diff --git a/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.sh b/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index fef38205..00000000
--- a/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-VERSION="13.2.0"
-TAR="https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/gcc/-/archive/redox-${VERSION}/gcc-redox-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-#GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/gcc.git
-#GIT_UPSTREAM=https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git
-#BRANCH="redox-${VERSION}"
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(relibc)
-DEPENDS="gnu-binutils relibc"
-
-function recipe_version {
-    echo "${VERSION}"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    ./contrib/download_prerequisites
-    cp config.sub gmp/config.sub
-    cp config.sub isl/config.sub
-    cp config.sub mpfr/config.sub
-    cp -f config.sub mpc/config.sub
-
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    mkdir -p "$sysroot/usr"
-    ln -sf "$sysroot/include" "$sysroot/usr/include"
-    ln -sf "$sysroot/lib" "$sysroot/usr/lib"
-    export LDFLAGS="--static"
-    ./configure \
-        --build=${BUILD} \
-        --host=${HOST} \
-        --target=${HOST} \
-        --prefix=/ \
-        --with-sysroot=/ \
-        --with-build-sysroot="$sysroot" \
-        --with-static-standard-libraries \
-        --disable-dlopen \
-        --disable-lto \
-        --disable-nls \
-        --enable-languages=c,c++ \
-        --enable-shared \
-        --enable-static \
-        --enable-threads=posix
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" -j "$(nproc)" all-gcc all-target-libgcc all-target-libstdc++-v3
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" DESTDIR="$dest" install-gcc install-target-libgcc install-target-libstdc++-v3
-    find "$dest"/{bin,libexec} -exec $STRIP {} ';' 2> /dev/null
-    ln -s "gcc" "$1/bin/cc"
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..106e8e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dev/gcc13/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/gcc/-/archive/redox-13.2.0/gcc-redox-13.2.0.tar.gz"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "libgmp",
+    "libmpfr",
+    "mpc",
+    "zlib"
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
+ln -sf "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include" "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include"
+ln -sf "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib" "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib"
+
+pushd $COOKBOOK_SOURCE
+COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF=autoreconf2.69 autotools_recursive_regenerate -I"$(realpath ./config)"
+cp -fpv $COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT/share/libtool/build-aux/{config.sub,config.guess,install-sh} libiberty/
+popd # pushd $COOKBOOK_SOURCE
+
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
+    --target="${GNU_TARGET}"
+    --prefix=/
+    --enable-shared
+    --disable-static
+    --with-sysroot=/
+    --with-build-sysroot="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
+    --enable-languages=c,c++,lto
+    --enable-initfini-array
+    --disable-multilib
+    --with-system-zlib
+    --enable-host-shared
+    --with-bugurl="https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/gcc/-/issues"
+)
+
+if [[ -n "$COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC" ]]; then
+  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --enable-static
+    --disable-shared
+  )
+else
+  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --enable-shared
+    --disable-static
+  )
+fi
+
+"${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}" all-gcc
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install-gcc DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
+ln -s "gcc" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin/cc"
+"""
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+    "libgcc",
+    "libgmp",
+    "libmpfr",
+    "mpc",
+    "zlib"
+]
diff --git a/recipes/dev/git/recipe.sh b/recipes/dev/git/recipe.sh
index 0d6f14c2..90c672ef 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/git/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/dev/git/recipe.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION=2.13.1
 TAR=https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$VERSION.tar.xz
 BUILD_DEPENDS=(zlib curl openssl1 expat nghttp2)
-DEPENDS="ca-certificates"
+DEPENDS="ca-certificates nghttp2"
 
 MAKEFLAGS=(
     NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL=1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function recipe_version {
 
