diff --git a/erlang.spec b/erlang.spec
index 0e6437e..78b81b9 100644
--- a/erlang.spec
+++ b/erlang.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           erlang
 Version:        R12B
-Release:        0.2%{?dist}
+Release:        0.3%{?dist}
 Summary:        General-purpose programming language and runtime environment
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch0:		otp-links.patch
 Patch1:		otp-install.patch
 Patch2:		otp-rpath.patch
 Patch3:         otp-sslrpath.patch
+Patch4:         otp-null.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	ncurses-devel
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  unixODBC-devel
 BuildRequires:	tcl-devel
 BuildRequires:	tk-devel
+BuildRequires:  gd-devel
 BuildRequires:	java-1.5.0-gcj-devel
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:	m4
@@ -47,12 +49,13 @@ Documentation for Erlang.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .install
 %patch2 -p1 -b .rpath
 %patch3 -p1 -b .sslrpath
+%patch4 -p1 -b .null
 # enable dynamic linking for ssl
 sed -i 's|SSL_DYNAMIC_ONLY=no|SSL_DYNAMIC_ONLY=yes|' erts/configure
 sed -i 's|LD.*=.*|LD = gcc -shared|' lib/common_test/c_src/Makefile
 
 %build
-./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --exec-prefix=%{_prefix} --bindir=%{_bindir} --libdir=%{_libdir}
+CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing" ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --exec-prefix=%{_prefix} --bindir=%{_bindir} --libdir=%{_libdir}
 chmod -R u+w .
 make
 
@@ -107,6 +110,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 23 2008 Gerard Milmeister <gemi@bluewin.ch> - R12B-0.3
+- disable strict aliasing optimization
+
 * Mon Feb 18 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - R12B-0.2
 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
 
diff --git a/otp-glibc25.patch b/otp-glibc25.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b9d849d..0000000
--- a/otp-glibc25.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- otp_src_R11B-2/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c.glibc25	2006-12-30 23:57:04.000000000 +0100
-+++ otp_src_R11B-2/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c	2006-12-30 23:57:36.000000000 +0100
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- #endif
- #include "hipe_signal.h"
- 
--#if __GLIBC__ == 2 && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ == 3 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ == 4)
-+#if __GLIBC__ == 2 && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ == 3 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ == 4 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ == 5)
- /* See comment below for glibc 2.2. */
- #ifndef __USE_GNU
- #define __USE_GNU		/* to un-hide RTLD_NEXT */
diff --git a/otp-null.patch b/otp-null.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b84d499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otp-null.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up otp_src_R12B-0/lib/orber/c_src/setsockaddr_in.c.null otp_src_R12B-0/lib/orber/c_src/setsockaddr_in.c
+--- otp_src_R12B-0/lib/orber/c_src/setsockaddr_in.c.null	2008-02-23 13:46:52.000000000 +0100
++++ otp_src_R12B-0/lib/orber/c_src/setsockaddr_in.c	2008-02-23 13:47:15.000000000 +0100
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
+  *     $Id: otp-null.patch,v 1.1 2008/02/23 13:41:16 gemi Exp $
+  *
+  */
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include "inet.h"
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/otp-run_erl.patch b/otp-run_erl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7629a75..0000000
--- a/otp-run_erl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
---- otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c.bak	2006-05-03 15:54:19.000000000 +0200
-+++ otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c	2006-05-03 15:57:36.000000000 +0200
-@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
- #include <dirent.h>
- #include <termios.h>
- #include <time.h>
-+#include <pty.h>
-+#include <utmp.h>
- #if !defined(NO_SYSLOG)
- #include <syslog.h>
- #endif
-@@ -803,6 +805,7 @@
- static int open_pty_master(char **ptyslave)
- {
-   int mfd;
-+  int sfd;
-   char *major, *minor;
- 
-   static char majorchars[] = "pqrstuvwxyzabcdePQRSTUVWXYZABCDE";
-@@ -818,6 +821,15 @@
-   /* http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~ali/K0D/UNIX/PTY/code/upty.h.html */
- 
-   {
-+    static char ttyname[] = "                                   ";
-+    if (0 == openpty(&mfd, &sfd, ttyname, NULL, NULL)) {
-+      close(sfd);
-+      *ptyslave = ttyname;
-+      return mfd;
-+    }
-+  }
-+
-+  {
-     /* New style devpts or devfs /dev/pty/{m,s}{0,1....} */
- 
-     static char ptyname[] = "/dev/pty/mX";
---- otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in.orig	2006-05-03 17:08:53.000000000 +0200
-+++ otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in	2006-05-03 17:10:18.000000000 +0200
-@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
- 	$(PURIFY) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(ENTRY_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/inet_gethost.o $(ENTRY_OBJ) $(LIBS) 
- 
- $(BINDIR)/run_erl: $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o
--	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o
-+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -lutil -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o
- 
- $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o: ../unix/run_erl.c
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c ../unix/run_erl.c