diff --git a/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml b/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml
index f686a99b6a..7e1d7f2c01 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-download-http "https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/releases/download/v&libatomic_ops-version;/libatomic_ops-&libatomic_ops-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-md5sum        "675dbd6681c6de7c9f4a834bcae9b748">
+  <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-md5sum        "8eb5ef48d7369148f4399a2e4ae48dc6">
   <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-size          "472 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-buildsize     "4.9 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-buildsize     "5.0 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY libatomic_ops-time          "0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/general/genlib/xapian.xml b/general/genlib/xapian.xml
index 942f534e42..ef24ea66f8 100644
--- a/general/genlib/xapian.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/xapian.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY xapian-download-http
            "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/&xapian-version;/xapian-core-&xapian-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY xapian-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY xapian-md5sum        "919ad9a80a7c6a01ab4721670bb29cab">
+  <!ENTITY xapian-md5sum        "ac661b7f130e7857e718f2f31d0cd01f">
   <!ENTITY xapian-size          "2.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY xapian-buildsize     "122 MB (add estimated 95 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY xapian-time          "0.5 SBU (add estimated 179 SBU for tests)">
diff --git a/general/prog/dejagnu.xml b/general/prog/dejagnu.xml
index fcf0d86bac..b95507d2d0 100644
--- a/general/prog/dejagnu.xml
+++ b/general/prog/dejagnu.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dejagnu-download-http "&gnu-http;/dejagnu/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dejagnu-download-ftp  "&gnu-ftp;/dejagnu/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY dejagnu-md5sum        "1fdc2eb0d592c4f89d82d24dfdf02f0b">
-  <!ENTITY dejagnu-size          "512 KB">
-  <!ENTITY dejagnu-buildsize     "3.2 MB">
+  <!ENTITY dejagnu-md5sum        "2ac8405a4c7ca8611d004fe852966c6f">
+  <!ENTITY dejagnu-size          "516 KB">
+  <!ENTITY dejagnu-buildsize     "3.1 MB">
   <!ENTITY dejagnu-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/general/prog/expect.xml b/general/prog/expect.xml
index 4397491e7b..d90b228456 100644
--- a/general/prog/expect.xml
+++ b/general/prog/expect.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY expect-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/expect/expect&expect-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY expect-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY expect-md5sum        "44e1a4f4c877e9ddc5a542dfa7ecc92b">
-  <!ENTITY expect-size          "620 KB">
-  <!ENTITY expect-buildsize     "4.1 MB">
-  <!ENTITY expect-time          "0.2 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY expect-md5sum        "a8855cd41c1ef004b9794db9e2a57a9d">
+  <!ENTITY expect-size          "612 KB">
+  <!ENTITY expect-buildsize     "3.3 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY expect-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="expect" xreflabel="Expect-&expect-version;">
diff --git a/general/prog/perl-modules.xml b/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
index be2f1254e5..84ae11cd9a 100644
--- a/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
+++ b/general/prog/perl-modules.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   <!ENTITY Module-Build-md5sum "b74c2f6e84b60aad3a3defd30b6f0f4d">
 
   <!ENTITY Net-DNS-download-http "&perl_authors;/id/N/NL/NLNETLABS/Net-DNS-&Net-DNS-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY Net-DNS-md5sum "7e7c6cf8184df4d49500a003d998764a">
+  <!ENTITY Net-DNS-md5sum "ed0c4c22daaf88c4071bae13b6f71f99">
 
   <!ENTITY Parse-Yapp-download-http "&perl_authors;/id/W/WB/WBRASWELL/Parse-Yapp-&Parse-Yapp-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY Parse-Yapp-md5sum "69584d5b0f0304bb2a23cffcd982c5de">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index bca1add300..719e4aaf53 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,38 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>October 27th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Clearlooks-1.9 (mplayer skin). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9908">#9908</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ffmpeg-3.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9888">#9888</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to lame-3.100. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9884">#9884</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Net-DNS-1.13 (perl module). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9896">#9896</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to expect-5.45.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9906">#9906</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to dejagnu-1.6.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9892">#9892</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to xapian-core-1.4.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9885">#9885</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libatomic_ops-7.4.8. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9895">#9895</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Update to SQLite-3.21.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9932">#9932</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml b/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml
index 56c44c304a..00b4e9f7d2 100644
--- a/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml
+++ b/multimedia/audioutils/lame.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY lame-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/lame/lame-&lame-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY lame-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY lame-md5sum        "84835b313d4a8b68f5349816d33e07ce">
-  <!ENTITY lame-size          "1.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY lame-buildsize     "11 MB">
-  <!ENTITY lame-time          "0.3 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY lame-md5sum        "83e260acbe4389b54fe08e0bdbf7cddb">
+  <!ENTITY lame-size          "1.5 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lame-buildsize     "9.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lame-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="lame" xreflabel="LAME-&lame-version;">
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg.xml
index 41ca04d951..18e8f6d206 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/ffmpeg.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY ffmpeg-download-http "http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY ffmpeg-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-md5sum        "e14a0200c78ce5c918427e57cd406a0d">
-  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-size          "7.9 MB">
-  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-buildsize     "134 MB (add 2.7 GB for the FATE suite/tests, add 17 MB for docs)">
-  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-time          "1.2 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 5.1 SBU to run the FATE suite after sample files are downloaded; add 0.4 SBU for docs)">
+  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-md5sum        "c64ba7247bb91e516f6a5789348fd5b5">
+  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-size          "8.1 MB">
+  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-buildsize     "137 MB (add 2.7 GB for the FATE suite/tests, add 17 MB for docs)">
+  <!ENTITY ffmpeg-time          "1.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 5.1 SBU to run the FATE suite after sample files are downloaded; add 0.4 SBU for docs)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="ffmpeg" xreflabel="FFmpeg-&ffmpeg-version;">
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml
index cefa54e473..3a6d4fec24 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer.xml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
   <!ENTITY mplayer-buildsize     "206 MB">
   <!ENTITY mplayer-time          "4.2 SBU">
 
-  <!ENTITY mplayer-skin          "Clearlooks-1.8">
+  <!ENTITY mplayer-skin          "Clearlooks-1.9">
   <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-download-http "https://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/&mplayer-skin;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/&mplayer-skin;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-md5sum   "850ad3ecec85188d0205adf251f0c06b">
-  <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-size     "39 KB">
+  <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-md5sum   "d847b97943fceab6f8eda5e11c250f2d">
+  <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-size     "40 KB">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="mplayer" xreflabel="MPlayer-&mplayer-version;">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 305839537a..99247b38a3 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libarchive-version           "3.3.2">
 <!ENTITY libassuan-version            "2.4.3">
 <!ENTITY libatasmart-version          "0.19">
-<!ENTITY libatomic_ops-version        "7.4.6">
+<!ENTITY libatomic_ops-version        "7.4.8">
 <!ENTITY libblockdev-version          "2.13">
 <!ENTITY libbytesize-version          "1.2">
 <!ENTITY libcroco-version             "0.6.12">
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 <!ENTITY wayland-version              "1.14.0">
 <!ENTITY wayland-protocols-version    "1.11">
 <!ENTITY wv-version                   "1.2.9">
-<!ENTITY xapian-version               "1.4.4">
+<!ENTITY xapian-version               "1.4.5">
 <!ENTITY yaml-version                 "0.1.7">
 
 <!-- Chapter 10 -->
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@
 <!ENTITY cmake-minor-version          "4">
 <!ENTITY cmake-version                "&cmake-major-version;.&cmake-minor-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY cvs-version                  "1.11.23">-->
-<!ENTITY dejagnu-version              "1.6">
+<!ENTITY dejagnu-version              "1.6.1">
 <!ENTITY doxygen-version              "1.8.13">
 <!ENTITY elfutils-version             "0.170">
-<!ENTITY expect-version               "5.45">
+<!ENTITY expect-version               "5.45.3">
 <!ENTITY gcc-version                  "7.2.0">
 <!--<!ENTITY gcc-java-version             "7.1.0">-->
 <!ENTITY gcc-ada-version              "7.2.0">
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 <!ENTITY LWP-version                  "6.27">
 <!ENTITY LWP-Protocol-https-version   "6.06">
 <!ENTITY Module-Build-version         "0.4224">
-<!ENTITY Net-DNS-version              "1.12">
+<!ENTITY Net-DNS-version              "1.13">
 <!ENTITY Parse-Yapp-version           "1.21">
 <!ENTITY Regexp-Common-version        "2017060201">
 <!ENTITY Sort-Key-version             "1.33">
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
 <!-- Chapter 47 -->
 <!ENTITY mpg123-version               "1.25.6">
 <!ENTITY vorbistools-version          "1.4.0">
-<!ENTITY lame-version                 "3.99.5">
+<!ENTITY lame-version                 "3.100">
 <!ENTITY CDParanoia-version           "III-10.2">
 <!ENTITY freetts-version              "1.2.2">
 <!ENTITY audacious-version            "3.9">
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@
 <!ENTITY pnmixer-version              "0.5.1">
 
 <!-- Chapter 48 -->
-<!ENTITY ffmpeg-version               "3.3.4">
+<!ENTITY ffmpeg-version               "3.4">
 <!ENTITY mplayer-version              "1.3.0">
 <!ENTITY xine-ui-version              "0.99.9">
 <!ENTITY transcode-version            "1.1.7">