diff --git a/programming/library/gypsy/files/g_type_init_deprecation.patch b/programming/library/gypsy/files/g_type_init_deprecation.patch
index 80511f176c..fbe4716ae1 100644
--- a/programming/library/gypsy/files/g_type_init_deprecation.patch
+++ b/programming/library/gypsy/files/g_type_init_deprecation.patch
@@ -1,85 +1,63 @@
-diff -ru gypsy-0.9.orig/docs/gypsy-tutorial.html gypsy-0.9/docs/gypsy-tutorial.html
---- gypsy-0.9.orig/docs/gypsy-tutorial.html	2011-08-09 13:20:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ gypsy-0.9/docs/gypsy-tutorial.html	2013-04-30 10:28:42.599711724 +0200
-@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@
- 		GError *error = NULL;
- 		char *path;
+--- gypsy-0.9/src/main.c.orig	2013-05-19 18:06:00.511498667 +0100
++++ gypsy-0.9/src/main.c	2013-05-19 18:06:44.789974863 +0100
+@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@
  
-+	#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,35,0)
- 		/* Libgypsy uses GObject, so the type system needs
- 		   to be started up before any Gypsy calls */
- 		g_type_init ();
--
-+	#endif
- 		/* Retrieve the default control */
- 		control = gypsy_control_get_default ();
- 		
-diff -ru gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/list-known-gps-devices.c gypsy-0.9/examples/list-known-gps-devices.c
---- gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/list-known-gps-devices.c	2011-10-17 18:32:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ gypsy-0.9/examples/list-known-gps-devices.c	2013-04-30 10:26:59.824754298 +0200
-@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
+ 	umask (022);
+ 
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 35) 
+ 	g_type_init ();
++#endif
+ 
+ 	mainloop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+ 
+--- gypsy-0.9/examples/list-known-gps-devices.c.orig	2013-05-19 18:20:12.719833223 +0100
++++ gypsy-0.9/examples/list-known-gps-devices.c	2013-05-19 18:21:04.714404534 +0100
+@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
      GPtrArray *known_devices;
      int i;
  
-+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,35,0)
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 35) 
      g_type_init ();
--
 +#endif
+ 
      discovery = gypsy_discovery_new ();
      known_devices = gypsy_discovery_list_devices (discovery, &error);
- 
-diff -ru gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/simple-gps-dbus.c gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-dbus.c
---- gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/simple-gps-dbus.c	2011-08-09 13:20:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-dbus.c	2013-04-30 10:26:20.862069029 +0200
+--- gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-dbus.c.orig	2013-05-19 18:21:21.712591296 +0100
++++ gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-dbus.c	2013-05-19 18:22:36.394411761 +0100
 @@ -122,7 +122,9 @@
  	DBusError error;
  	GMainLoop *mainloop;
  
-+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,35,0)
- 	g_type_init ();
+-	g_type_init ();
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 35) 
++ 	g_type_init ();
 +#endif
  	conn = get_connection ();
  
  	dbus_error_init (&error);
-diff -ru gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/simple-gps-gypsy.c gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-gypsy.c
---- gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/simple-gps-gypsy.c	2011-08-09 13:20:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-gypsy.c	2013-04-30 10:26:43.778354525 +0200
-@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@
+--- gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-gypsy.c.orig	2013-05-19 18:21:29.829680477 +0100
++++ gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-gypsy.c	2013-05-19 18:22:57.716645989 +0100
+@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@
  		return 0;
  	}
  
-+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,35,0)
- 	g_type_init ();
--
+-	g_type_init ();
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 35) 
++ 	g_type_init ();
 +#endif
+ 
  	control = gypsy_control_get_default ();
  	path = gypsy_control_create (control, argv[1], &error);
- 	if (path == NULL) {
-diff -ru gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/simple-gps-satellites.c gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-satellites.c
---- gypsy-0.9.orig/examples/simple-gps-satellites.c	2011-08-09 13:20:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-satellites.c	2013-04-30 10:27:21.314396881 +0200
-@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
+--- gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-satellites.c.orig	2013-05-19 18:21:38.097771316 +0100
++++ gypsy-0.9/examples/simple-gps-satellites.c	2013-05-19 18:23:09.356773853 +0100
+@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
  		return 0;
  	}
  
