diff --git a/wxGTK-2.6.2-gcc41stringh.patch b/wxGTK-2.6.2-gcc41stringh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e487fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxGTK-2.6.2-gcc41stringh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /pack/cvsroots/wxwidgets/wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h,v
+retrieving revision 1.206.2.2
+retrieving revision 1.206.2.3
+diff -u -r1.206.2.2 -r1.206.2.3
+--- wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h	2005/11/01 13:32:48	1.206.2.2
++++ wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h	2005/12/15 19:26:27	1.206.2.3
+@@ -1291,16 +1291,15 @@
+     { return (wxString&)wxStringBase::operator+=(ch); }
+ };
+ 
+-// IBM xlC compiler needs these operators to be declared in global scope,
+-// although this shouldn't be a problem for the other compilers we prefer to
+-// only do it for it in stable 2.6 branch
+-#ifdef __IBMCPP__
++// notice that even though for many compilers the friend declarations above are
++// enough, from the point of view of C++ standard we must have the declarations
++// here as friend ones are not injected in the enclosing namespace and without
++// them the code fails to compile with conforming compilers such as xlC or g++4
+ wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string1,  const wxString& string2);
+ wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch);
+ wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string);
+ wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz);
+ wxString WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string);
+-#endif // __IBMCPP__
+ 
+ // define wxArrayString, for compatibility
+ #if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_4 && !wxUSE_STL
diff --git a/wxGTK-2.6.2-socketclosefix.patch b/wxGTK-2.6.2-socketclosefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e6d618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxGTK-2.6.2-socketclosefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /pack/cvsroots/wxwidgets/wxWidgets/src/unix/gsocket.cpp,v
+retrieving revision 1.51
+retrieving revision 1.51.2.1
+diff -u -r1.51 -r1.51.2.1
+--- wxWidgets/src/unix/gsocket.cpp	2005/09/19 15:18:27	1.51
++++ wxWidgets/src/unix/gsocket.cpp	2005/10/05 15:37:42	1.51.2.1
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+  *              Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia <guille@iies.es>
+  * Purpose:     GSocket main Unix and OS/2 file
+  * Licence:     The wxWindows licence
+- * CVSID:       $Id: gsocket.cpp,v 1.51 2005/09/19 15:18:27 JS Exp $
++ * CVSID:       $Id: gsocket.cpp,v 1.51.2.1 2005/10/05 15:37:42 KH Exp $
+  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  */
+ 
+@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@
+ 
+   assert(this);
+ 
++  /* Don't allow events to fire after socket has been closed */
++  gs_gui_functions->Disable_Events(this);
++
+   /* If socket has been created, shutdown it */
+   if (m_fd != INVALID_SOCKET)
+   {
diff --git a/wxGTK.spec b/wxGTK.spec
index 6884176..7d1bbd1 100644
--- a/wxGTK.spec
+++ b/wxGTK.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           wxGTK
 Version:        2.6.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        GTK2 port of the wxWidgets GUI library
 # The wxWindows licence is the LGPL with a specific exemption allowing
 # distribution of derived binaries under any terms. (This will eventually
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 URL:            http://www.wxwidgets.org/
 Source0:        http://dl.sf.net/wxwindows/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         wxGTK-2.6.2-intl_cpp.patch
+Patch1:         wxGTK-2.6.2-socketclosefix.patch
+Patch2:         wxGTK-2.6.2-gcc41stringh.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel, zlib-devel >= 1.1.4
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ OpenGL add-on for the wxWidgets library.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p0 -b .intlcpp
+%patch1 -p1 -b .socketclose
+%patch2 -p1 -b .gcc41
 
 sed -i -e 's|/usr/lib\b|%{_libdir}|' wx-config.in configure
 
@@ -168,6 +172,12 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 06 2006 Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> - 2.6.2-4
+- add wxGTK-2.6.2-socketclosefix.patch to fix aMule crashes. see
+  bugzilla bug #178184
+- add wxGTK-2.6.2-gcc41stringh.patch (pulled from CVS) to make build on 
+  FC5 devel w/ gcc-4.1.
+  
 * Wed Nov 30 2005 Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> - 2.6.2-3
 - add wxGTK-2.6.2-intl_cpp.patch to deal with amule and probably other
   issues (see bug #154618 comment #47)