diff --git a/network/netkit-ftp/fedora_arg_max.patch b/network/netkit-ftp/fedora_arg_max.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f27b204d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/netkit-ftp/fedora_arg_max.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../netkit-ftp/fedora_arg_max.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+diff -up netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/glob.c.arg_max netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/glob.c
+--- netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/glob.c.arg_max	2008-04-07 11:41:14.000000000 +0200
++++ netkit-ftp-0.17/ftp/glob.c	2008-04-07 12:01:53.000000000 +0200
+@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ char glob_rcsid[] = 
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
+ 
+ #include "ftp_var.h"  /* for protos only */
+ #include "glob.h"
+@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ char glob_rcsid[] = 
+ #define	QUOTE 0200
+ #define	TRIM 0177
+ #define	eq(a,b)		(strcmp(a, b)==0)
+-#define	GAVSIZ		(ARG_MAX/6)
++#define	GAVSIZ		(sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX)/6)
+ #define	isdir(d)	((d.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+ 
+ const char *globerr;
+@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ char **
+ ftpglob(const char *v)
+ {
+ 	char agpath[BUFSIZ];
+-	entry agargv[GAVSIZ];
++	entry *agargv;
+ 	centry vv[2];
+ 	vv[0].text = v;
+ 	vv[1].text = NULL;
+@@ -133,6 +134,8 @@ ftpglob(const char *v)
+ 	/* added ()'s to sizeof, (ambigious math for the compiler) */
+ 	lastgpathp = agpath + (sizeof(agpath)- 2);
+ 
++	agargv = (entry *)malloc(sizeof (entry) * GAVSIZ);
++	if (agargv == NULL) fatal("Out of memory");
+ 	ginit(agargv); 
+ 	globcnt = 0;
+ 	collect(v);
+@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ ginit(entry *agargv)
+ 	gargv = agargv; 
+ 	sortbas = agargv; 
+ 	gargc = 0;
+-	gnleft = ARG_MAX - 4;
++	gnleft = sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) - 4;
+ }
+ 
+ static 
+@@ -674,6 +677,7 @@ efree(entry *av) 
+ {
+     int i;
+     for (i=0; av[i].text; i++) free(av[i].text);
++    free((void *)av);
+ }
+ 
+ static
+
diff --git a/network/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp.desc b/network/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp.desc
index d5e8b5b6d..7ed3bb079 100644
--- a/network/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp.desc
+++ b/network/netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp.desc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-
 [COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../netkit-ftp/netkit-ftp.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
 [V] 0.17
-[P] X -----5---9 188.100
+[P] O -----5---9 188.100
 
 [D] 136178471 netkit-ftp-0.17.tar.gz ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
-