diff --git a/devel/cdecl/files/patch-sum b/devel/cdecl/files/patch-sum
index 12885204c435..d71f8d56c333 100644
--- a/devel/cdecl/files/patch-sum
+++ b/devel/cdecl/files/patch-sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-sum,v 1.1.1.1 1999/11/11 12:53:17 agc Exp $
+$NetBSD: patch-sum,v 1.2 1999/11/26 13:58:31 hubertf Exp $
 
-MD5 (patch-aa) = 4351b57f3281be0a9e9292b571fe0a89
-MD5 (patch-ab) = 37098d58b58154b99330e85ab98c67fd
+MD5 (patch-aa) = 39ce020c538081d405994c712acfe6df
+MD5 (patch-ab) = 1e6ac72aa3c5ab872ad03212bbcc9a14
diff --git a/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-aa b/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-aa
index 118bf88ed457..36bb4a61d83a 100644
--- a/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-aa
+++ b/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-aa
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1.1.1 1999/11/11 12:53:17 agc Exp $
+$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.2 1999/11/26 13:58:33 hubertf Exp $
 
-Minor portability modifications for NetBSD and Solaris
-
---- cdecl.c	1999/11/11 12:16:45	1.1
-+++ cdecl.c	1999/11/11 12:25:39
+--- cdecl.c.orig	Tue Jan 16 04:54:46 1996
++++ cdecl.c	Fri Nov 26 15:02:00 1999
 @@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
   */
  
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ Minor portability modifications for NetBSD and Solaris
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <ctype.h>
  #if __STDC__ || defined(DOS)
-@@ -71,8 +73,10 @@
+@@ -71,11 +73,12 @@
  # ifndef NOVARARGS
  #  include <varargs.h>
  # endif /* ndef NOVARARGS */
@@ -25,19 +23,22 @@ Minor portability modifications for NetBSD and Solaris
 +#endif
  # ifdef BSD
  #  include <strings.h>
-    extern int errno;
-@@ -87,6 +91,10 @@
+-   extern int errno;
+ #  define strrchr rindex
+ #  define NOTMPFILE
+ # else
+@@ -87,6 +90,10 @@
  # endif /* NOVOID */
  #endif /* __STDC__ || DOS */
  
-+#if defined(__svr4__) && defined(__sun__)
++#if defined(__svr4__) && defined(__sun__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 +#include <errno.h>
 +#endif
 +
  #ifdef USE_READLINE
  # include <readline/readline.h>
    /* prototypes for functions related to readline() */
-@@ -124,7 +132,9 @@
+@@ -124,7 +131,9 @@
  
  #if __STDC__
    char *ds(char *), *cat(char *, ...), *visible(int);
diff --git a/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-ab b/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-ab
index dcd941000336..663fc38fecbf 100644
--- a/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-ab
+++ b/devel/cdecl/patches/patch-ab
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.1.1.1 1999/11/11 12:53:17 agc Exp $
-
-Small portability mods.
-
---- Makefile	1999/11/11 12:30:44	1.1
-+++ Makefile	1999/11/11 12:32:11
+--- Makefile.orig	Tue Jan 16 06:36:38 1996
++++ Makefile	Fri Nov 26 15:04:05 1999
 @@ -15,15 +15,17 @@
  #
  # add -DUSE_READLINE	To compile in support for the GNU readline library.
  
 -CFLAGS= -s -O2 -DUSE_READLINE
--CC= gcc
-+CFLAGS+= -I${PREFIX}/include -DUSE_READLINE
-+CC= gcc
- LIBS= -lreadline -ltermcap
++CFLAGS+= -I${LOCALBASE}/include -DUSE_READLINE
+ CC= gcc
+-LIBS= -lreadline -ltermcap
++LIBS= -L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lreadline -ltermcap
  ALLFILES= makefile cdgram.y cdlex.l cdecl.c cdecl.1 testset testset++
 -BINDIR= /usr/bin
 -MANDIR= /usr/man/man1