diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/meta b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/meta
index 60423732b6..848c40e41c 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/meta
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKG_NAME="gcc"
-PKG_VERSION="4.5-20101125"
+PKG_VERSION="4.5.2-RC-20101208"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-ppl-0.11-0.1.patch b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-ppl-0.11-0.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 946e23454b..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-ppl-0.11-0.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur gcc-4.5.1/configure gcc-4.5.1.patch/configure
---- gcc-4.5.1/configure	2010-06-24 23:06:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ gcc-4.5.1.patch/configure	2010-09-02 17:12:08.807742278 +0200
-@@ -5781,7 +5781,7 @@
- 
- # Check for PPL
- ppl_major_version=0
--ppl_minor_version=10
-+ppl_minor_version=11
- ppllibs=" -lppl_c -lppl -lgmpxx"
- pplinc=
- 
-diff -Naur gcc-4.5.1/configure.ac gcc-4.5.1.patch/configure.ac
---- gcc-4.5.1/configure.ac	2010-06-24 23:06:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ gcc-4.5.1.patch/configure.ac	2010-09-02 17:12:22.748618664 +0200
-@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@
- 
- # Check for PPL
- ppl_major_version=0
--ppl_minor_version=10
-+ppl_minor_version=11
- ppllibs=" -lppl_c -lppl -lgmpxx"
- pplinc=
- 
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-050_fix_undefined_references_with_lto-0.1.patch b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-050_fix_undefined_references_with_lto-0.1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-050_fix_undefined_references_with_lto-0.1.patch
rename to packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-050_fix_undefined_references_with_lto-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-bfd_and_gold.patch b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-bfd_and_gold.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-bfd_and_gold.patch
rename to packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-bfd_and_gold.patch
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-disable_multilib_i386_linux64.patch b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-disable_multilib_i386_linux64.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-disable_multilib_i386_linux64.patch
rename to packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-disable_multilib_i386_linux64.patch
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-dynamic_linker.patch b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-dynamic_linker.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-dynamic_linker.patch
rename to packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-dynamic_linker.patch
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-libstdc++-v3_config.patch b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-libstdc++-v3_config.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5-20101125-libstdc++-v3_config.patch
rename to packages/toolchain/lang/gcc/patches/gcc-4.5.2-RC-20101208-libstdc++-v3_config.patch