diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/alter-includedir.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/alter-includedir.patch
index 66c395d..5b25af2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/alter-includedir.patch
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/alter-includedir.patch
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
 index 0370491..daa569a 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
+--- a/unix/Makefile.in
++++ b/unix/Makefile.in
 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR	= $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(TCL_LIBRARY)
  MODULE_INSTALL_DIR	= $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl8
  
@@ -29,32 +29,10 @@
  
  # Path to the private tcl header dir:
  PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR	= @PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR@
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 181b9b3..f4cc225 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -10166,7 +10166,7 @@ eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=libtcl${LIB_SUFFIX}"
- eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=${TCL_LIB_FILE}"
- 
- test -z "$TCL_LIBRARY" && TCL_LIBRARY='$(libdir)/tcl$(VERSION)'
--PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR='$(includedir)'
-+PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR='$(includedir)/tcl$(VERSION)'
- HTML_DIR='$(DISTDIR)/html'
- 
- # Note:  in the following variable, it's important to use the absolute
-@@ -10323,7 +10323,7 @@ TCL_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH="`pwd`/${TCL_STUB_LIB_FILE}"
- TCL_STUB_LIB_PATH="${TCL_STUB_LIB_DIR}/${TCL_STUB_LIB_FILE}"
- 
- # Install time header dir can be set via --includedir
--eval "TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC=\"-I${includedir}\""
-+eval "TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC=\"-I${includedir}/tcl${VERSION}\""
- 
- #------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # tclConfig.sh refers to this by a different name
 diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
 index 9f96e2b..e323e02 100644
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
+--- a/unix/configure.in
++++ b/unix/configure.in
 @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=libtcl${LIB_SUFFIX}"
  eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=${TCL_LIB_FILE}"
  
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_issue_with_old_distro_glibc.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_issue_with_old_distro_glibc.patch
index 72a0fa4..2c31cec 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_issue_with_old_distro_glibc.patch
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_issue_with_old_distro_glibc.patch
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 Index: unix/Makefile.in
 ===================================================================
---- unix.orig/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:38:01.787425628 -0800
-+++ unix/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:37:59.807425578 -0800
+--- a/unix.orig/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:38:01.787425628 -0800
++++ b/unix/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:37:59.807425578 -0800
 @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
  # tcltest executable gets the build directory burned into its ld search path.
  # This keeps tcltest from picking up an already installed version of the Tcl
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_non_native_build_issue.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_non_native_build_issue.patch
index c60eb75..44b2ce0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_non_native_build_issue.patch
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/fix_non_native_build_issue.patch
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Index: unix/Makefile.in
 ===================================================================
---- unix.orig/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:37:34.243424934 -0800
-+++ unix/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:37:34.243424934 -0800
+--- a/unix.orig/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:37:34.243424934 -0800
++++ b/unix/Makefile.in	2013-11-10 23:37:34.243424934 -0800
 @@ -709,23 +709,23 @@
  test: test-tcl test-packages
  
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/interp.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/interp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d6318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/interp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+The interp-36.7 patch has race conditions and is missing cleanup.  This patch by
+a Tcl maintainer should improve matters.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+
+diff --git a/tests/interp.test b/tests/interp.test
+index d7424847f..fc90990f3 100644
+--- a/tests/interp.test
++++ b/tests/interp.test
+@@ -3595,17 +3595,18 @@ test interp-36.7 {ChildBgerror sets error handler of child [1999035]} -setup {
+         variable result
+         set result [lindex $args 0]
+     }
++    set tout [after 5000 {set result timeout}]
+ } -body {
+     child eval {
+         variable done {}
+         after 0 error foo
+-        after 10 [list ::set [namespace which -variable done] {}]
+-        vwait [namespace which -variable done]
+     }
++    vwait result
+     set result
+ } -cleanup {
++    after cancel $tout
+     variable result {}
+-    unset -nocomplain result
++    unset -nocomplain result tout
+     interp delete child
+ } -result foo
+ 
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/no_packages.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/no_packages.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c622a2..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/no_packages.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-tcl 8.6.0 builds by default a number of packages that are not needed in Yocto.
-This patch changes the makefile so that these packages are not built by default.
-
-Upstream-Status:Inappropriate [embedded specific]
-
-Signed-off-by: Bogdan Marinescu <bogdan.a.marinescu@intel.com>
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
-index b729ffd..2c2e824 100644
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ SRCS = $(GENERIC_SRCS) $(TOMMATH_SRCS) $(UNIX_SRCS) $(NOTIFY_SRCS) \
- # Start of rules
- #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
--all: binaries libraries doc packages
-+all: binaries libraries doc
- 
- binaries: ${LIB_FILE} ${TCL_EXE}
- 
-@@ -656,12 +656,12 @@ Makefile: $(UNIX_DIR)/Makefile.in $(DLTEST_DIR)/Makefile.in
- #tclConfig.h: $(UNIX_DIR)/tclConfig.h.in
- #	$(SHELL) config.status
- 
--clean: clean-packages
-+clean:
- 	rm -rf *.a *.o libtcl* core errs *~ \#* TAGS *.E a.out \
- 		errors ${TCL_EXE} ${TCLTEST_EXE} lib.exp Tcl @DTRACE_HDR@
- 	cd dltest ; $(MAKE) clean
- 
--distclean: distclean-packages clean
-+distclean: clean
- 	rm -rf Makefile config.status config.cache config.log tclConfig.sh \
- 		tclConfig.h *.plist Tcl.framework tcl.pc
- 	cd dltest ; $(MAKE) distclean
-@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ tcltest-real:
- # tcltest, ie:
- #	% make test TESTFLAGS="-verbose bps -file fileName.test"
- 
--test: test-tcl test-packages
-+test: test-tcl
- 
- test-tcl: ${TCLTEST_EXE}
- 	$(SHELL_ENV) ${TCLTEST_EXE} $(TOP_DIR)/tests/all.tcl $(TESTFLAGS)
-@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ INSTALL_PACKAGE_TARGETS = install-packages
- INSTALL_DEV_TARGETS = install-headers
- INSTALL_EXTRA_TARGETS = @EXTRA_INSTALL@
- INSTALL_TARGETS = $(INSTALL_BASE_TARGETS) $(INSTALL_DOC_TARGETS) $(INSTALL_DEV_TARGETS) \
--		  $(INSTALL_PACKAGE_TARGETS) $(INSTALL_EXTRA_TARGETS)
-+		  $(INSTALL_EXTRA_TARGETS)
- 
- install: $(INSTALL_TARGETS)
- 
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/run-ptest b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/run-ptest
index 22bb69a..a62b703 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/run-ptest
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/run-ptest
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# clock.test needs a timezone to be set
+export TZ="Europe/London"
+export TCL_LIBRARY=library
+
 for i in `ls tests/*.test | awk -F/ '{print $2}'`; do
-    TCL_LIBRARY=library ./tcltest tests/all.tcl -file $i >$i.log 2>&1
-    grep -q "^Files with failing tests:" $i.log
+    ./tcltest tests/all.tcl -file $i >$i.log 2>&1
+    grep -q -F -e "Files with failing tests:" -e "Test files exiting with errors:" $i.log
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         echo "FAIL: $i"
         cat $i.log
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-add-soname.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-add-soname.patch
index d1fc9b9..c4283c4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-add-soname.patch
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-add-soname.patch
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
 Upstream-Status: Pending
 
