diff --git a/libs/gd/Makefile b/libs/gd/Makefile
index 2649ee82d..ff13529b3 100644
--- a/libs/gd/Makefile
+++ b/libs/gd/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gd
-PKG_VERSION:=2.0.33
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.0.35
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.boutell.com/gd/http
-PKG_MD5SUM:=be0a6d326cd8567e736fbc75df0a5c45
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.libgd.org/releases
+PKG_MD5SUM:=6c6c3dbb7bf079e0bb5fbbfd3bb8a71c
+
+PKG_FIXUP = libtool
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
@@ -26,6 +28,11 @@ define Package/libgd
   URL:=http://www.boutell.com/gd/
 endef
 
+define Package/libgd/description
+  GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by
+  programmers. GD creates PNG, JPEG and GIF images, among other formats.
+endef
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-shared \
 	--enable-static \
diff --git a/libs/gd/patches/100-configure_fix.patch b/libs/gd/patches/100-configure_fix.patch
index dd7d6bc45..e9f4d5f49 100644
--- a/libs/gd/patches/100-configure_fix.patch
+++ b/libs/gd/patches/100-configure_fix.patch
@@ -1,26 +1,147 @@
-diff -urN gd-2.0.33.old/configure gd-2.0.33.dev/configure
---- gd-2.0.33.old/configure	2004-11-04 00:14:47.000000000 +0100
-+++ gd-2.0.33.dev/configure	2005-05-05 15:06:26.000000000 +0200
-@@ -7217,8 +7217,6 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -9454,21 +9454,6 @@
  shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
  version_type=none
  dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
 -sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
--sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
+-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
+-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
+-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
+-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
+-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
+-  else
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
+-  fi
+-else
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+-fi
+ need_lib_prefix=unknown
+ hardcode_into_libs=no
  
- case $host_os in
- aix3*)
-@@ -7481,8 +7479,6 @@
-   *)
-     ;;
-   esac
--  sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib${libsuff} /usr/lib${libsuff}"
--  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib${libsuff} /usr/lib${libsuff} /usr/local/lib${libsuff}"
-   ;;
+@@ -9816,12 +9801,6 @@
+   # before this can be enabled.
+   hardcode_into_libs=yes
+ 
+-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
+-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
+-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
+-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
+-  fi
+-
+   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
+   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
+   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
+@@ -13364,21 +13343,6 @@
+ shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
+ version_type=none
+ dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
+-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
+-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
+-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
+-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
+-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
+-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
+-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
+-  else
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
+-  fi
+-else
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+-fi
+ need_lib_prefix=unknown
+ hardcode_into_libs=no
+ 
+@@ -13726,12 +13690,6 @@
+   # before this can be enabled.
+   hardcode_into_libs=yes
+ 
+-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
+-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
+-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
+-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
+-  fi
+-
+   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
+   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
+   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
+@@ -15936,21 +15894,6 @@
+ shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
+ version_type=none
+ dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
+-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
+-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
+-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
+-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
+-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
+-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
+-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
+-  else
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
+-  fi
+-else
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+-fi
+ need_lib_prefix=unknown
+ hardcode_into_libs=no
+ 
+@@ -16298,12 +16241,6 @@
+   # before this can be enabled.
+   hardcode_into_libs=yes
+ 
+-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
+-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
+-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
+-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
+-  fi
+-
+   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
+   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
+   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
+@@ -18515,21 +18452,6 @@
+ shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
+ version_type=none
+ dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
+-sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
+-if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | $SED -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
+-  if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | grep ';' >/dev/null ; then
+-    # if the path contains ";" then we assume it to be the separator
+-    # otherwise default to the standard path separator (i.e. ":") - it is
+-    # assumed that no part of a normal pathname contains ";" but that should
+-    # okay in the real world where ";" in dirpaths is itself problematic.
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED -e 's/;/ /g'`
+-  else
+-    sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | $SED  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
+-  fi
+-else
+-  sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
+-fi
+ need_lib_prefix=unknown
+ hardcode_into_libs=no
+ 
+@@ -18877,12 +18799,6 @@
+   # before this can be enabled.
+   hardcode_into_libs=yes
+ 
+-  # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
+-  if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
+-    lt_ld_extra=`awk '/^include / { system(sprintf("cd /etc; cat %s", \$2)); skip = 1; } { if (!skip) print \$0; skip = 0; }' < /etc/ld.so.conf | $SED -e 's/#.*//;s/[:,	]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g;/^$/d' | tr '\n' ' '`
+-    sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
+-  fi
+-
+   # We used to test for /lib/ld.so.1 and disable shared libraries on
+   # powerpc, because MkLinux only supported shared libraries with the
+   # GNU dynamic linker.  Since this was broken with cross compilers,
+@@ -22026,14 +21942,14 @@
  
- netbsd*)
-@@ -11032,14 +11028,14 @@
- fi
  
    if test -n "$LIBPNG12_CONFIG"; then
 -    libpng_CPPFLAGS=`libpng12-config --cflags`
@@ -38,3 +159,14 @@ diff -urN gd-2.0.33.old/configure gd-2.0.33.dev/configure
      libpng_LDFLAGS=`echo " $libpng_LDFLAGS" | sed 's/ -l[^ ][^ ]*//g'`
    elif test -d "$withval"; then
      libpng_CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include"
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
+ AC_HEADER_STDC
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([errno.h limits.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h unistd.h])
+ 
+-AM_ICONV
++m4_pattern_allow([AM_ICONV])
+ # if test -n "$LIBICONV" ; then
+ #   LIBS="$LIBS $LIBICONV"
+ # fi
diff --git a/libs/gd/patches/110-avr32_fix.patch b/libs/gd/patches/110-avr32_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 55a15e55c..000000000
--- a/libs/gd/patches/110-avr32_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN gd-2.0.33.orig/config/config.sub gd-2.0.33/config/config.sub
---- gd-2.0.33.orig/config/config.sub	2004-10-27 16:22:07.000000000 +0200
-+++ gd-2.0.33/config/config.sub	2008-04-14 16:34:00.000000000 +0200
-@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
- 	| a29k \
- 	| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] | alphapca5[67] \
- 	| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] | alpha64pca5[67] \
--	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr \
-+	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
- 	| clipper \
- 	| d10v | d30v | dlx | dsp16xx \
- 	| fr30 | frv \
-@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
- 	| alpha64-* | alpha64ev[4-8]-* | alpha64ev56-* | alpha64ev6[78]-* \
- 	| alphapca5[67]-* | alpha64pca5[67]-* | arc-* \
- 	| arm-*  | armbe-* | armle-* | armeb-* | armv*-* \
--	| avr-* \
-+	| avr-* | avr32-* \
- 	| bs2000-* \
- 	| c[123]* | c30-* | [cjt]90-* | c4x-* | c54x-* \
- 	| clipper-* | cydra-* \