diff --git a/general/genlib/libblockdev.xml b/general/genlib/libblockdev.xml
index 5afc158075..b997c38ea8 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libblockdev.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libblockdev.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY libblockdev-download-http
     "https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev/releases/download/2.13-1/libblockdev-&libblockdev-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY libblockdev-download-ftp " ">
-  <!ENTITY libblockdev-md5sum        "682af59af62afd8d44fb39ea492ede30">
-  <!ENTITY libblockdev-size          "724 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libblockdev-buildsize     "14 MB">
-  <!ENTITY libblockdev-time          "0.3 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY libblockdev-md5sum        "d13953db5247f326f730ff7ae64493de">
+  <!ENTITY libblockdev-size          "736 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libblockdev-buildsize     "11 MB">
+  <!ENTITY libblockdev-time          "0.2 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="libblockdev" xreflabel="libblockdev-&libblockdev-version;">
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required">
       <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
-      <xref linkend="libbytesize"/>, and
+      <xref linkend="libbytesize"/>, 
+      <xref linkend="parted"/>, and
       <xref linkend="volume_key"/>
     </para>
 
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@
       <xref linkend="btrfs-progs"/>,
       <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
       <xref linkend="mdadm"/>,
-      <xref linkend="parted"/>,
       <ulink url="http://dmraid.sourcearchive.com/">dmraid</ulink>, and 
       <ulink url="http://bcachefs.org/">bcachefs</ulink>
     </para>
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr     \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --with-python3    \
+            --without-gtk-doc \
             --without-dm      &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
index 5501afe700..2e246b90c0 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-http "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "d548ae16f9a3268fe4650ccc86a3f06f">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-size          "1.9 MB">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-buildsize     "27 MB (add 33 MB for the tests)">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-time          "0.4 SBU (add 2.4 SBU for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "7ee90da9661af052f0474c1154d0ba21">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-size          "2.0 MB">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-buildsize     "18 MB (add 27 MB for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-time          "0.3 SBU (add 1.9 SBU for the tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="dbus" xreflabel="dbus-&dbus-version;">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index bb4d395ce4..2b6c2e4ed9 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>November 10th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libblockdev-2.14. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9968">#9968</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.12.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9962">#9962</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gtk+3 3.22.26. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9954">#9954</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to postfix-3.2.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9949">#9949</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to cups-2.2.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9937">#9937</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[chey] - Fix building sshfs on i686. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9759">#9759</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index bb6f5dea76..fdaa4afc3b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libassuan-version            "2.4.3">
 <!ENTITY libatasmart-version          "0.19">
 <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-version        "7.4.8">
-<!ENTITY libblockdev-version          "2.13">
+<!ENTITY libblockdev-version          "2.14">
 <!ENTITY libbytesize-version          "1.2">
 <!ENTITY libcroco-version             "0.6.12">
 <!ENTITY libdaemon-version            "0.14">
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 <!ENTITY colord-version               "1.4.1">
 <!ENTITY cpio-version                 "2.12">
 <!ENTITY cups-pk-helper-version       "0.2.6">
-<!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.10.24">   <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.12.0">   <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY eudev-version                "1.7">
 <!ENTITY fcron-version                "3.2.0">
 <!ENTITY gpm-version                  "1.20.7">
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 <!ENTITY dovecot-version              "&dovecot-major;.&dovecot-minor;.&dovecot-micro;">
 
 <!ENTITY exim-version                 "4.89">
-<!ENTITY postfix-version              "3.2.3">
+<!ENTITY postfix-version              "3.2.4">
 <!ENTITY sendmail-version             "8.15.2">
 
 <!-- Chapter 22 -->
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 <!ENTITY glu-version                  "9.0.0">
 <!ENTITY goffice010-version           "0.10.35">
 <!ENTITY gtk2-version                 "2.24.31">
-<!ENTITY gtk3-version                 "3.22.24">
+<!ENTITY gtk3-version                 "3.22.26">
 <!ENTITY gtk-engines-version          "2.20.2">
 <!ENTITY gtkmm2-version               "2.24.5">
 <!ENTITY gtkmm3-version               "3.22.2">
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@
 
 <!-- Part XII -->
 <!-- Chapter 50 -->
-<!ENTITY cups-version                 "2.2.4">
+<!ENTITY cups-version                 "2.2.6">
 <!ENTITY cups-filters-version         "1.17.5">
 <!ENTITY gs-version                   "9.22">
 <!ENTITY gutenprint-version           "5.2.13">
diff --git a/postlfs/security/cryptsetup.xml b/postlfs/security/cryptsetup.xml
index 8f59e70800..66844ebfcb 100644
--- a/postlfs/security/cryptsetup.xml
+++ b/postlfs/security/cryptsetup.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
       <xref linkend="libpwquality"/>,
-      <xref linkend="lvm2"/>,
       <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
       <ulink url="http://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/">passwdqc</ulink>
     </para>
diff --git a/pst/printing/cups.xml b/pst/printing/cups.xml
index 14a8efe173..c7b620aafa 100644
--- a/pst/printing/cups.xml
+++ b/pst/printing/cups.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY cups-download-http "https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/download/v&cups-version;/cups-&cups-version;-source.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY cups-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY cups-md5sum        "d26e5a0a574a69fe1d01079b2931fc49">
-  <!ENTITY cups-size          "9.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY cups-buildsize     "54 MB">
+  <!ENTITY cups-md5sum        "e91c26d8d97b5a1630a962f530f02192">
+  <!ENTITY cups-size          "9.8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY cups-buildsize     "57 MB">
   <!ENTITY cups-time          "0.4 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="recommended">
       <xref linkend="colord"/>,
-      <xref linkend="dbus"/>, and
-      <xref linkend="libusb"/>
+      <xref linkend="dbus"/>, 
+      <xref linkend="libusb"/>, and
+      <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/>
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -93,10 +94,8 @@
       <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
       <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
       <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
-      <xref linkend="php"/>,
-      <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
-      <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/>
-
+      <xref linkend="php"/>, and
+      <xref linkend="python2"/>
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Postinstall)</bridgehead>
@@ -202,28 +201,6 @@
       choice.
     </para>
 
