diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index a1a2cbcac6..f6168e45d5 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ $LastChangedBy$
 $Date$
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "27">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "28">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2011">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 27th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 28th, &year;">
 <!-- <!ENTITY releasedate  "November &day;st, &year;"> -->
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
@@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY mpg123-version               "1.12.4">
 <!ENTITY vorbistools-version          "1.2.0">
 <!ENTITY XMMS-version                 "1.2.10">
-<!ENTITY lame-version                 "398-2">
+<!ENTITY lame-major-version           "3.99">
+<!ENTITY lame-version                 "3.99.3">
 <!ENTITY CDParanoia-version           "III-10.2">
 <!ENTITY freetts-version              "1.2.1">
 <!ENTITY audacious-version            "3.1">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index ccecd61bf5..107c65cc4e 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 28th, 2011</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to lame-3.99.3</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 27th, 2011</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/kde/add/kdegraphics.xml b/kde/add/kdegraphics.xml
index cfe30959b7..580acae74d 100644
--- a/kde/add/kdegraphics.xml
+++ b/kde/add/kdegraphics.xml
@@ -144,21 +144,21 @@ rm -rf   $MAKEDIR  &amp;&amp;
 mkdir -p $MAKEDIR  &amp;&amp;
 cd       $MAKEDIR  &amp;&amp;
 
-    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$TRINITY_PREFIX \
-          -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON            \
-          -DQT_VERSION=3                         \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fpermissive"       \
-          -DWITH_TIFF=ON                         \
-          -DWITH_PAM=ON                          \
-          -DBUILD_ALL=ON                         \
-          -DBUILD_KAMERA=OFF                     \
-          -DBUILD_KSVG=OFF                       \
-          -DBUILD_KUICKSHOW=OFF                  \
-          -DBUILD_LIBKSCAN=OFF                   \
-          -DBUILD_KOOKA=OFF                      \
-          -DBUILD_KGHOSTVIEW=OFF                 \
-          -DBUILD_KFILE_PLUGINS=OFF              \
-          $KDEGRAPHICS                          &amp;&amp;
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$TRINITY_PREFIX \
+      -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON            \
+      -DQT_VERSION=3                         \
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fpermissive"       \
+      -DWITH_TIFF=ON                         \
+      -DWITH_PAM=ON                          \
+      -DBUILD_ALL=ON                         \
+      -DBUILD_KAMERA=OFF                     \
+      -DBUILD_KSVG=OFF                       \
+      -DBUILD_KUICKSHOW=OFF                  \
+      -DBUILD_LIBKSCAN=OFF                   \
+      -DBUILD_KOOKA=OFF                      \
+      -DBUILD_KGHOSTVIEW=OFF                 \
+      -DBUILD_KFILE_PLUGINS=OFF              \
+      $KDEGRAPHICS                          &amp;&amp;
 
 unset KDEGRAPHICS MAKEDIR &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/multimedia/audioutils/cdparanoia.xml b/multimedia/audioutils/cdparanoia.xml
index ff7b1b411e..5f267692cf 100644
--- a/multimedia/audioutils/cdparanoia.xml
+++ b/multimedia/audioutils/cdparanoia.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     files from audio CDs.  A CDDA capable CDROM drive is needed.
     Practically all drives supported by Linux can be used.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_checked;
+    &lfs70_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
diff --git a/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml b/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml
index b72a99f69e..e5c0964164 100644
--- a/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml
+++ b/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY lame-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/lame/lame-&lame-version;.tar.gz">
+<!-- http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.3.tar.gz -->
+
+  <!ENTITY lame-download-http "&sourceforge-repo2;/projects/lame/files/lame/&lame-major-version;/lame-&lame-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY lame-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY lame-md5sum        "719dae0ee675d0c16e0e89952930ed35">
-  <!ENTITY lame-size          "1.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY lame-buildsize     "11.2 MB (without optional dependencies)">
-  <!ENTITY lame-time          "0.4 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY lame-md5sum        "5ad31e33e70455eb3a7b79a5dd934fce">
+  <!ENTITY lame-size          "1.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lame-buildsize     "13 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lame-time          "0.3 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="lame" xreflabel="LAME-&lame-version;">
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
     an MP3 encoder and optionally, an MP3 frame analyzer. This is useful
     for creating and analyzing compressed audio files.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_checked;
+    &lfs70_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -60,12 +62,14 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">LAME Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="GTK"/>, -->
-    <xref linkend="NASM"/>,
-    <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/">libsndfile</ulink>
-    (support is currently broken),
-    <ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> and
-    <ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
+    <para role="optional">
+      <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/">GTK-1</ulink>,
+      <xref linkend="NASM"/>,
+      <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/">libsndfile</ulink>
+        (support is currently broken),
+      <ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> and
+      <ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink>
+    </para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/lame"/></para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/flac.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/flac.xml
index 75e892c7b4..5e2f769467 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/flac.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/flac.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed without losing any
     information.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_checked; <!-- compiled with NASM 2.07 -->
+    &lfs70_checked; <!-- tested on x86_64, nasm not used -->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FLAC Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libogg"/>,
-    <!-- <xref linkend="xmms"/>, -->
-    <xref linkend="NASM"/>,
-    <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
-    <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
-    <ulink url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink></para>
+    <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
+      <!-- <xref linkend="xmms"/>, -->
+      <xref linkend="NASM"/>,
+      <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
+      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
+      <ulink url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>
+    </para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/flac"/></para>
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;/&amp;\n#include &lt;string.h&gt;/' \
     examples/cpp/encode/file/main.cpp &amp;&amp;
+
 ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-thorough-tests &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>