diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index cb133dcb5d..c93d956436 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "06">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "08">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2017">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 6th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 8th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development -->
diff --git a/general/genlib/libassuan.xml b/general/genlib/libassuan.xml
index f35fae538b..95346d172c 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libassuan.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libassuan.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <!-- Something is wrong with ftp server and it confuses curl when currency runs it -->
   <!-- <!ENTITY libassuan-download-ftp  "&gnupg-ftp;/libassuan/libassuan-&libassuan-version;.tar.bz2"> -->
   <!ENTITY libassuan-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libassuan-md5sum        "4f22bdb70d424cfb41b64fd73b7e1e45">
+  <!ENTITY libassuan-md5sum        "4354b7ae296894f232ada226a062d7d7">
   <!ENTITY libassuan-size          "552 KB">
   <!ENTITY libassuan-buildsize     "5.7 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY libassuan-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
diff --git a/general/genlib/liblinear.xml b/general/genlib/liblinear.xml
index a76ccd771a..9b24abce9c 100644
--- a/general/genlib/liblinear.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/liblinear.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY liblinear-download-http "https://github.com/cjlin1/liblinear/archive/v&liblinear-version;/liblinear-&liblinear-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY liblinear-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY liblinear-md5sum        "9aa46bea862a82d7bdb86017e94feffc">
-  <!ENTITY liblinear-size          "496 KB">
-  <!ENTITY liblinear-buildsize     "1.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY liblinear-md5sum        "90197ad99880ee15df556753ec31d68a">
+  <!ENTITY liblinear-size          "508 KB">
+  <!ENTITY liblinear-buildsize     "1.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY liblinear-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml b/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml
index e7aee9f3a1..2ed6da963b 100644
--- a/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml
+++ b/general/genutils/gtk-doc.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gtk-doc-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gtk-doc/&gtk-doc-version;/gtk-doc-&gtk-doc-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gtk-doc-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gtk-doc/&gtk-doc-version;/gtk-doc-&gtk-doc-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY gtk-doc-md5sum        "1ad4a1dbf804889fdc85f8eec45e8696">
-  <!ENTITY gtk-doc-size          "692 KB">
-  <!ENTITY gtk-doc-buildsize     "16 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gtk-doc-md5sum        "b29949e0964762e474b706ce22171602">
+  <!ENTITY gtk-doc-size          "704 KB">
+  <!ENTITY gtk-doc-buildsize     "14 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY gtk-doc-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/general/graphlib/libraw.xml b/general/graphlib/libraw.xml
index bbdbddb80c..ad0f716597 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/libraw.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/libraw.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libraw-download-http "http://www.libraw.org/data/LibRaw-&libraw-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY libraw-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libraw-md5sum        "38200e43a2eb4021c2653fbc44ce0c08">
+  <!ENTITY libraw-md5sum        "62459e4808eb730ff117b1710dc43d6d">
   <!ENTITY libraw-size          "1.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY libraw-buildsize     "14 MB">
   <!ENTITY libraw-time          "0.2 SBU">
diff --git a/general/prog/perl-modules.xml b/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
index 8d54c1baeb..f4402f91a0 100644
--- a/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
+++ b/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   <!ENTITY IPC-Run3-md5sum "5a8cec571c51a118b265cf6e24e55761">
 
   <!ENTITY libwww-perl-download-http "&perl_authors;/id/O/OA/OALDERS/libwww-perl-&LWP-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY libwww-perl-md5sum "efec8d563ffd3652333356aa722c2b56">
+  <!ENTITY libwww-perl-md5sum "79f4e62503043b553da419f60af6c06a">
 
