diff --git a/coreutils/.md5sum b/coreutils/.md5sum
index d4a5201a..fde2c21a 100644
--- a/coreutils/.md5sum
+++ b/coreutils/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-5dceda9c41277cbfe825cf8f394a6191  coreutils-6.5-idcache.patch
-ecf8e9aa5b85dd89a0b18d5fab63de55  coreutils-6.5.tar.bz2
+64f1589af7d9a879c9bdc0af41e19ff1  coreutils-6.6.tar.bz2
 c05b735710fbd62239588c07084852a0  coreutils-uname.patch
diff --git a/coreutils/Pkgfile b/coreutils/Pkgfile
index 4a3639c4..49cf79ed 100644
--- a/coreutils/Pkgfile
+++ b/coreutils/Pkgfile
@@ -3,23 +3,22 @@
 # Maintainer:  Per Lidén, core-ports at crux dot nu
 
 name=coreutils
-version=6.5
-release=2
+version=6.6
+release=1
 source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2 \
-	$name-uname.patch $name-$version-idcache.patch)
+        $name-uname.patch)
 
 build() {
     cd $name-$version
     
     patch -p1 < $SRC/$name-uname.patch
-    patch -d lib -p0 < $SRC/$name-$version-idcache.patch
     
     DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 \
     ac_cv_func_openat=no \
     ./configure --prefix=/usr \
-		--mandir=/usr/man \
-		--disable-nls \
-		--disable-assert
+                --mandir=/usr/man \
+                --disable-nls \
+                --disable-assert
     make
     make DESTDIR=$PKG install 
     
diff --git a/coreutils/coreutils-6.5-idcache.patch b/coreutils/coreutils-6.5-idcache.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c7e1af39..00000000
--- a/coreutils/coreutils-6.5-idcache.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-11/msg00153.html
-
-diff -u -p -r1.18 idcache.c
---- idcache.c   6 Nov 2006 22:02:53 -0000       1.18
-+++ idcache.c   20 Nov 2006 09:15:25 -0000
-@@ -55,24 +55,32 @@ static struct userid *nouser_alist;
- char *
- getuser (uid_t uid)
- {
--  register struct userid *tail;
--  struct passwd *pwent;
--  char const *name;
-+  struct userid *tail;
-+  struct userid *match = NULL;
-
-   for (tail = user_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
--    if (tail->id.u == uid)
--      return tail->name;
-+    {
-+      if (tail->id.u == uid)
-+       {
-+         match = tail;
-+         break;
-+       }
-+    }
-
--  pwent = getpwuid (uid);
--  name = pwent ? pwent->pw_name : "";
--  tail = xmalloc (offsetof (struct userid, name) + strlen (name) + 1);
--  tail->id.u = uid;
--  strcpy (tail->name, name);
-+  if (match == NULL)
-+    {
-+      struct passwd *pwent = getpwuid (uid);
-+      char const *name = pwent ? pwent->pw_name : "";
-+      match = xmalloc (offsetof (struct userid, name) + strlen (name) + 1);
-+      match->id.u = uid;
-+      strcpy (match->name, name);
-+
-+      /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first.  */
-+      match->next = user_alist;
-+      user_alist = match;
-+    }
-
--  /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first.  */
--  tail->next = user_alist;
--  user_alist = tail;
--  return tail->name;
-+  return match->name[0] ? match->name : NULL;
- }
-
- /* Translate USER to a UID, with cache.
-@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ getuser (uid_t uid)
- uid_t *
- getuidbyname (const char *user)
- {
--  register struct userid *tail;
-+  struct userid *tail;
-   struct passwd *pwent;
-
-   for (tail = user_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
-@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ getuidbyname (const char *user)
-   for (tail = nouser_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
-     /* Avoid a function call for the most common case.  */
-     if (*tail->name == *user && !strcmp (tail->name, user))
--      return 0;
-+      return NULL;
-
-   pwent = getpwnam (user);
- #ifdef __DJGPP__
-@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ getuidbyname (const char *user)
-
-   tail->next = nouser_alist;
-   nouser_alist = tail;
--  return 0;
-+  return NULL;
- }
-
- /* Use the same struct as for userids.  */
-@@ -133,24 +141,32 @@ static struct userid *nogroup_alist;
- char *
- getgroup (gid_t gid)
- {
--  register struct userid *tail;
--  struct group *grent;
--  char const *name;
-+  struct userid *tail;
-+  struct userid *match = NULL;
-
-   for (tail = group_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
--    if (tail->id.g == gid)
--      return tail->name;
-+    {
-+      if (tail->id.g == gid)
-+       {
-+         match = tail;
-+         break;
-+       }
-+    }
-
--  grent = getgrgid (gid);
--  name = grent ? grent->gr_name : NULL;
--  tail = xmalloc (offsetof (struct userid, name) + strlen (name) + 1);
--  tail->id.g = gid;
--  strcpy (tail->name, name);
-+  if (match == NULL)
-+    {
-+      struct group *grent = getgrgid (gid);
-+      char const *name = grent ? grent->gr_name : "";
-+      match = xmalloc (offsetof (struct userid, name) + strlen (name) + 1);
-+      match->id.g = gid;
-+      strcpy (match->name, name);
-+
-+      /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first.  */
-+      match->next = group_alist;
-+      group_alist = match;
-+    }
-
--  /* Add to the head of the list, so most recently used is first.  */
--  tail->next = group_alist;
--  group_alist = tail;
--  return tail->name;
-+  return match->name[0] ? match->name : NULL;
- }
-
- /* Translate GROUP to a GID, with cache.
-@@ -161,7 +177,7 @@ getgroup (gid_t gid)
- gid_t *
- getgidbyname (const char *group)
- {
--  register struct userid *tail;
-+  struct userid *tail;
-   struct group *grent;
-
-   for (tail = group_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
-@@ -172,12 +188,12 @@ getgidbyname (const char *group)
-   for (tail = nogroup_alist; tail; tail = tail->next)
-     /* Avoid a function call for the most common case.  */
-     if (*tail->name == *group && !strcmp (tail->name, group))
--      return 0;
-+      return NULL;
-
-   grent = getgrnam (group);
- #ifdef __DJGPP__
-   /* We need to pretend to belong to group GROUP, to make
--     grp functions know about any arbitrary group name.  */
-+     grp functions know about an arbitrary group name.  */
-   if (!grent && strspn (group, digits) < strlen (group))
-     {
-       setenv ("GROUP", group, 1);
-@@ -199,5 +215,5 @@ getgidbyname (const char *group)
-
-   tail->next = nogroup_alist;
-   nogroup_alist = tail;
--  return 0;
-+  return NULL;
- }
-
-
-