diff --git a/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-aa b/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-aa
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b85973b55f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-aa
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+*** sq.c.orig	Mon Apr 27 21:49:01 1998
+--- sq.c	Mon Apr 27 21:49:14 1998
+***************
+*** 83,89 ****
+      char	word[257];
+      static char	prev[257] = "";
+  
+!     while (gets (word) != NULL)
+  	trunc (word, prev);
+      return 0;
+      }
+--- 83,89 ----
+      char	word[257];
+      static char	prev[257] = "";
+  
+!     while (fgets (word, 256, stdin) != NULL)
+  	trunc (word, prev);
+      return 0;
+      }
diff --git a/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-ac b/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-ac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a6c8545a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-ac
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+*** ispell.c.orig	Mon Apr 27 21:46:38 1998
+--- ispell.c	Mon Apr 27 21:48:33 1998
+***************
+*** 835,842 ****
+  
+      (void) fstat (fileno (infile), &statbuf);
+      (void) strcpy (tempfile, TEMPNAME);
+!     if (mktemp (tempfile) == NULL  ||  tempfile[0] == '\0'
+!       ||  (outfile = fopen (tempfile, "w")) == NULL)
+  	{
+  	(void) fprintf (stderr, CANT_CREATE,
+  	  (tempfile == NULL  ||  tempfile[0] == '\0')
+--- 835,842 ----
+  
+      (void) fstat (fileno (infile), &statbuf);
+      (void) strcpy (tempfile, TEMPNAME);
+!     if (((outfile = fdopen (mkstemp(tempfile), "w")) == NULL) ||
+!         (tempfile[0] == '\0'))
+  	{
+  	(void) fprintf (stderr, CANT_CREATE,
+  	  (tempfile == NULL  ||  tempfile[0] == '\0')
diff --git a/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-ad b/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-ad
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee9e0cac267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/ispell/patches/patch-ad
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+*** unsq.c.orig	Mon Apr 27 21:50:58 1998
+--- unsq.c	Mon Apr 27 21:52:20 1998
+***************
+*** 116,122 ****
+      wordp = word;
+      while (same_count--)
+  	*wordp++ = (*prevp++);
+!     if (gets (wordp) == NULL)
+  	{
+  	(void) fprintf (stderr, UNSQ_C_SURPRISE_EOF);
+  	exit (1);
+--- 116,122 ----
+      wordp = word;
+      while (same_count--)
+  	*wordp++ = (*prevp++);
+!     if (fgets (wordp, strlen(wordp), stdin) == NULL)
+  	{
+  	(void) fprintf (stderr, UNSQ_C_SURPRISE_EOF);
+  	exit (1);