diff --git a/package.mask/all b/package.mask/all
index 4e80691..ca9aed4 100644
--- a/package.mask/all
+++ b/package.mask/all
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 >=media-video/ffmpeg-6.1.2-r1
 >=net-analyzer/wireshark-4.4
 =net-mail/fetchmail-6.5.4
+=net-mail/fetchmail-6.5.6
 =net-misc/socat-1.7.4.4-r1
 =net-misc/socat-1.8.0.0
 =net-misc/socat-1.8.0.1
diff --git a/patches/app-emulation/xen-4.9.1-r1/000-binutils-file-format.patch b/patches/app-emulation/xen-4.9.1-r1/000-binutils-file-format.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 96d4242..0000000
--- a/patches/app-emulation/xen-4.9.1-r1/000-binutils-file-format.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
-index b5cb5e3..812667c 100644
-
-Gentoo patch for a Xen build failure with the following error:
-    efi/buildid.o: file not recognized: File format is ambiguous
-    efi/buildid.o: matching formats: coff-x86-64 pe-x86-64
-
-Tested with
-    app-emulation/xen-4.9.1-r1 USE=efi
-    binutils: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-2.28.1
-    profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened
-
-Write this patch to
-    /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/xen-4.9.1-r1/000-binutils-file-format.patch
-and emerge xen.
-
-SEE ALSO
-    https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1072366.html
-    https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-12/msg00799.html
-    https://gist.github.com/daemon32/4632925cca4eb53ead231fe373b6a53d
-
---- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
-+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
-@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ EFI_LDFLAGS += --major-image-version=$(XEN_VERSION)
- EFI_LDFLAGS += --minor-image-version=$(XEN_SUBVERSION)
- EFI_LDFLAGS += --major-os-version=2 --minor-os-version=0
- EFI_LDFLAGS += --major-subsystem-version=2 --minor-subsystem-version=0
-+EFI_LDFLAGS += -b coff-x86-64
-
- $(TARGET).efi: VIRT_BASE = 0x$(shell $(NM) efi/relocs-dummy.o | sed -n 's, A VIRT_START$$,,p')
- $(TARGET).efi: ALT_BASE = 0x$(shell $(NM) efi/relocs-dummy.o | sed -n 's, A ALT_START$$,,p')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/app-office/scribus-1.6.1-r1/scribus-qt.patch b/patches/app-office/scribus-1.6.1-r1/scribus-qt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bff9223..0000000
--- a/patches/app-office/scribus-1.6.1-r1/scribus-qt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
---- a/scribus/plugins/gettext/htmlim/htmlreader.cpp	2024-01-07 18:06:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/scribus/plugins/gettext/htmlim/htmlreader.cpp	2024-07-03 00:07:19.308537750 +0200
-@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
- 		bool lcis = (chr.length() > 0 && chr[0].isSpace());
- 		if (inPre)
- 		{
--			if (tmp.at(0) == "\n")
-+			if (tmp.at(0) == '\n')
- 				tmp = tmp.right(tmp.length() - 2);
- 		}
- 		else
---- a/scribus/plugins/gettext/sxwim/stylereader.cpp	2024-01-07 18:06:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/scribus/plugins/gettext/sxwim/stylereader.cpp	2024-07-03 00:08:30.136347003 +0200
-@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@
- 			currentStyle->getFont()->setHscale(static_cast<int>(getSize(attrValue, -1.0)));
- 		else if ((attrName == "style:text-position") &&
- 				 (((attrValue).indexOf("sub") != -1) ||
--				  (((attrValue).at(0) == "-") && ((attrValue).at(0) != "0"))))
-+				  (((attrValue).at(0) == '-') && ((attrValue).at(0) != '0'))))
- 			currentStyle->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUBSCRIPT);
- 		else if ((attrName == "style:text-position") &&
- 				 (((attrValue).indexOf("super") != -1) ||
--				  (((attrValue).at(0) != "-") && ((attrValue).at(0) != "0"))))
-+				  (((attrValue).at(0) != '-') && ((attrValue).at(0) != '0'))))
- 			currentStyle->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUPERSCRIPT);
- 		else if ((attrName == "fo:margin-top") && (pstyle != nullptr))
- 			pstyle->setSpaceAbove(getSize(attrValue));
-@@ -666,11 +666,11 @@
- 		style->getFont()->setHscale(static_cast<int>(getSize(value, -1.0)));
- 	else if ((key == "style:text-position") &&
- 			 ((value.indexOf("sub") != -1) ||
--			  ((value.at(0) == "-") && (value.at(0) != "0"))))
-+			  ((value.at(0) == '-') && (value.at(0) != '0'))))
- 		style->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUBSCRIPT);
- 	else if ((key == "style:text-position") &&
- 			 ((value.indexOf("super") != -1) ||
--			  ((value.at(0) != "-") && (value.at(0) != "0"))))
-+			  ((value.at(0) != '-') && (value.at(0) != '0'))))
- 		style->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUPERSCRIPT);
- 	else if ((key == "fo:margin-top") && (pstyle != nullptr))
- 		pstyle->setSpaceAbove(getSize(value));
---- a/scribus/scribusapp.cpp	2024-01-07 18:07:07.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/scribus/scribusapp.cpp	2024-07-03 00:06:56.659238354 +0200
-@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
- 		}
- 		else
- 		{ //argument is not a known option, but either positional parameter or invalid.
