diff --git a/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_ar_c b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_ar_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65ef3c9b57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_ar_c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- binutils/ar.c.orig Wed Feb 20 17:35:04 2002
++++ binutils/ar.c      Wed Feb 20 17:42:49 2002
+@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
+
+   old_name = xmalloc (strlen (bfd_get_filename (iarch)) + 1);
+   strcpy (old_name, bfd_get_filename (iarch));
+-  new_name = make_tempname (old_name);
++  new_name = make_tempname (old_name, 0);
+
+   output_filename = new_name;
+
diff --git a/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_bucomm_c b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_bucomm_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..933950fdddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_bucomm_c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+--- binutils/bucomm.c.orig     Wed Feb 20 17:35:00 2002
++++ binutils/bucomm.c  Wed Feb 20 17:40:47 2002
+@@ -208,12 +208,14 @@
+ /* Return the name of a temporary file in the same directory as FILENAME.  */
+
+ char *
+-make_tempname (filename)
++make_tempname (filename, isdir)
+      char *filename;
++     int isdir;
+ {
+   static char template[] = "stXXXXXX";
+   char *tmpname;
+   char *slash = strrchr (filename, '/');
++  char c;
+
+ #ifdef HAVE_DOS_BASED_FILE_SYSTEM
+   {
+@@ -228,8 +230,6 @@
+
+   if (slash != (char *) NULL)
+     {
+-      char c;
+-
+       c = *slash;
+       *slash = 0;
+       tmpname = xmalloc (strlen (filename) + sizeof (template) + 2);
+@@ -243,15 +243,31 @@
+ #endif
+       strcat (tmpname, "/");
+       strcat (tmpname, template);
+-      mktemp (tmpname);
+-      *slash = c;
+     }
+   else
+     {
+       tmpname = xmalloc (sizeof (template));
+       strcpy (tmpname, template);
+-      mktemp (tmpname);
+     }
++
++  if (isdir)
++    {
++      if (mkdtemp (tmpname) != (char *) NULL)
++      tmpname = NULL;
++    }
++  else
++    {
++      int fd;
++
++      fd = mkstemp (tmpname);
++      if (fd == -1)
++      tmpname = NULL;
++      else
++      close (fd);
++    }
++  if (slash != (char *) NULL)
++    *slash = c;
++
+   return tmpname;
+ }
+
diff --git a/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_bucomm_h b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_bucomm_h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67298c2c239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_bucomm_h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- binutils/bucomm.h.orig     Wed Feb 20 18:35:42 2002
++++ binutils/bucomm.h  Wed Feb 20 18:36:24 2002
+@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
+
+ void print_arelt_descr PARAMS ((FILE *file, bfd *abfd, boolean verbose));
+
+-char *make_tempname PARAMS ((char *));
++char *make_tempname PARAMS ((char *, int));
+
+ bfd_vma parse_vma PARAMS ((const char *, const char *));
+
diff --git a/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_objcopy_c b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_objcopy_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbf79eda641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-binutils_objcopy_c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- binutils/objcopy.c.orig	Fri Mar  8 10:02:46 2002
++++ binutils/objcopy.c	Fri Mar  8 10:03:36 2002
+@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@
+     } *list, *l;
+   bfd **ptr = &obfd->archive_head;
+   bfd *this_element;
+-  char *dir = make_tempname (bfd_get_filename (obfd));
++  char *dir = make_tempname (bfd_get_filename (obfd), 1);
+ 
+   /* Make a temp directory to hold the contents.  */
+ #if defined (_WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN32__)
+@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@
+       if (output_file != NULL)
+ 	tmpname = output_file;
+       else
+-	tmpname = make_tempname (argv[i]);
++	tmpname = make_tempname (argv[i], 0);
+       status = 0;
+ 
+       copy_file (argv[i], tmpname, input_target, output_target);
+@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@
+ 
+   if (output_filename == (char *) NULL)
+     {
+-      char *tmpname = make_tempname (input_filename);
++      char *tmpname = make_tempname (input_filename, 0);
+ 
+       copy_file (input_filename, tmpname, input_target, output_target);
+       if (status == 0)
diff --git a/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-include_libiberty_h b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-include_libiberty_h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ba8efda085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-include_libiberty_h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- include/libiberty.h.orig   Wed Feb 20 18:12:05 2002
++++ include/libiberty.h        Wed Feb 20 18:16:30 2002
+@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #endif
+
++/* Make temporary file name */
++
++extern int mkstemp PARAMS ((char *));
++extern char *mkdtemp PARAMS ((char *));
++
+ /* Build an argument vector from a string.  Allocates memory using
+    malloc.  Use freeargv to free the vector.  */
+