-<!-- Remove for cups-2.2.5 -->
-    <para>
-      Fix a regression in CUPS-2.2.4:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '2062,2069d' cups/dest.c</userinput></screen>
-
-<!--  This does not appear to be needed any more, but leaving it in as 
-      a comment for right now.  - bdubbs 2017-04-07
-
-    <para>
-      Unless you have installed <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>, fix a configuration
-      file:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/kerberized/,$ d' conf/cupsd.conf.in</userinput></screen>
--->
-
-    <!-- docdir is also document root for cups administration interface, so
-    let's just put it in /usr/share/cups/doc-&cups-version; and create symlink
-    in /usr/share/doc/cups-&cups-version;-->
-
     <para>
       Build <application>Cups</application> by running the following commands:
     </para>
@@ -231,7 +208,6 @@
 
 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>sed -i 's:444:644:' Makedefs.in                                     &amp;&amp;
 sed -i '/MAN.EXT/s:.gz::' configure config-scripts/cups-manpages.m4 &amp;&amp;
-sed -i '/LIBGCRYPTCONFIG/d' config-scripts/cups-ssl.m4              &amp;&amp;
 
 aclocal  -I config-scripts &amp;&amp;
 autoconf -I config-scripts &amp;&amp;
@@ -246,7 +222,6 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>sed -i 's:555:755:g;s:444:644:g' Makedefs.in                         &amp;&amp;
 sed -i '/MAN.EXT/s:.gz::g' configure config-scripts/cups-manpages.m4 &amp;&amp;
-sed -i '/LIBGCRYPTCONFIG/d' config-scripts/cups-ssl.m4               &amp;&amp;
 
 aclocal  -I config-scripts &amp;&amp;
 autoconf -I config-scripts &amp;&amp;
@@ -290,21 +265,6 @@ ln -svnf ../cups/doc-&cups-version; /usr/share/doc/cups-&cups-version;</userinpu
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-<!-- See comment about this above
-    <para>
-      <command>sed -i '/kerberized/,$ d' conf/cupsd.conf.in</command>: when this
-      version of <application>cups</application> is compiled without kerberos
-      support, it nevertheless adds a policy entry at the end of
-      <filename>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</filename>. But the daemon will error out
-      because it does not understand that entry, so remove it.
-    </para>
--->
-<!-- Remove for cups-2.2.5 -->
-    <para>
-      <command>sed ... cups/dest.c</command>: Fix a regression in cups-2.2.4,
-      which prevents finding printers when no default printer is defined.
-    </para>
-
     <para>
       <command>sed ... Makedefs.in</command>: Fix files and directories
       permissions.
@@ -329,15 +289,10 @@ ln -svnf ../cups/doc-&cups-version; /usr/share/doc/cups-&cups-version;</userinpu
       almost doubles build time and slightly decreases build disk space.
       Installed disk space is not appreciably modified.
     </para>
-<!--
-    <para>
-      <command>sed ... test/ippserver.c</command>: This sed fixes a bug,
-      which shows up when <application>avahi</application> is not present.
-    </para>-->
 
     <para revision="sysv">
       <parameter>--disable-systemd</parameter>: Systemd is not supported by
-      BLFS.
+      this version of BLFS.
     </para>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/server/mail/postfix.xml b/server/mail/postfix.xml
index 51ec80ee82..1e2e654545 100644
--- a/server/mail/postfix.xml
+++ b/server/mail/postfix.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY postfix-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY postfix-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/official/postfix-&postfix-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY postfix-md5sum        "cf62bfb8f379a0936d9a6d84d9c4504b">
+  <!ENTITY postfix-md5sum        "60d8418278ef9f3c7d1251480ea84a42">
   <!ENTITY postfix-size          "4.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY postfix-buildsize     "173 MB">
   <!ENTITY postfix-time          "0.4 SBU">
diff --git a/x/lib/gtk+3.xml b/x/lib/gtk+3.xml
index 0fd7f4d585..feee35c716 100644
--- a/x/lib/gtk+3.xml
+++ b/x/lib/gtk+3.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gtk3-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gtk+/&gnome-minor-22;/gtk+-&gtk3-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gtk3-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gtk+/&gnome-minor-22;/gtk+-&gtk3-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY gtk3-md5sum        "b782a15b7b5b2005a1ce4647fb002a49">
+  <!ENTITY gtk3-md5sum        "eeeb8038fe0d386c7516fa46cd4fff6b">
   <!ENTITY gtk3-size          "18 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gtk3-buildsize     "431 MB (add 9 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gtk3-time          "1.9 SBU (using parallelism=4, add 0.5 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gtk3-buildsize     "430 MB (add 9 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gtk3-time          "1.8 SBU (using parallelism=4, add 0.5 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gtk3" xreflabel="GTK+-&gtk3-version;">