--			if (arg.at(0) == "-")
-+			if (arg.at(0) == '-')
- 			{
- 				std::cout << tr("Invalid argument: %1").arg(arg).toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
- 				std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
diff --git a/patches/app-office/scribus-1.6.2/scribus-qt.patch b/patches/app-office/scribus-1.6.2/scribus-qt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c2849c9..0000000
--- a/patches/app-office/scribus-1.6.2/scribus-qt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
---- a/scribus/plugins/gettext/htmlim/htmlreader.cpp	2024-06-15 16:22:25.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/scribus/plugins/gettext/htmlim/htmlreader.cpp	2024-07-19 22:04:50.580447895 +0200
-@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
- 		bool lcis = (chr.length() > 0 && chr[0].isSpace());
- 		if (inPre)
- 		{
--			if (tmp.at(0) == "\n")
-+			if (tmp.at(0) == '\n')
- 				tmp = tmp.right(tmp.length() - 2);
- 		}
- 		else
---- a/scribus/plugins/gettext/sxwim/stylereader.cpp	2024-06-15 16:22:26.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/scribus/plugins/gettext/sxwim/stylereader.cpp	2024-07-19 22:05:56.378519379 +0200
-@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@
- 			currentStyle->getFont()->setHscale(static_cast<int>(getSize(attrValue, -1.0)));
- 		else if ((attrName == "style:text-position") &&
- 				 ((attrValue.indexOf("sub") != -1) ||
--				  ((attrValue.at(0) == "-") && (attrValue.at(0) != "0"))))
-+				  ((attrValue.at(0) == '-') && (attrValue.at(0) != '0'))))
- 			currentStyle->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUBSCRIPT);
- 		else if ((attrName == "style:text-position") &&
- 				 ((attrValue.indexOf("super") != -1) ||
--				  ((attrValue.at(0) != "-") && (attrValue.at(0) != "0"))))
-+				  ((attrValue.at(0) != '-') && (attrValue.at(0) != '0'))))
- 			currentStyle->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUPERSCRIPT);
- 		else if ((attrName == "fo:margin-top") && (pstyle != nullptr))
- 			pstyle->setSpaceAbove(getSize(attrValue));
-@@ -652,11 +652,11 @@
- 		style->getFont()->setHscale(static_cast<int>(getSize(value, -1.0)));
- 	else if ((key == "style:text-position") &&
- 			 ((value.indexOf("sub") != -1) ||
--			  ((value.at(0) == "-") && (value.at(0) != "0"))))
-+			  ((value.at(0) == '-') && (value.at(0) != '0'))))
- 		style->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUBSCRIPT);
- 	else if ((key == "style:text-position") &&
- 			 ((value.indexOf("super") != -1) ||
--			  ((value.at(0) != "-") && (value.at(0) != "0"))))
-+			  ((value.at(0) != '-') && (value.at(0) != '0'))))
- 		style->getFont()->toggleEffect(SUPERSCRIPT);
- 	else if ((key == "fo:margin-top") && (pstyle != nullptr))
- 		pstyle->setSpaceAbove(getSize(value));
---- a/scribus/scribusapp.cpp	2024-06-15 16:22:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/scribus/scribusapp.cpp	2024-07-19 22:06:24.697689389 +0200
-@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
- 		}
- 		else
- 		{ //argument is not a known option, but either positional parameter or invalid.
--			if (arg.at(0) == "-")
-+			if (arg.at(0) == '-')
- 			{
- 				std::cout << tr("Invalid argument: %1").arg(arg).toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
- 				std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
diff --git a/patches/dev-db/mysql++/mysql++-3.1.0-gold.patch b/patches/dev-db/mysql++/mysql++-3.1.0-gold.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c7ec7d..0000000
--- a/patches/dev-db/mysql++/mysql++-3.1.0-gold.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.in.orig	2013-09-27 09:51:48.646667442 -0400
-+++ Makefile.in	2013-09-27 09:52:22.026603184 -0400
-@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
- CXX = @CXX@
- CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
- CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
--LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
-+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@
- 
- ### Variables: ###
-