diff --git a/package/base/findutils/findutils.desc b/package/base/findutils/findutils.desc
index 9f16b98ae..49fca84d4 100644
--- a/package/base/findutils/findutils.desc
+++ b/package/base/findutils/findutils.desc
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 4.2.3
+[V] 4.2.11
 [P] X X1---5---9 107.200
 
-[D] 780490195 findutils-4.2.3.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/
+[D] 3311135745 findutils-4.2.11.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/
 
diff --git a/package/base/findutils/var_state.patch b/package/base/findutils/var_state.patch
index a0b5bb641..0806e94fa 100644
--- a/package/base/findutils/var_state.patch
+++ b/package/base/findutils/var_state.patch
@@ -1,35 +1,12 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/findutils/var_state.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
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-# 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.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-
-Just following the FHS ...
-
- - Clifford
-
---- ./locate/Makefile.in
-+++ ./locate/Makefile.in
-@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
+diff -Naur findutils-4.2.11/locate/Makefile.in findutils-4.2.11.new/locate/Makefile.in
+--- findutils-4.2.11/locate/Makefile.in	2005-01-03 00:42:34.000000000 +0000
++++ findutils-4.2.11.new/locate/Makefile.in	2005-01-04 10:45:43.000000000 +0000
+@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
  
  # The default database to build and search.
- AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = ../lib/ansi2knr
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = std-options
 -LOCATE_DB = $(localstatedir)/locatedb
 +LOCATE_DB = /var/state/locatedb
  localedir = $(datadir)/locale
- 
- bin_PROGRAMS = locate
+ AM_INSTALLCHECK_STD_OPTIONS_EXEMPT = frcode code bigram
+ bin_SCRIPTS = updatedb