To build:

git clone the buildroot tree.
reset to this hash:
b354417dcef5805adb33cb2e3249d7c7be64cac7

Apply the patches in this directory, and copy over the config file here to the
.config.

make -j12

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ckuiper's notes:

mkdir <some_dir_somewhere>
cd <some_dir_somewhere>

git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot
cd buildroot
git checkout b354417dcef5805adb33cb2e3249d7c7be64cac7

patch -p1 -i <path-to-this-folder>/0001-Build-libraries-statically-to-make-hermetic-builds-w.patch
[... do for all patches in the folder...]

cp <path-to-this-folder>/bruno/Build.Info/defconfig .config

make
(this will bring up menuconfig, just exit and save)
make -j12