   <!ENTITY Lingua-Translit-download-http "&perl_authors;/id/A/AL/ALINKE/Lingua-Translit-&Lingua-Translit-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY Lingua-Translit-md5sum "090cecd52ff9c1f9d4b370ba653b9da1">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 9eb373abfc..3f8d960332 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,36 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 8th, 2017</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libwww-perl-6.30 (perl-module). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10129">#10129</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libassuan-2.5.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10127">#10127</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to cairo-1.14.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10125">#10125</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gtk-doc-1.27. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10124">#10124</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to LibRaw-0.18.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10123">#10123</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to liblinear-220. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10122">#10122</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 6th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 1a33d4edbb..ddb9572c9c 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 <!ENTITY json-glib-version            "1.4.2">
 <!ENTITY keyutils-version             "1.5.10">
 <!ENTITY libarchive-version           "3.3.2">
-<!ENTITY libassuan-version            "2.4.5">
+<!ENTITY libassuan-version            "2.5.1">
 <!ENTITY libatasmart-version          "0.19">
 <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-version        "7.4.8">
 <!ENTITY libblockdev-version          "2.15">
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libidn2-version              "2.0.4">
 <!ENTITY libiodbc-version             "3.52.12">
 <!ENTITY libksba-version              "1.3.5">
-<!ENTITY liblinear-version            "211">
+<!ENTITY liblinear-version            "220">
 <!ENTITY libmbim-version              "1.14.2">
 <!ENTITY libnfsidmap-version          "0.26">
 <!ENTITY libpaper-version             "1.1.24+nmu5">
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY libmng-version               "2.0.3">
 <!ENTITY libpng-version               "1.6.32">
 <!ENTITY librsvg-version              "2.40.19">   <!-- Normally even minors -->
-<!ENTITY libraw-version               "0.18.5">
+<!ENTITY libraw-version               "0.18.6">
 <!ENTITY libtiff-version              "4.0.9">
 <!ENTITY libwebp-version              "0.6.1">
 <!ENTITY newt-version                 "0.52.20">
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-version   "0.23">
 <!ENTITY gperf-version                "3.0.4">
 <!ENTITY graphviz-version             "2.40.1">   <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gtk-doc-version              "1.26">
+<!ENTITY gtk-doc-version              "1.27">
 <!ENTITY gtkhtml-version              "4.10.0">
 <!ENTITY hd2u-version                 "1.0.4">
 <!ENTITY hicolor-icon-theme-version   "0.17">
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY List-AllUtils-version        "0.14">
 <!ENTITY List-MoreUtils-version       "0.426">
 <!ENTITY Log-Log4perl-version         "1.49">
-<!ENTITY LWP-version                  "6.29">
+<!ENTITY LWP-version                  "6.30">
 <!ENTITY LWP-Protocol-https-version   "6.06">
 <!ENTITY Module-Build-version         "0.4224">
 <!ENTITY Net-DNS-version              "1.13">
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY atkmm-version                "2.24.2">
 <!ENTITY at-spi2-core-version         "2.26.2">
 <!ENTITY at-spi2-atk-version          "2.26.1">
-<!ENTITY cairo-version                "1.14.10">
+<!ENTITY cairo-version                "1.14.12">
 <!ENTITY cairomm-version              "1.12.2">
 <!ENTITY cogl-version                 "1.22.2">
 <!ENTITY clutter-version              "1.26.2">
diff --git a/x/lib/cairo.xml b/x/lib/cairo.xml
index 897d8aff2e..ab9364f7d1 100644
--- a/x/lib/cairo.xml
+++ b/x/lib/cairo.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY cairo-download-http "https://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-&cairo-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY cairo-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY cairo-md5sum        "146f5f4d0b4439fc3792fd3452b7b12a">
+  <!ENTITY cairo-md5sum        "9f0db9dbfca0966be8acd682e636d165">
   <!ENTITY cairo-size          "35 MB">
-  <!ENTITY cairo-buildsize     "139 MB">
-  <!ENTITY cairo-time          "0.9 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY cairo-buildsize     "129 MB">
+  <!ENTITY cairo-time          "0.4 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="cairo" xreflabel="Cairo-&cairo-version;">