diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index dc39f89da2..d83899e22d 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "06">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "02">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "February 6th &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "February 7th &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/libgsf.xml b/general/genlib/libgsf.xml
index 3064eb1533..bdd2d4b1a6 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libgsf.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libgsf.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libgsf-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/libgsf/1.14/libgsf-&libgsf-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libgsf-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/libgsf/1.14/libgsf-&libgsf-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY libgsf-md5sum        "146c9063296b92803c1721b7bdc23488">
+  <!ENTITY libgsf-md5sum        "a3e9622b31ab88422d519da72e6f0fa4">
   <!ENTITY libgsf-size          "596 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libgsf-buildsize     "16 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libgsf-buildsize     "18 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY libgsf-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. Some tests
-      may fail for unknown reasons.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index a20e8edf32..f3a91a27fd 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>February 7th, 2016</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to gnumeric-1.12.27. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7440 ">#7440 </ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to libinput-1.1.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7439 ">#7439 </ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to libgsf-1.14.35. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7438 ">#7438 </ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>February 6th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index f1ce2dc5a7..81c6cb49f7 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libgcrypt-version            "1.6.4">
 <!ENTITY libglade-version             "2.6.4">
 <!ENTITY libgpg-error-version         "1.21">
-<!ENTITY libgsf-version               "1.14.34">
+<!ENTITY libgsf-version               "1.14.35">
 <!ENTITY libgudev-version             "230">
 <!ENTITY libgusb-version              "0.2.8">
 <!ENTITY libical-version              "2.0.0">
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 <!ENTITY freeglut-version             "3.0.0">
 <!ENTITY gdk-pixbuf-version           "2.32.3">
 <!ENTITY glu-version                  "9.0.0">
-<!ENTITY goffice010-version           "0.10.26">
+<!ENTITY goffice010-version           "0.10.27">
 <!ENTITY gtk2-version                 "2.24.29">
 <!ENTITY gtk3-version                 "3.18.7">
 <!ENTITY gtk-engines-version          "2.20.2">
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 <!-- Part X -->
 <!-- Chapter 42 -->
 <!ENTITY AbiWord-version              "3.0.1">
-<!ENTITY gnumeric-version             "1.12.26">
+<!ENTITY gnumeric-version             "1.12.27">
 <!ENTITY gnucash-version              "2.4.11">
 
 <!ENTITY libreoffice-version          "5.0.4">
diff --git a/x/lib/goffice010.xml b/x/lib/goffice010.xml
index 4428e32ead..5bb18cc377 100644
--- a/x/lib/goffice010.xml
+++ b/x/lib/goffice010.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
            "&gnome-download-http;/goffice/0.10/goffice-&goffice010-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY goffice010-download-ftp
             "&gnome-download-ftp;/goffice/0.10/goffice-&goffice010-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY goffice010-md5sum        "9faf8f1c88c6c0f03c6213b18929979d">
+  <!ENTITY goffice010-md5sum        "15666df449d9de66cc246ec70aa7bd55">
   <!ENTITY goffice010-size          "2.3 MB">
   <!ENTITY goffice010-buildsize     "101 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY goffice010-time          "0.9 SBU (with tests)">
diff --git a/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml b/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml
index d6c1afcab0..5cd0f40db6 100644
--- a/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml
+++ b/xsoft/office/gnumeric.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gnumeric-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gnumeric/1.12/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gnumeric-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnumeric/1.12/gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY gnumeric-md5sum        "0b8b9f3240e89abff4830c3fd5799340">
+  <!ENTITY gnumeric-md5sum        "bb417125db591261d5aa75b11bfa50de">
   <!ENTITY gnumeric-size          "18 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gnumeric-buildsize     "326 MB (additional 2 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gnumeric-time          "1.7 SBU (additional 6.5 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gnumeric-buildsize     "329 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gnumeric-time          "1.9 SBU (additional 7.8 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gnumeric" xreflabel="Gnumeric-&gnumeric-version;">
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      This package must to be installed before the test suite is run.
+      This package must be installed before the test suite is run.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -140,10 +140,15 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      If you wish to test the results, issue <command>make -k check</command>.
-      Tests must be run from an active X session, and <xref linkend="dconf"/>
-      should be installed to prevent some failures. Even so, a few tests fail,
-      some for known reasons.
+      If you wish to test the results, first disable three tests which fail:
+
+<screen><userinput>sed \
+  -e '/\tt6500-strings.*/d;/\tt6506-cell-comments.*/d;/\tt6509-validation.*/d' \
+  -i test/Makefile</userinput></screen>
+
+      then issue <command>make -k check</command>. Tests must be run from an
+      active X session, and <xref linkend="dconf"/> should be installed to
+      prevent some failures.
     </para>
 
   </sect2>