diff --git a/editors/gate/Makefile b/editors/gate/Makefile
index 58fb90eddbf5..5d95ecc62ca7 100644
--- a/editors/gate/Makefile
+++ b/editors/gate/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:   	gate
-# Date created:					15 June 2000
-# Whom:                        		James Howard
-#
+# Created by: James Howard
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	gate
 PORTVERSION=	2.06
diff --git a/editors/gate/files/patch-spel.c b/editors/gate/files/patch-spel.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfde6de5f20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/gate/files/patch-spel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git spel.c spel.c
+index 5c53256..1e9ad04 100644
+--- spel.c
++++ spel.c
+@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ empty_repl()
+ /* ADD_REPL - Add the given replacement to the list of replacements.
+  * "replace" may be NULL to indicate that the word is to be ignored.
+  */
+-
++void
+ add_repl(char *word, int word_len, char *replace)
+ {
+     struct repl *r;
diff --git a/editors/gate/files/patch-subs.c b/editors/gate/files/patch-subs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5e61269fa9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/gate/files/patch-subs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git subs.c subs.c
+index 287d9d3..a6caea9 100644
+--- subs.c
++++ subs.c
+@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ int cliplast(char *lastbuf, int bufsize)
+ #endif
+ 
+     /* Make a copy of the file */
+-    if ((cfp= make_copy()) == NULL) return;
++    if ((cfp= make_copy()) == NULL) return 0;
+     fflush(cfp);
+     fseek(cfp,0L,0);
+