diff --git a/devel/gcc/Makefile b/devel/gcc/Makefile
index e45372e4f8..583ce15bc4 100644
--- a/devel/gcc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gcc/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=gcc
 GCC_VERSION:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION))
 PKG_VERSION:=$(firstword $(subst +, ,$(GCC_VERSION)))
+GCC_MAJOR_VERSION:=$(word 1,$(subst ., ,$(PKG_VERSION)))
 PKG_RELEASE:=5
 GCC_DIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),12.3.0)
 	PKG_HASH:=949a5d4f99e786421a93b532b22ffab5578de7321369975b91aec97adfda8c3b
 endif
 
-PATCH_DIR=./patches/$(GCC_VERSION)
+PATCH_DIR:=patches-$(GCC_MAJOR_VERSION).x
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/002-case_insensitive.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/002-case_insensitive.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/010-documentation.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/010-documentation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/010-documentation.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/010-documentation.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/230-musl_libssp.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/230-musl_libssp.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/881-no_tm_section.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/881-no_tm_section.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/930-fix-mips-noexecstack.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/930-fix-mips-noexecstack.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/930-fix-mips-noexecstack.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/930-fix-mips-noexecstack.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-10.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/10.3.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-10.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/002-case_insensitive.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/002-case_insensitive.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/010-documentation.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/010-documentation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/010-documentation.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/010-documentation.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/011-v12-configure-define-TARGET_LIBC_GNUSTACK-on-musl.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/011-v12-configure-define-TARGET_LIBC_GNUSTACK-on-musl.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/011-v12-configure-define-TARGET_LIBC_GNUSTACK-on-musl.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/011-v12-configure-define-TARGET_LIBC_GNUSTACK-on-musl.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/230-musl_libssp.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/230-musl_libssp.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/881-no_tm_section.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/881-no_tm_section.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-11.x/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/11.3.0/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-11.x/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/002-case_insensitive.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/002-case_insensitive.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/010-documentation.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/010-documentation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/010-documentation.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/010-documentation.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/230-musl_libssp.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/230-musl_libssp.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/851-libgcc_no_compat.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/881-no_tm_section.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/881-no_tm_section.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-12.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-12.x/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/12.3.0/970-macos_arm64-building-fix.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/002-case_insensitive.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/002-case_insensitive.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/002-case_insensitive.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/003-dont-choke-when-building-32bit-on-64bit.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/010-documentation.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/010-documentation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/010-documentation.patch
rename to devel/gcc/patches-8.x/010-documentation.patch
diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/110-Fix-MIPS-PR-84790.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/230-musl_libssp.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/230-musl_libssp.patch
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rename from devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/230-musl_libssp.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/300-mips_Os_cpu_rtx_cost_model.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/800-arm_v5te_no_ldrd_strd.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/800-arm_v5te_no_ldrd_strd.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/810-arm-softfloat-libgcc.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/820-libgcc_pic.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/820-libgcc_pic.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/850-use_shared_libgcc.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/870-ppc_no_crtsavres.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/881-no_tm_section.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/881-no_tm_section.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/900-bad-mips16-crt.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/910-mbsd_multi.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/910-mbsd_multi.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/930-fix-mips-noexecstack.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/930-fix-mips-noexecstack.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/931-libffi-fix-MIPS-softfloat-build-issue.patch
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diff --git a/devel/gcc/patches/8.4.0/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch b/devel/gcc/patches-8.x/960-gotools-fix-compilation-when-making-cross-compiler.patch
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