diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Bazel/Bazel-7.4.1-GCCcore-14.2.0-Java-21.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Bazel/Bazel-7.4.1-GCCcore-14.2.0-Java-21.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..295ba832db23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Bazel/Bazel-7.4.1-GCCcore-14.2.0-Java-21.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name = 'Bazel'
+version = '7.4.1'
+versionsuffix = '-Java-%(javaver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://bazel.io/'
+description = """Bazel is a build tool that builds code quickly and reliably.
+It is used to build the majority of Google's software."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '14.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/bazelbuild/%(namelower)s/releases/download/%(version)s']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s-dist.zip']
+checksums = ['83386618bc489f4da36266ef2620ec64a526c686cf07041332caff7c953afaf5']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+    ('Python', '3.13.1'),
+    ('Zip', '3.0'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('Java', '21', '', SYSTEM),
+]
+
+runtest = True
+testopts = "--sandbox_add_mount_pair=$TMPDIR "
+testopts += "-- //examples/cpp:hello-success_test //examples/py/... //examples/py_native:test //examples/shell/..."
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/z/Zip/Zip-3.0-GCCcore-14.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/z/Zip/Zip-3.0-GCCcore-14.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a74545500f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/z/Zip/Zip-3.0-GCCcore-14.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Zip'
+version = '3.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html'
+description = """Zip is a compression and file packaging/archive utility.
+Although highly compatible both with PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP
+utilities for MS-DOS and with Info-ZIP's own UnZip, our primary objectives
+have been portability and other-than-MSDOS functionality"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '14.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://download.sourceforge.net/infozip']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s%(version_major)s%(version_minor)s.tar.gz']
+patches = ['%(name)s-%(version)s_gcc-14-compability.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'zip30.tar.gz': 'f0e8bb1f9b7eb0b01285495a2699df3a4b766784c1765a8f1aeedf63c0806369'},
+    {'Zip-3.0_gcc-14-compability.patch': '5bf576105aaaa944b514337465835f03210151e8d5fe4fe037bb83f289ad9df1'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.8'),
+]
+
+skipsteps = ['configure']
+
+buildopts = '-f unix/Makefile CC="$CC" IZ_OUR_BZIP2_DIR=$EBROOTBZIP2 '
+buildopts += 'CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I. -DUNIX -DBZIP2_SUPPORT -DUNICODE_SUPPORT -DLARGE_FILE_SUPPORT  '
+buildopts += '-DHAVE_DIRENT_H -DHAVE_TERMIOS_H" '
+buildopts += 'LFLAGS2="$LDFLAGS -L$EBROOTBZIP2/lib -lbz2" '
+buildopts += 'OCRCU8="crc32_.o" OCRCTB="" '
+buildopts += 'zips'
+
+installopts = '-f unix/Makefile prefix=%(installdir)s '
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/zip', 'bin/zipcloak', 'bin/zipnote', 'bin/zipsplit'],
+    'dirs': ['man/man1']
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ["zip --version"]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/z/Zip/Zip-3.0_gcc-14-compability.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/z/Zip/Zip-3.0_gcc-14-compability.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee737b0127d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/z/Zip/Zip-3.0_gcc-14-compability.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+Fix build of Zip 3.0 on modern Linux systems with GCC 14+
+- Remove legacy memset, memcpy, memcmp from fileio.c
+- Add missing <time.h> include to timezone.c for struct tm/localtime
+- Remove legacy ZMEM redeclarations from zip.h, include <string.h>
+Author: Pavel Tomanek (Inuits)
+--- zip.h.orig	2025-07-01 18:19:39.457327000 +0200
++++ zip.h	2025-07-01 18:21:12.657206000 +0200
+@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
+ /* Set up portability */
+ #include "tailor.h"
+ 
++#include <string.h>
++
+ #ifdef USE_ZLIB
+ #  include "zlib.h"
+ #endif
+@@ -722,12 +724,6 @@
+ 
+ int fcopy OF((FILE *, FILE *, uzoff_t));
+ 
+-#ifdef ZMEM
+-   char *memset OF((char *, int, unsigned int));
+-   char *memcpy OF((char *, char *, unsigned int));
+-   int memcmp OF((char *, char *, unsigned int));
+-#endif /* ZMEM */
+-
+         /* in system dependent fileio code (<system>.c) */
+ #ifndef UTIL
+ # ifdef PROCNAME
+--- fileio.c.orig	2025-07-01 18:41:04.603858000 +0200
++++ fileio.c	2025-07-01 18:41:12.394749000 +0200
+@@ -1944,69 +1944,6 @@
+ #endif /* NO_RENAME */
+ 
+ 
+-#ifdef ZMEM
+-
+-/************************/
+-/*  Function memset()   */
+-/************************/
+-
+-/*
+- * memset - for systems without it
+- *  bill davidsen - March 1990
+- */
+-
+-char *
+-memset(buf, init, len)
+-register char *buf;     /* buffer loc */
+-register int init;      /* initializer */
+-register unsigned int len;   /* length of the buffer */
+-{
+-    char *start;
+-
+-    start = buf;
+-    while (len--) *(buf++) = init;
+-    return(start);
+-}
+-
+-
+-/************************/
+-/*  Function memcpy()   */
+-/************************/
+-
+-char *
+-memcpy(dst,src,len)             /* v2.0f */
+-register char *dst, *src;
+-register unsigned int len;
+-{
+-    char *start;
+-
+-    start = dst;
+-    while (len--)
+-        *dst++ = *src++;
+-    return(start);
+-}
+-
+-
+-/************************/
+-/*  Function memcmp()   */
+-/************************/
+-
+-int
+-memcmp(b1,b2,len)                     /* jpd@usl.edu -- 11/16/90 */
+-register char *b1, *b2;
+-register unsigned int len;
+-{
+-
+-    if (len) do {       /* examine each byte (if any) */
+-      if (*b1++ != *b2++)
+-        return (*((uch *)b1-1) - *((uch *)b2-1));  /* exit when miscompare */
+-    } while (--len);
+-
+-    return(0);          /* no miscompares, yield 0 result */
+-}
+-
+-#endif  /* ZMEM */
+-
+ 
+ /*------------------------------------------------------------------
+  * Split archives
+--- timezone.c.orig	2025-07-01 18:30:30.464756000 +0200
++++ timezone.c	2025-07-01 18:30:46.550872000 +0200
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ #include "timezone.h"
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
++#include <time.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef IZTZ_DEFINESTDGLOBALS
+ long timezone = 0;
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