diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 92e3af1..890a148 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ export READELF="$LFS_TGT-readelf"
 # remove hardening options for building libraries
 export CFLAGS="-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -O2   -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib -L$LFS/usr/lib -I$LFS_TOOLS/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include"
 export CPPFLAGS="-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -O2 -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib -L$LFS/usr/lib -I$LFS_TOOLS/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/14.2.0/ -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/14.2.0/$LFS_TGT"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$LFS/usr/lib -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH_old="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
@@ -763,6 +764,8 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gawk" ]; then
 
     make -j 32
     make -j 32 install
+    
+    "$STRIP" --strip-unneeded "$LFS/bin/gawk"
 
     cd "$BASE_DIR"
     rm -rf "$STEPS_DIR/gawk"
@@ -790,6 +793,8 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/grep" ]; then
     make -j 32
     make -j 32 install
 
+    "$STRIP" --strip-unneeded "$LFS/bin/grep"
+
     cd "$BASE_DIR"
     rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/grep"
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/grep"
@@ -815,8 +820,10 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gzip" ]; then
     make -j 32
     make -j 32 install
 
-    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    "$STRIP" --strip-unneeded "$LFS/bin/gzip"
 
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/gzip"
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/gzip"
 fi
 
@@ -841,7 +848,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/make" ]; then
     make -j 32 install
 
     cd "$BASE_DIR"
-
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/make"
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/make"
 fi
 
@@ -871,39 +878,159 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/libiconv" ]; then
     make -j 32 DESTDIR="$LFS" install
 
     cd "$BASE_DIR"
-
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/libiconv"
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/libiconv"
 fi
 
-## build gettext
-#if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gettext" ]; then
-#    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/gettext" ]; then
-#        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/gettext-0.23.tar.gz"
-#        mv "gettext-0.23" "$LFS_BUILD/gettext"
-#    fi
-#    cd "$LFS_BUILD/gettext"
-#
-#    EMACS="no" autoreconf -fi
-#
-#    mkdir -vp build
-#    cd        build
-#
-#    EMACS="no" "../configure"             \
-#        --prefix=$LFS                     \
-#        --host=${LFS_TGT}                 \
-#        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET}  \
-#        --disable-shared                  \
-#        --libdir=$LFS/usr/lib             \
-#        --cache-file=config.cache
-#    
-#
-#    make -j 32
-#    make -j 32 install
-#
-#    cd "$BASE_DIR"
-#
-#    touch "$STEPS_DIR/gettext"
-#fi
+# build patch
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/patch" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/patch" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/patch-2.7.6.tar.gz"
+        mv "patch-2.7.6" "$LFS_BUILD/patch"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/patch"
+
+    mkdir -vp build
+    cd        build
+
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=$LFS/usr                \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    make -j 32
+    make -j 32 DESTDIR="$LFS" install
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/patch"
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/patch"
+fi
+
+# build sed
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/sed" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/sed" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/sed-4.9.tar.xz"
+        mv "sed-4.9" "$LFS_BUILD/sed"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/sed"
+
+    mkdir -vp build
+    cd        build
+
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=$LFS                    \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    
+    make -j 32 install
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/sed"
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/sed"
+fi
+
+# build tar
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/tar" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/tar" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/tar-1.35.tar.xz"
+        mv "tar-1.35" "$LFS_BUILD/tar"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/tar"
+
+    export LDFLAGS_old="$LDFLAGS"
+    export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -liconv"
+
+    mkdir -vp build
+    cd        build
+
+#    cat > config.cache << EOF
+#gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes
+#gl_cv_func_btowc_eof=yes
+#ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes
+#gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_incomplete_state=yes
+#gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_nul_retval=yes
+#gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_null_arg1=yes
+#gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_null_arg2=yes
+#gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_retval=yes
+#gl_cv_func_wcrtomb_retval=yes
+#EOF
+
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=$LFS                    \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    make -j 32
+    make -j 32 install
+
+    "$LFS_TGT-strip" --strip-unneeded $LFS/bin/tar
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/tar"
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/tar"
+fi
+
+# build gettext
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gettext" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/gettext" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/gettext-0.23.tar.gz"
+        mv "gettext-0.23" "$LFS_BUILD/gettext"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/gettext"
+
+    EMACS="no" autoreconf -fi
+
+    mkdir -vp build
+    cd        build
+
+    EMACS="no" "../configure"             \
+        --prefix=$LFS                     \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                 \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET}  \
+        --disable-shared                  \
+        --libdir=$LFS/usr/lib             \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+    
+
+    make -j 32
+    make -j 32 install
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/gettext"
+fi
+
+# build texinfo
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/texinfo" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/texinfo" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/texinfo-7.1.1.tar.xz"
+        mv "texinfo-7.1.1" "$LFS_BUILD/texinfo"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/texinfo"
+
+    mkdir -vp build
+    cd        build
+
+    PERL=/usr/bin/perl                   \
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=$LFS                    \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    #make -j 32
+    make -j 32 DESTDIR="$LFS" install
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/texinfo"
+fi
+
+
 
 #"$LFS_TGT-strip" --strip-unneeded $LFS/bin/*