diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e51827..af60ccc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-DEPENDS = flex,zlib
+DEPENDS = flex,glibc,zlib
 ARCH = x86_64
 URL = http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
 DESC = The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools.
-SNAPVER = sr2
+SNAPVER = sr3
 
 ARCHIVE := $(PWD)/SRC/$(shell ls SRC|egrep '(bz2|gz|tar|xz)$$'|tail -1)
 TYPE := $(shell file -ib $(ARCHIVE)|cut -d';' -f1|tr -d '\n')
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ PATCHDIR := $(PWD)/SRC/patches
 BUILDDIR := $(PWD)/BUILD
 VERSION := $(shell echo $(SRCDIR)|egrep -o '\-[0-9].*'|sed 's/^-//')$(SNAPVER)
 
-MAKE = make tooldir=/usr
-MAKEINST = make tooldir=/usr install
-SNAPHACKS = rm -v $(ROOT)/usr/share/info/dir
-
 include /usr/share/snap/Makefile.snaplinux
 
-$(SRCDIR): $(ARCHIVE)
+$(SRCDIR)/configure: $(ARCHIVE)
 	@if [ '$(TYPE)' == 'application/x-bzip2' ]; then \
 		tar -jxf $(ARCHIVE); \
 	elif [ '$(TYPE)' == 'application/x-gzip' ]; then \
@@ -40,14 +36,16 @@ $(SRCDIR): $(ARCHIVE)
 		echo 'Unable to determine archive type'; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
+	@touch $(SRCDIR)/configure
 
-$(BUILDDIR)/config.log: $(SRCDIR)
+$(BUILDDIR)/config.log: $(SRCDIR)/configure
+	@cd $(SRCDIR) && \
+	for patch in `find $(PATCHDIR) -name \*.patch|sort`; do \
+		patch --verbose -Np1 -i $$patch; \
+	done
 	@if [ ! -d $(BUILDDIR) ]; then \
 		mkdir -v $(BUILDDIR); \
 	fi
-	@cd $(SRCDIR) && for patch in `find $(PATCHDIR) -name \*.patch`; do \
-		patch --verbose -Np0 -i $$patch; \
-	done
 	@cd $(BUILDDIR); \
 	../$(SRCDIR)/configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/config.log: $(SRCDIR)
 		--target=x86_64-snap-linux-gnu
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/binutils/ar: $(BUILDDIR)/config.log
-	@cd $(BUILDDIR); \
-	$(MAKE)
+	@cd $(BUILDDIR) && make tooldir=/usr
 
 $(ROOT): $(BUILDDIR)/binutils/ar
 	@if [ -d $(ROOT) ]; then \
@@ -68,10 +65,8 @@ $(ROOT): $(BUILDDIR)/binutils/ar
 		mkdir -v $(ROOT); \
 	fi
 
-	@cd $(BUILDDIR); \
-	$(MAKEINST) DESTDIR=$(ROOT)
-
-	@$(SNAPHACKS)
+	@cd $(BUILDDIR) && make tooldir=/usr install DESTDIR=$(ROOT) && \
+	rm -v $(ROOT)/usr/share/info/dir
 
 test: $(ROOT)
 	@cd $(BUILDDIR); \