diff --git a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-net_c b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-net_c
index 9e35f5cb6e8..1812f40d3de 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-net_c
+++ b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-net_c
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-net_c,v 1.1 2002/07/23 17:58:56 pvalchev Exp $
---- net.c.orig	Mon Apr 13 03:09:26 1998
-+++ net.c	Tue Jul 23 11:52:31 2002
-@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-- 
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/socket.h>
- #include <netinet/in.h>
-+#include <arpa/inet.h>
- #include <netdb.h>
+$OpenBSD: patch-net_c,v 1.2 2012/08/06 20:32:22 naddy Exp $
+--- net.c.orig	Mon Apr 13 11:09:26 1998
++++ net.c	Mon Aug  6 22:23:24 2012
+@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  #include <sys/time.h>
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-newsfetch_c b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-newsfetch_c
index e1e70329afc..533425e7385 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-newsfetch_c
+++ b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-newsfetch_c
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-newsfetch_c,v 1.1 2002/07/23 17:58:56 pvalchev Exp $
---- newsfetch.c.orig	Thu Jul 23 03:28:56 1998
-+++ newsfetch.c	Tue Jul 23 11:27:03 2002
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-newsfetch_c,v 1.2 2012/08/06 20:32:22 naddy Exp $
+--- newsfetch.c.orig	Thu Jul 23 11:28:56 1998
++++ newsfetch.c	Mon Aug  6 22:24:26 2012
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ 
+  
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <pwd.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
--
 +#include <string.h>
+ 
  #include "newsfetch.h"
  
- extern char **environ;
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-nntp_c b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-nntp_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..257204125ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-nntp_c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-nntp_c,v 1.1 2012/08/06 20:32:22 naddy Exp $
+--- nntp.c.orig	Mon Aug  6 22:25:44 2012
++++ nntp.c	Mon Aug  6 22:26:07 2012
+@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <pwd.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-util_c b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-util_c
index e1c26368bf7..9e1833c2901 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-util_c
+++ b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-util_c
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-util_c,v 1.2 2004/01/04 21:39:33 espie Exp $
---- util.c.orig	1998-04-13 09:47:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ util.c	2004-01-04 22:37:14.000000000 +0100
-@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-util_c,v 1.3 2012/08/06 20:32:22 naddy Exp $
+--- util.c.orig	Mon Apr 13 09:47:40 1998
++++ util.c	Mon Aug  6 22:24:53 2012
+@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <errno.h>
  #include <pwd.h>
@@ -9,7 +14,7 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-util_c,v 1.2 2004/01/04 21:39:33 espie Exp $
  #include "newsfetch.h"
  
  extern int errno;
-@@ -61,16 +62,16 @@ generateProcmailrc(char *homedir, char *
+@@ -61,16 +63,16 @@ generateProcmailrc(char *homedir, char *rcfile, char *
  FILE *fp, *fp1, *fp2;
  char *tmp, buf[200], group[180], filterfile[100], procmailrcfile[100];
  int i,j;