diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/100-dwarf-stack-overflow.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8a/100-dwarf-stack-overflow.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/110-security-errata-20050610.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8a/110-security-errata-20050610.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/120-tdep-opcode-include-workaround.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8a/120-tdep-opcode-include-workaround.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/130-reg-no-longer-active.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8a/130-reg-no-longer-active.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/140-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8a/140-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/6.8/150-handle-stpcpy-define.patch b/patches/gdb/6.8a/150-handle-stpcpy-define.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/7.0.1/100-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch b/patches/gdb/7.0.1a/100-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/7.0/100-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch b/patches/gdb/7.0a/100-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch
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rename from patches/gdb/7.0/100-sim-ppc-have-config-h.patch
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diff --git a/patches/gdb/7.2/100-sim-ppc-lz-fix.patch b/patches/gdb/7.2a/100-sim-ppc-lz-fix.patch
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