--- glibc-2.20-orig/elf/rtld.c	2014-09-07 10:09:09.000000000 +0200
++++ glibc-2.20/elf/rtld.c	2014-10-27 11:32:25.203043157 +0100
+@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@
       open().  So we do this first.  If it succeeds we do almost twice
       the work but this does not matter, since it is not for production
       use.  */
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix-x64-abi.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix-x64-abi.patch
index f5a6d603bf85..1d60dcd7988b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix-x64-abi.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix-x64-abi.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From d9e6dd5631c8d97fd2d3128317c6352e34bf3ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 3288c6da64add3b4561b8c10fff522027caea01c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Nicholas Miell <nmiell@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:21:07 -0700
 Subject: [PATCH] Align the stack on entry to __tls_get_addr()
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ engine and available for purchase on Steam.
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
 
 diff --git a/elf/dl-tls.c b/elf/dl-tls.c
-index b425d661..b02c2afa 100644
+index 5aba33b3fa..3f3cb917de 100644
 --- a/elf/dl-tls.c
 +++ b/elf/dl-tls.c
-@@ -818,6 +818,10 @@ rtld_hidden_proto (__tls_get_addr)
+@@ -827,6 +827,10 @@ rtld_hidden_proto (__tls_get_addr)
  rtld_hidden_def (__tls_get_addr)
  #endif
- 
+
 +#ifdef __x86_64__
 +/* Old versions of gcc didn't align the stack. */
 +__attribute__((force_align_arg_pointer))
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ index b425d661..b02c2afa 100644
  /* The generic dynamic and local dynamic model cannot be used in
     statically linked applications.  */
  void *
--- 
-2.17.1
-
+--
+2.13.0
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch
index b13cea4dcb33..714e49db5607 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/fix_path_attribute_in_getconf.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
---- a/sysdeps/unix/confstr.h
-+++ b/sysdeps/unix/confstr.h
+diff -ubr glibc-2.17-orig/sysdeps/unix/confstr.h glibc-2.17/sysdeps/unix/confstr.h
+--- glibc-2.17-orig/sysdeps/unix/confstr.h	2013-06-03 22:01:44.829726968 +0200
++++ glibc-2.17/sysdeps/unix/confstr.h	2013-06-03 22:04:39.469376740 +0200
 @@ -1 +1 @@
 -#define	CS_PATH	"/bin:/usr/bin"
 +#define	CS_PATH	"/run/current-system/sw/bin:/bin:/usr/bin"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch
index f2feabc36ada..39312951fcf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/nix-locale-archive.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---- a/locale/loadarchive.c
-+++ b/locale/loadarchive.c
-@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@ calculate_head_size (const struct locarhead *h)
+diff -Naur glibc-2.27-orig/locale/loadarchive.c glibc-2.27/locale/loadarchive.c
+--- glibc-2.27-orig/locale/loadarchive.c	2018-02-01 11:17:18.000000000 -0500
++++ glibc-2.27/locale/loadarchive.c	2018-02-17 22:32:25.680169462 -0500
+@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@
    return MAX (namehash_end, MAX (string_end, locrectab_end));
  }
  
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
  
  /* Find the locale *NAMEP in the locale archive, and return the
     internalized data structure for its CATEGORY data.  If this locale has
-@@ -202,7 +219,7 @@ _nl_load_locale_from_archive (int category, const char **namep)
+@@ -202,7 +219,7 @@
        archmapped = &headmap;
  
        /* The archive has never been opened.  */
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
        if (fd < 0)
  	/* Cannot open the archive, for whatever reason.  */
  	return NULL;
-@@ -397,8 +414,7 @@ _nl_load_locale_from_archive (int category, const char **namep)
+@@ -397,8 +414,7 @@
  	  if (fd == -1)
  	    {
  	      struct stat64 st;
@@ -43,13 +44,13 @@
  	      if (fd == -1)
  		/* Cannot open the archive, for whatever reason.  */
  		return NULL;
---- a/locale/programs/locale.c
-+++ b/locale/programs/locale.c
-@@ -633,6 +633,24 @@ nameentcmp (const void *a, const void *b)
- }
+diff -Naur glibc-2.27-orig/locale/programs/locale.c glibc-2.27/locale/programs/locale.c
+--- glibc-2.27-orig/locale/programs/locale.c	2018-02-01 11:17:18.000000000 -0500
++++ glibc-2.27/locale/programs/locale.c	2018-02-17 22:36:39.726293213 -0500
+@@ -633,6 +633,24 @@
  
  
-+static int
+ static int
 +open_locale_archive (void)
 +{
 +  int fd = -1;
@@ -67,10 +68,11 @@
 +}
 +
 +
- static int
++static int
  write_archive_locales (void **all_datap, char *linebuf)
  {
-@@ -645,7 +663,7 @@ write_archive_locales (void **all_datap, char *linebuf)
+   struct stat64 st;
+@@ -644,7 +662,7 @@
    int fd, ret = 0;
    uint32_t cnt;
  
@@ -79,9 +81,10 @@
    if (fd < 0)
      return 0;
  
---- a/locale/programs/locarchive.c
-+++ b/locale/programs/locarchive.c
-@@ -117,6 +117,22 @@ prepare_address_space (int fd, size_t total, size_t *reserved, int *xflags,
+diff -Naur glibc-2.27-orig/locale/programs/locarchive.c glibc-2.27/locale/programs/locarchive.c
+--- glibc-2.27-orig/locale/programs/locarchive.c	2018-02-01 11:17:18.000000000 -0500
++++ glibc-2.27/locale/programs/locarchive.c	2018-02-17 22:40:51.245293975 -0500
+@@ -117,6 +117,22 @@
  }
  
  
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@
  static void
  create_archive (const char *archivefname, struct locarhandle *ah)
  {
-@@ -578,7 +594,7 @@ open_archive (struct locarhandle *ah, bool readonly)
+@@ -578,7 +594,7 @@
    while (1)
      {
        /* Open the archive.  We must have exclusive write access.  */
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/rpcgen-path.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/rpcgen-path.patch
index 4f427879f241..3349449d9163 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/rpcgen-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/rpcgen-path.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---- a/sunrpc/rpc_main.c
-+++ b/sunrpc/rpc_main.c
-@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const char *cmdname;
+diff -ru glibc-2.18-orig/sunrpc/rpc_main.c glibc-2.18/sunrpc/rpc_main.c
+--- glibc-2.18-orig/sunrpc/rpc_main.c	2013-08-11 00:52:55.000000000 +0200
++++ glibc-2.18/sunrpc/rpc_main.c	2013-11-15 12:04:48.041006977 +0100
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  
  static const char *svcclosetime = "120";
  static int cppDefined;	/* explicit path for C preprocessor */
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
  static const char CPPFLAGS[] = "-C";
  static char *pathbuf;
  static int cpp_pid;
-@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ static char *extendfile (const char *file, const char *ext);
+@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
  static void open_output (const char *infile, const char *outfile);
  static void add_warning (void);
  static void clear_args (void);
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
  static void open_input (const char *infile, const char *define);
  static int check_nettype (const char *name, const char *list_to_check[]);
  static void c_output (const char *infile, const char *define,
-@@ -322,25 +321,6 @@ clear_args (void)
+@@ -322,25 +321,6 @@
    argcount = FIXEDARGS;
  }
  
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
  /*
   * Open input file with given define for C-preprocessor
   */
-@@ -359,7 +339,6 @@ open_input (const char *infile, const char *define)
+@@ -359,7 +339,6 @@
    switch (cpp_pid)
      {
      case 0: