diff --git a/base/diffutils/diffutils-3.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch b/base/diffutils/diffutils-3.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
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+++ b/base/diffutils/diffutils-3.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../diffutils/diffutils-3.0-glibc-2.16-no-gets.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2012 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Since the 2.16 release of the glibc, 'gets' is not defined in the gnulib anymore
+
+This is a hack until upstream pulls in a new gnulib version
+
+Within gnulib this issue was already adsressed in the following commit:
+
+http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=66712c23388e93e5c518ebc8515140fa0c80734
+
+--- diffutils-3.0/lib/stdio.in.h.orig	2012-08-05 05:13:52.951988940 +0200
++++ diffutils-3.0/lib/stdio.in.h	2012-08-05 05:14:18.730876314 +0200
+@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@
+    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
+    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
+ #undef gets
+-_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
+ 
+ #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
+ # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@