 function recipe_build {
     sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib -static"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib"
     export CPPFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include"
     export CURL_CONFIG="$sysroot/bin/curl-config"
     ./configure \
diff --git a/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml
index 7db31a04..fb274e60 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-#TODO very basic makefiles are tested to work but needs more testing
-[source]
-tar = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.gz"
-patches = [
-    "redox.patch"
-]
-
-[build]
-template = "configure"
+#TODO very basic makefiles are tested to work but needs more testing
+[source]
+tar = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.4.tar.gz"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cp -rp "$COOKBOOK_SOURCE/." ./
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libgcc/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libgcc/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfdf136a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/libgcc/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[source]
+path = "../prefix/x86_64-unknown-redox/sysroot"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/lib"
+cp -vr ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/lib/gcc ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/lib/
+cp -vr ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/${TARGET}/lib/. ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/lib/
+rm ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/lib/{crt0.o,crt1.o,crti.o,crtn.o,libc.a,libc.so.6,ld64.so.1}
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml
index e464785c..a2330bd6 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
+# GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library (GMP) is a free and open source
+# library for arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers,
+# rational numbers, and floating-point numbers.
+
 [source]
-tar = "https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.2.1.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "52cecfbbe286820d1f8bc118769008acb6451bd074fe6dea9e868d54b2ada855"
+tar = "https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.3.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "fffe4996713928ae19331c8ef39129e46d3bf5b7182820656fd4639435cd83a4"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libiconv/01_redox.patch b/recipes/libs/libiconv/01_redox.patch
index 860bbed5..1e083ca8 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libiconv/01_redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/libs/libiconv/01_redox.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -ruw source/srclib/getprogname.c source-new/srclib/getprogname.c
---- source/srclib/getprogname.c	2017-01-01 16:02:21.000000000 -0700
-+++ source-new/srclib/getprogname.c	2018-12-29 08:08:09.138286508 -0700
-@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
+diff '--color=auto' -ur source/srclib/getprogname.c source-new/srclib/getprogname.c
+--- source/srclib/getprogname.c	2022-01-04 19:33:29.000000000 +1100
++++ source-new/srclib/getprogname.c	2024-11-24 00:42:48.384997609 +1100
+@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
  # include <string.h>
  #endif
  
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ diff -ruw source/srclib/getprogname.c source-new/srclib/getprogname.c
 +# include <limits.h>
 +#endif
 +
- #include "dirname.h"
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_GETPROGNAME             /* not Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD >= 5.4, Cygwin */
-@@ -143,6 +151,17 @@
-       free (buf.ps_pathptr);
+ #ifdef __MVS__
+ # ifndef _OPEN_SYS
+ #  define _OPEN_SYS
+@@ -287,6 +295,17 @@
+       close (fd);
      }
-   return p;
+   return "?";
 +# elif defined(__redox__)
 +  char filename[PATH_MAX];
 +  int fd = open ("sys:exe", O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
index 3c0970b7..38e46cce 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,40 @@
 [source]
-tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz"
-blake3 = "b736af4e8245ae9f1618ef226a3bf2a998334b745520565cf413c0a7d54b6924"
+tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.17.tar.gz"
+blake3 = "820b3b9fd3e2181bfb95475f01e9a3451e6d751e4f8c98ebcdcca1d8aa720f7f"
 patches = [
     "01_redox.patch"
 ]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cp ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 ./m4/
+cp ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 ./libcharset/m4/
+cp -fp ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/libtool/build-aux/ltmain.sh ./build-aux/
+cp -fp ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/libtool/build-aux/ltmain.sh ./libcharset/build-aux/
+cp ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4 ./m4/
+cp ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4 ./libcharset/m4/
+
+autotools_recursive_regenerate -I$(realpath ./m4) -I$(realpath ./srcm4)
+"""
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
+    --prefix=""
     ac_cv_have_decl_program_invocation_name=no
 )
+if [[ -n "$COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC" ]]; then
+  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --enable-static
+    --disable-shared
+  )
+else
+  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --enable-shared
+    --enable-static
+  )
+fi
 cookbook_configure
 """
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml
index a1f9d91f..3e653153 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/mpfr-4.2.1.tar.xz"
 blake3 = "f428023b8f7569fc1178faf63265ecb6cab4505fc3fce5d8c46af70db848a334"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
 