-+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,35,0)
- 	g_type_init ();
--
+-	g_type_init ();
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 35) 
++ 	g_type_init ();
 +#endif
+ 
  	control = gypsy_control_get_default ();
  	path = gypsy_control_create (control, argv[1], &error);
- 	if (path == NULL) {
-diff -ru gypsy-0.9.orig/src/main.c gypsy-0.9/src/main.c
---- gypsy-0.9.orig/src/main.c	2011-10-13 17:44:12.000000000 +0200
-+++ gypsy-0.9/src/main.c	2013-04-30 10:27:42.194049621 +0200
-@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@
- 
- 	umask (022);
- 
-+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,35,0)
- 	g_type_init ();
--
-+#endif
- 	mainloop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
- 
- 	conn = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error);
diff --git a/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-format.patch b/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-format.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e2628ee62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-format.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+diff -up gypsy-0.9/src/gypsy-client.c.format gypsy-0.9/src/gypsy-client.c
+--- gypsy-0.9/src/gypsy-client.c.format	2011-12-06 13:59:36.000000000 +0100
++++ gypsy-0.9/src/gypsy-client.c	2017-10-02 23:54:53.450486922 +0200
+@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ garmin_init (GIOChannel *channel)
+ 
+ 	if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+ 		GYPSY_NOTE (CLIENT, "GARMIN: Error writing \"Private Set Mode\" packet:\n%s", g_strerror (errno));
+-		g_set_error (&error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++		g_set_error (&error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ garmin_init (GIOChannel *channel)
+ 
+ 	if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+ 		GYPSY_NOTE (CLIENT, "GARMIN: Error writing \"Start PVT Transfer\" packet:\n%s", g_strerror (errno));
+-		g_set_error (&error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++		g_set_error (&error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ gypsy_client_start (GypsyClient *client,
+ 
+ 		if (priv->fd == -1) {
+ 			g_warning ("Error opening device %s: %s", priv->device_path, g_strerror (errno));
+-			g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++			g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 			return FALSE;
+ 		}
+ 
+@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ gypsy_client_start (GypsyClient *client,
+ 
+ 			if (tcgetattr (priv->fd, &term) < 0) {
+ 				g_warning ("Error getting term: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+-				g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++				g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, "%s", errno, g_strerror (errno));
+ 				return FALSE;
+ 			}
+ 
+@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ gypsy_client_start (GypsyClient *client,
+ 
+ 			if (tcsetattr (priv->fd, TCSAFLUSH, &term) < 0) {
+ 				g_warning ("Error setting term: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+-				g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++				g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 				return FALSE;
+ 			}
+ 		}
+@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ gypsy_client_start (GypsyClient *client,
+ 
+ 	if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+ 		g_warning ("Error setting flags: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+-		g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++		g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ gypsy_client_start (GypsyClient *client,
+ 
+ 	if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+ 		g_warning ("Error setting encoding: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+-		g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++		g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ gypsy_client_start (GypsyClient *client,
+ 			}
+ 
+ 			g_warning ("Error connecting: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+-			g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, g_strerror (errno));
++			g_set_error (error, GYPSY_ERROR, errno, "%s", g_strerror (errno));
+ 
+ 			g_source_remove (priv->error_id);
+ 			priv->error_id = 0;
+diff -up gypsy-0.9/src/main.c.format gypsy-0.9/src/main.c
+--- gypsy-0.9/src/main.c.format	2017-10-02 23:50:18.273403357 +0200
++++ gypsy-0.9/src/main.c	2017-10-02 23:55:37.686178566 +0200
+@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ main (int    argc,
+ #if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 14, 0)
+ 		char *help;
+ 		help = g_option_context_get_help (context, TRUE, NULL);
+-		g_print (help);
++		g_print ("%s", help);
+ 		g_free (help);
+ #else
+ 		g_printerr ("Cannot parse arguments: %s\n", error->message);
diff --git a/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-gcc7.patch b/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-gcc7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc3ef3960a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-gcc7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- gypsy-0.9/configure.ac.gcc7	2017-10-02 23:40:24.118530168 +0200
++++ gypsy-0.9/configure.ac	2017-10-02 23:48:34.002128724 +0200
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
+ AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBEXECDIR, $libexecdir)
+ AS_AC_EXPAND(DAEMON_USER, $with_user)
+ 
+-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall -Wno-format"
++CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall"
+ 
+ GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.6])
+ # TODO: add --with-xsltproc argument to override PATH
diff --git a/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-mga-no-werror.patch b/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-mga-no-werror.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90746017f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programming/library/gypsy/files/gypsy-0.9-mga-no-werror.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: gypsy-0.9/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- gypsy-0.9/configure.ac
++++ gypsy-0.9/configure.ac	2016-01-07 01:12:43.372398664 +0000
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
+ AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBEXECDIR, $libexecdir)
+ AS_AC_EXPAND(DAEMON_USER, $with_user)
+ 
+-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall -Werror -Wno-format"
++CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall -Wno-format"
+ 
+ GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.6])
+ # TODO: add --with-xsltproc argument to override PATH
diff --git a/programming/library/gypsy/pspec.xml b/programming/library/gypsy/pspec.xml
index ab6042225b..b2139d11b7 100644
--- a/programming/library/gypsy/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/library/gypsy/pspec.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <Patch>g_type_init_deprecation.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">gypsy-0.9-format.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">gypsy-0.9-mga-no-werror.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">gypsy-0.9-gcc7.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>