-Index: unix/configure
-===================================================================
---- unix.orig/configure	2013-09-19 13:17:13.000000000 -0700
-+++ unix/configure	2013-11-11 00:20:51.519490342 -0800
-@@ -7599,6 +7599,9 @@
- 	    # get rid of the warnings.
- 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
- 
-+	    # following line added by CW for Debian GNU/Linux
-+	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-Wl,-soname,\${TCL_LIB_FILE}.0"
-+
- 	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
- 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
- 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 Index: unix/tcl.m4
 ===================================================================
---- unix.orig/tcl.m4	2013-09-19 13:17:13.000000000 -0700
-+++ unix/tcl.m4	2013-11-11 00:17:24.263485123 -0800
+--- a/unix.orig/tcl.m4	2013-09-19 13:17:13.000000000 -0700
++++ b/unix/tcl.m4	2013-11-11 00:17:24.263485123 -0800
 @@ -1415,6 +1415,9 @@
  	    # get rid of the warnings.
  	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
@@ -30,8 +16,8 @@
  	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 Index: unix/Makefile.in
 ===================================================================
---- unix.orig/Makefile.in	2013-09-19 13:17:13.000000000 -0700
-+++ unix/Makefile.in	2013-11-11 00:20:32.423489861 -0800
+--- a/unix.orig/Makefile.in	2013-09-19 13:17:13.000000000 -0700
++++ b/unix/Makefile.in	2013-11-11 00:20:32.423489861 -0800
 @@ -796,7 +796,10 @@
  	    done;
  	@echo "Installing $(LIB_FILE) to $(DLL_INSTALL_DIR)/"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-remove-hardcoded-install-path.patch b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-remove-hardcoded-install-path.patch
index 17d251d..99c5faf 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-remove-hardcoded-install-path.patch
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl/tcl-remove-hardcoded-install-path.patch
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@
 
 [YOCTO #2876]
 
-This is not a bug, but libraries should be installed into directory .../lib/.
-On 64bit target that should be lib64/.
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+Upstream-Status: Pending
 
 Signed-off-by: Song.Li <Song.Li@windriver.com>
 Signed-off-by: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
@@ -20,23 +17,10 @@
  configure.in | 2 +-
  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
-Index: unix/configure
-===================================================================
---- unix.orig/configure	2013-11-10 23:38:33.643426430 -0800
-+++ unix/configure	2013-11-10 23:39:51.347428387 -0800
-@@ -19134,7 +19134,7 @@
- 
- eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=${TCL_LIB_FILE}"
- 
--test -z "$TCL_LIBRARY" && TCL_LIBRARY='$(prefix)/lib/tcl$(VERSION)'
-+test -z "$TCL_LIBRARY" && TCL_LIBRARY='$(libdir)/tcl$(VERSION)'
- PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIR='$(includedir)'
- HTML_DIR='$(DISTDIR)/html'
- 
 Index: unix/configure.in
 ===================================================================
---- unix.orig/configure.in	2013-11-10 23:20:50.000000000 -0800
-+++ unix/configure.in	2013-11-10 23:39:41.199428131 -0800
+--- a/unix.orig/configure.in	2013-11-10 23:20:50.000000000 -0800
++++ b/unix/configure.in	2013-11-10 23:39:41.199428131 -0800
 @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
  
  eval "TCL_LIB_FILE=${TCL_LIB_FILE}"