diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/patches.upstream/bash42-038.patch b/packages/sysutils/bash/patches.upstream/bash42-038.patch
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+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/patches.upstream/bash42-038.patch
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+			     BASH PATCH REPORT
+			     =================
+
+Bash-Release:	4.2
+Patch-ID:	bash42-038
+
+Bug-Reported-by:	armandsl@gmail.com
+Bug-Reference-ID:	<20120822112810.8D14920040@windmill.latviatours.lv>
+Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-08/msg00049.html
+
+Bug-Description:
+
+If a backslash-newline (which is removed) with no other input is given as
+input to `read', the shell tries to dereference a null pointer and seg faults.
+
+Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
+
+*** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/read.def	2012-03-11 17:52:44.000000000 -0400
+--- builtins/read.def	2012-08-22 11:53:09.000000000 -0400
+***************
+*** 792,796 ****
+  #endif
+  
+!   if (saw_escape)
+      {
+        t = dequote_string (input_string);
+--- 847,851 ----
+  #endif
+  
+!   if (saw_escape && input_string && *input_string)
+      {
+        t = dequote_string (input_string);
+*** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010
+--- patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011
+***************
+*** 26,30 ****
+     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
+  
+! #define PATCHLEVEL 37
+  
+  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
+--- 26,30 ----
+     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
+  
+! #define PATCHLEVEL 38
+  
+  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/patches.upstream/bash42-039.patch b/packages/sysutils/bash/patches.upstream/bash42-039.patch
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+			     BASH PATCH REPORT
+			     =================
+
+Bash-Release:	4.2
+Patch-ID:	bash42-039
+
+Bug-Reported-by:	Dan Douglas <ormaaj@gmail.com>
+Bug-Reference-ID:	<1498458.MpVlmOXDB7@smorgbox>
+Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-09/msg00008.html
+
+Bug-Description:
+
+Under certain circumstances, bash attempts to expand variables in arithmetic
+expressions even when evaluation is being suppressed.
+
+Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):
+
+*** ../bash-4.2-patched/expr.c	2011-11-21 18:03:35.000000000 -0500
+--- expr.c	2012-09-09 16:31:18.000000000 -0400
+***************
+*** 1010,1013 ****
+--- 1073,1082 ----
+  #endif
+  
++ /*itrace("expr_streval: %s: noeval = %d", tok, noeval);*/
++   /* If we are suppressing evaluation, just short-circuit here instead of
++      going through the rest of the evaluator. */
++   if (noeval)
++     return (0);
++ 
+    /* [[[[[ */
+  #if defined (ARRAY_VARS)
+***************
+*** 1183,1186 ****
+--- 1256,1263 ----
+  
+        *cp = '\0';
++       /* XXX - watch out for pointer aliasing issues here */
++       if (curlval.tokstr && curlval.tokstr == tokstr)
++ 	init_lvalue (&curlval);
++ 
+        FREE (tokstr);
+        tokstr = savestring (tp);
+*** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010
+--- patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011
+***************
+*** 26,30 ****
+     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
+  
+! #define PATCHLEVEL 38
+  
+  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
+--- 26,30 ----
+     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
+  
+! #define PATCHLEVEL 39
+  
+  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */