diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 7729afb9c8..8a046befc0 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "04">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "05">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2017">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "July 4th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "July 5th &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/sysutils/udisks2.xml b/general/sysutils/udisks2.xml
index c9ff7cd05c..968cb38806 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/udisks2.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/udisks2.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY udisks2-download-http "https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/releases/download/udisks-&udisks2-version;/udisks-&udisks2-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY udisks2-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY udisks2-md5sum        "6f4bb56daca7be136f6eb4832ad2b3a0">
+  <!ENTITY udisks2-md5sum        "4e8d156c00be8b2cd919d3478e3e83c3">
   <!ENTITY udisks2-size          "1.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY udisks2-buildsize     "45 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY udisks2-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          udisksctl, udisksd and umount.udisks2
+          udisksctl, udisksd, and umount.udisks2
         </seg>
         <seg>
           libudisks2.so
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           /etc/udisks2,
           /usr/include/udisks2,
           /usr/lib/udisks2,
-          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/udisks2 and
+          /usr/libexec/udisks2,
+          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/udisks2, and
           /var/lib/udisks2
         </seg>
       </seglistitem>
diff --git a/gnome.ent b/gnome.ent
index b4f3ae93ed..2c455256cb 100644
--- a/gnome.ent
+++ b/gnome.ent
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 <!ENTITY nautilus-version                  "3.24.1">
 <!ENTITY zenity-version                    "3.24.0">
 <!ENTITY gnome-bluetooth-version           "3.20.1">
-<!ENTITY gnome-keyring-version             "3.20.0">
+<!ENTITY gnome-keyring-version             "3.20.1">
 <!ENTITY gnome-settings-daemon-version     "3.24.2">
 <!ENTITY gnome-control-center-version      "3.24.2">
 <!ENTITY mutter-version                    "3.24.3">
diff --git a/gnome/platform/gnome-keyring.xml b/gnome/platform/gnome-keyring.xml
index d485cdee23..2e99eb5ff2 100644
--- a/gnome/platform/gnome-keyring.xml
+++ b/gnome/platform/gnome-keyring.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
            "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-keyring/&gnome-minor-20;/gnome-keyring-&gnome-keyring-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-download-ftp
            "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-keyring/&gnome-minor-20;/gnome-keyring-&gnome-keyring-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-md5sum        "e09efe8021944dae404736b5a2adb98e">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-md5sum        "9b4b2c59dc1db3a1309cbe1fa1f2c2e7">
   <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-size          "1.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-buildsize     "122 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-time          "1.2 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-buildsize     "121 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-keyring-time          "1.0 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gnome-keyring" xreflabel="gnome-keyring-&gnome-keyring-version;">
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     </para>
 
     &lfs80_checked;
+    &gcc7_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 697f95a284..ad838ec732 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,32 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+   <listitem>
+     <para>July 5th, 2017</para>
+     <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gnome-keyring-3.20.1. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9446">#9446</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to QScintilla_gpl-2.10.1. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9445">#9445</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to faac-1.29. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9443">#9443</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.8.0. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9441">#9441</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to udisks2-2.7.1. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9440">#9440</ulink>.</para>
+       </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+   </listitem>
+
    <listitem>
      <para>July 4th, 2017</para>
      <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/faac.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/faac.xml
index 34d01663b6..4fad952a65 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/faac.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/faac.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY faac-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/faac/faac-&faac-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY faac-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY faac-md5sum        "c5dde68840cefe46532089c9392d1df0">
-  <!ENTITY faac-size          "519 KB">
-  <!ENTITY faac-buildsize     "20 MB">
-  <!ENTITY faac-time          "0.4 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY faac-md5sum        "ec0e398076bc7cf81bad0940fcd40649">
+  <!ENTITY faac-size          "300 KB">
+  <!ENTITY faac-buildsize     "13 MB">
+  <!ENTITY faac-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="faac" xreflabel="FAAC-&faac-version;">
@@ -59,14 +59,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
-    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Required patch: <ulink
-        url="&patch-root;/faac-&faac-version;-glibc_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FAAC Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -87,9 +79,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>FAAC</application> by running the
     following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../faac-&faac-version;-glibc_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
-
-sed -i -e '/obj-type/d' -e '/Long Term/d' frontend/main.c &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>sed -i -e '/obj-type/d' -e '/Long Term/d' frontend/main.c &amp;&amp;
 
 CFLAGS=-std=c99 CXXFLAGS=-std=c++98 \
 ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 5c9b37192e..f1601fefff 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 <!ENTITY sysstat-version              "11.5.6">
 <!ENTITY systemd-version              "233">
 <!ENTITY udisks-version               "1.0.5">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
-<!ENTITY udisks2-version              "2.7.0">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
+<!ENTITY udisks2-version              "2.7.1">    <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY unrar-version                "5.5.6">
 <!ENTITY unzip-version                "6.0">
 <!ENTITY upower-version               "0.99.4">
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
 <!ENTITY qtermwidget-version          "0.7.1">
 <!ENTITY qterminal-version            "0.7.1">
 <!ENTITY qupzilla-version             "2.1.2">
-<!ENTITY qscintilla-version           "2.10">
+<!ENTITY qscintilla-version           "2.10.1">
 <!ENTITY juffed-version               "0.10.r71.gc3c1a3f">
 
 <!-- Part X -->
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-version        "1.0.29">
 <!ENTITY alsa-oss-version             "1.0.28">
 <!ENTITY audiofile-version            "0.3.6">
-<!ENTITY faac-version                 "1.28">
+<!ENTITY faac-version                 "1.29">
 <!ENTITY faad2-version                "2.7">
 <!ENTITY fdk-aac-version              "0.1.5">
 <!ENTITY flac-version                 "1.3.2">
diff --git a/x/installing/libinput.xml b/x/installing/libinput.xml
index 07825e6eec..c53cd85d17 100644
--- a/x/installing/libinput.xml
+++ b/x/installing/libinput.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.7.3">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.8.0">
 
   <!ENTITY libinput-download-http "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-&libinput-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libinput-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum        "f2993b477db8d7ec0e785ce04ffecb03">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-size          "904 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize     "16 MB (add 8 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum        "f12066eeda3e1aeaa65eeca4b9ad833d">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-size          "920 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize     "18 MB (add 8 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY libinput-time          "0.1 SBU (add 14 minutes for tests, not CPU dependent)">
 ]>
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
       <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
       <xref linkend="graphviz"/> (to build the documentation)
       <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the GUI event viewer), 
-      <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/">libunwind</ulink>, and
+      <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/">libunwind</ulink> (required to build tests), and
       <ulink revision="sysv" url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/libwacom/">libwacom</ulink>
       <xref revision="systemd" linkend="libwacom"/>
     </para>
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
     <note>
       <para>If you want to run the tests, add --enable-tests to the 
-      <command>configure</command> options above.</para>
+      <command>configure</command> options above. In addition, the external
+      library, libunwind, must be installed.</para>
 
       <para> To run the tests for this package, valgrind requires a version of
       the /lib/ld-2.23.so (or later) library with debugging symbols present.
diff --git a/x/lib/qscintilla.xml b/x/lib/qscintilla.xml
index 3cc57ba6e9..e2339bf811 100644
--- a/x/lib/qscintilla.xml
+++ b/x/lib/qscintilla.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY qscintilla-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/pyqt/QScintilla_gpl-&qscintilla-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY qscintilla-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY qscintilla-md5sum        "a61eb0d598b6787de18450574c2ad3b4">
+  <!ENTITY qscintilla-md5sum        "e6d74c445bae69ba335acef65d526260">
   <!ENTITY qscintilla-size          "2.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY qscintilla-buildsize     "27 MB (with documentation)">
   <!ENTITY qscintilla-time          "1.5 SBU (with documentation)">
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     </para>
 
     &lfs80_checked;
+    &gcc7_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>