 [build]
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "libgmp",
 ]
-template = "configure"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
diff --git a/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..749805ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+ # C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily high
+ # precision and correct rounding of the result.
+
+[source]
+tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpc/mpc-1.3.1.tar.gz"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "libgmp",
+    "libmpfr",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
diff --git a/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml
index 81ef6277..ce862c9f 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 [source]
-tar = "https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/download/v1.62.1/nghttp2-1.62.1.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "77b1c0fed8e97db0aa7d6e1a5ed16e5a053093ed0006b7c747dca290d694f3af"
+tar = "https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/download/v1.64.0/nghttp2-1.64.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "1bbc08de4816769d800c42f501a00c1ba3f5efa1b76e1f65d2e5bdf3aa30354d"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --enable-lib-only
 )
diff --git a/recipes/libs/openssl1/openssl1.patch b/recipes/libs/openssl1/openssl1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82fe3ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/openssl1/openssl1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+diff --git a/Configurations/10-main.conf b/Configurations/10-main.conf
+index 45e2fc7a..2d7f7db3 100644
+--- a/Configurations/10-main.conf
++++ b/Configurations/10-main.conf
+@@ -175,28 +175,32 @@ sub vms_info {
+     },
+ 
+ 
+-### Redox
+-    "redox-aarch64" => {
+-        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_common", asm("aarch64_asm") ],
++### Redox configurations
++    "redox-common" => {
++        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_common" ],
+         cc               => "gcc",
+-        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -static -Wall",
++        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
++        dso_scheme       => "dlfcn",
++        shared_target    => "linux-shared",
++        shared_cflag     => "-fPIC",
++        shared_ldflag    => sub { $disabled{pinshared} ? () : "-Wl,-znodelete" },
++        shared_extension => ".so.\$(SHLIB_MAJOR).\$(SHLIB_MINOR)",
++    },
++    "redox-aarch64" => {
++        inherit_from     => [ "redox-common", asm("aarch64_asm") ],
++        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -Wall",
+         bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG",
+         perlasm_scheme   => "elf",
+-        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
+     },
+     "redox-i686" => {
+-        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_unix", asm("x86_elf_asm") ],
+-        cc               => "gcc",
+-        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -static -Wall",
++        inherit_from     => [ "redox-common", asm("x86_elf_asm") ],
++        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -Wall",
+         bn_ops           => "BN_LLONG",
+-        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
+     },
+     "redox-x86_64" => {
+-        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_common", asm("x86_64_asm") ],
+-        cc               => "gcc",
+-        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -static -Wall",
++        inherit_from     => [ "redox-common", asm("x86_64_asm") ],
++        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -Wall",
+         bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG",
+-        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
+     },
+ 
+ #### Solaris configurations
diff --git a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
index 55b707c0..2666b386 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/openssl1/recipe.toml
@@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ branch = "redox-v1"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 ARCH="${TARGET%%-*}"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/Configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    no-shared
+    shared
     no-dgram
     "redox-${ARCH}"
     --prefix="/"
 )
 export CC="${TARGET}-gcc"
-cookbook_configure
+"${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 rm -rfv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/"{share,ssl}
 """
diff --git a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
index 8e9a8709..fe1fc839 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ blake3 = "ec1abc6f672a7a6ee6f49ba544cc9529f73121b478310473be44fee22a140ebf"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-    export LDFLAGS="--static"
+    DYNAMIC_INIT
     # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21396988/zlib-build-not-configuring-properly-with-cross-compiler-ignores-ar.
-    CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" \
-        --prefix="" \
-        --static
+    CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" --prefix=""
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "$(nproc)"
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 """
+
diff --git a/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/01_build_fix.patch b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/01_build_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bf0ddac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/01_build_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff '--color=auto' -ur source/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac source-new/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac
+--- source/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac	2024-08-17 09:00:00.000000000 +1000
++++ source-new/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac	2024-12-04 15:59:58.407412951 +1100
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ 
+ m4_include([../../bfd/version.m4])
+ AC_INIT([gprofng], [BFD_VERSION])
+-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([../../config ../..])
++#AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([../../config ../..])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(../..)
+ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+diff '--color=auto' -ur source/libiberty/configure.ac source-new/libiberty/configure.ac
+--- source/libiberty/configure.ac	2024-08-17 09:00:00.000000000 +1000
++++ source-new/libiberty/configure.ac	2024-12-04 15:59:31.572203764 +1100
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+   libiberty_topdir="${srcdir}/.."
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(libiberty_topdir)
+-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR($libiberty_topdir)
++AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
+ 
+ dnl Very limited version of automake's enable-maintainer-mode
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f87b12bc..00000000
--- a/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/binutils-gdb.git
-BRANCH=redox-2.41
-GIT_UPSTREAM=https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(expat libgmp libmpfr)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    mkdir -p "$sysroot/usr"
-    ln -sf "$sysroot/include" "$sysroot/usr/include"
-    ln -sf "$sysroot/lib" "$sysroot/usr/lib"
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include -pie -fPIC -g"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib --static -g"
-    ./configure \
-        --build=${BUILD} \
-        --host=${HOST} \
-        --target=${HOST} \
-        --prefix=/ \
-        --with-sysroot=/ \
-        --with-build-sysroot="$sysroot" \
-        --enable-gdb \
-        --with-expat \
-        --with-multilib \
-        --with-interwork \
-        --enable-targets="${TARGET}" \
-        --disable-lto \
-        --disable-nls \
-        --disable-werror
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" -j"$($NPROC)"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" DESTDIR="$dest" install
-    find "$dest/bin" -exec $STRIP {} ';' 2> /dev/null
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..198037b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.43.1.tar.xz"
+patches = ["01_build_fix.patch"]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF=autoreconf2.69 autotools_recursive_regenerate -I"$(realpath ./config)"
+cp -fpv ${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/libtool/build-aux/{config.sub,config.guess,install-sh} libiberty/
+"""
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+  "expat",
+  "libgmp",
+  "libmpfr",
+  "zlib",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+  --target="${GNU_TARGET}"
+  --disable-werror
+  --disable-dependency-tracking
+  --disable-nls
+  --enable-colored-disassembly
+  --enable-gdb
+  --with-system-zlib
+  --with-multilib
+  --with-interwork
+  --with-pic
+  --with-expat
+)
+
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+  "libgcc", 
+  "expat",
+  "libgmp",
+  "libmpfr",
+  "zlib",
+]
+
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/mpc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/mpc/recipe.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb6d1d4b..00000000
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/mpc/recipe.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#TODO compiled but not tested
-[source]
-tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpc/mpc-1.3.1.tar.gz"
-[build]
-template = "configure"
-dependencies = [
-    "libgmp",
-    "libmpfr",
-]
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index 4b394b74..fcfab14a 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,35 @@ fn run_command_stdin(mut command: process::Command, stdin_data: &[u8]) -> Result
     Ok(())
 }
 
+static SHARED_PRESCRIPT: &str = r#"
+function DYNAMIC_INIT {
+  COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF="autoreconf"
+  autotools_recursive_regenerate() {
+    for f in $(find . -name configure.ac -o -name configure.in -type f | sort); do
+      echo "* autotools regen in '$(dirname $f)'..."
+      ( cd "$(dirname "$f")" && "${COOKBOOK_AUTORECONF}" -fvi "$@" -I${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal )
+    done
+  }
+
+  if [[ -n "$COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC" ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "WARN: Program is being compiled dynamically."
+
+  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
+    --prefix=""
+    --enable-shared
+    --disable-static
+  )
+
+  # TODO: check paths for spaces
+  export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
+  export RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=-crt-static"
+}
+"#;
+
 fn fetch(recipe_dir: &Path, source: &Option<SourceRecipe>) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
     let source_dir = recipe_dir.join("source");
     match source {
@@ -392,7 +421,7 @@ fi"#,
                     let mut command = Command::new("bash");
                     command.arg("-ex");
                     command.current_dir(&source_dir_tmp);
-                    run_command_stdin(command, script.as_bytes())?;
+                    run_command_stdin(command, format!("{SHARED_PRESCRIPT}\n{script}").as_bytes())?;
                 }
 
                 // Move source.tmp to source atomically
@@ -610,28 +639,6 @@ function cookbook_configure {
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 }
-
-function DYNAMIC_INIT {
-  echo "WARN: Program is being compiled dynamically." 
-
-  COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
-    --prefix=""
-    --enable-shared
-    --disable-static
-  )
-
-  # TODO: check paths for spaces
-  export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
-
-  autotools_recursive_regenerate() {
-    for f in $(find . -name configure.ac -o -name configure.in -type f | sort); do
-      echo "* autotools regenerate in '$(dirname $f)'..."
-      ( cd "$(dirname "$f")" && autoreconf -fvi "$@" -I${COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT}/share/aclocal )
-    done
-  }
-}
-
 "#;
 
         let post_script = r#"# Common post script
@@ -716,7 +723,7 @@ done
             command
         };
 
-        let full_script = format!("{}\n{}\n{}", pre_script, script, post_script);
+        let full_script = format!("{}\n{}\n{}\n{}", pre_script, SHARED_PRESCRIPT, script, post_script);
         run_command_stdin(command, full_script.as_bytes())?;
 
         // Move stage.tmp to stage atomically