diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 18d0ff45bd..966ac563c4 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "27">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "28">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2017">
 <!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 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/prog/ruby.xml b/general/prog/ruby.xml
index c3807ad0c9..7887c15e28 100644
--- a/general/prog/ruby.xml
+++ b/general/prog/ruby.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY ruby-download-http "http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/&ruby-minor-version;/ruby-&ruby-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY ruby-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-md5sum        "5975bf6ad576a191b0ec9000a925c386">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-size          "9.6 MB">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-buildsize     "339 MB, with checks (add 206 MB for C API docs)">
-  <!ENTITY ruby-time          "1.7 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 3.7 SBU for tests; add 0.4 SBU for C API docs)">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-md5sum        "e3a98c7b7de49ed5134398367ab3a3bc">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-size          "11 MB">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-buildsize     "361 MB, with checks (add 206 MB for C API docs)">
+  <!ENTITY ruby-time          "1.3 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 3.7 SBU for tests; add 0.4 SBU for C API docs)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="ruby" xreflabel="Ruby-&ruby-version;">
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. There 
-      are 16938 tests.  Several (about 10) fail and one test hangs, but
+      are 17327 tests.  A few (about 3) fail and one test may hang, but
       the test process can continue with ctrl-C.  If the tests are 
       run in a directory that has a world writable component (e.g /tmp)
-      then several additioanl tests fail and the tests terminate after
+      then several additional tests fail and the tests terminate after
       25 failures.
     </para>
 
diff --git a/general/sysutils/modemmanager.xml b/general/sysutils/modemmanager.xml
index 34928bce08..40056b9ab9 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/modemmanager.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/modemmanager.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY ModemManager-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-&ModemManager-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY ModemManager-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY ModemManager-md5sum        "67160b94c0eda90ebf95d1b620229ca1">
-  <!ENTITY ModemManager-size          "1.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY ModemManager-buildsize     "91 MB (an additional 8MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY ModemManager-time          "1.2 SBU (less than 0.1 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY ModemManager-md5sum        "d21c280220ee647e62eeb4e1df642fe3">
+  <!ENTITY ModemManager-size          "1.3 MB">
+  <!ENTITY ModemManager-buildsize     "75 MB (add 8 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY ModemManager-time          "0.4 SBU (iusing parallelism-4; less than 0.1 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="ModemManager" xreflabel="ModemManager-&ModemManager-version;">
diff --git a/gnome.ent b/gnome.ent
index 6181445783..b922726b31 100644
--- a/gnome.ent
+++ b/gnome.ent
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gnome-autoar-version              "0.2.2">
 <!ENTITY gnome-desktop-version             "3.26.2">
 <!ENTITY gnome-menus-version               "3.13.3">
-<!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-version     "3.26.1">
+<!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-version     "3.26.2">
 <!ENTITY gnome-video-effects-version       "0.4.3">
 <!ENTITY grilo-version                     "0.3.4">
 <!ENTITY libchamplain-version              "0.12.16">
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libgweather-version               "3.26.1">
 <!ENTITY libpeas-version                   "1.22.0">
 <!ENTITY libwnck-version                   "3.24.1">
-<!ENTITY evolution-data-server-version     "3.26.2.1">
+<!ENTITY evolution-data-server-version     "3.26.3">
 <!ENTITY folks-version                     "0.11.4">
 <!ENTITY gfbgraph-version                  "0.2.3">
 <!ENTITY tracker-version                   "2.0.2">
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 <!ENTITY cheese-version                    "3.26.0">
 <!ENTITY eog-version                       "3.26.2">
 <!ENTITY evince-version                    "3.26.0">
-<!ENTITY evolution-version                 "3.26.2">
+<!ENTITY evolution-version                 "3.26.3">
 <!ENTITY file-roller-version               "3.26.2">
 <!ENTITY gedit-version                     "3.22.1">
 <!ENTITY gnome-calculator-version          "3.26.0">
diff --git a/gnome/applications/evolution.xml b/gnome/applications/evolution.xml
index 0201610274..44e297a0ef 100644
--- a/gnome/applications/evolution.xml
+++ b/gnome/applications/evolution.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY evolution-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/evolution/&gnome-minor-26;/evolution-&evolution-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY evolution-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/evolution/&gnome-minor-26;/evolution-&evolution-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-md5sum        "f1860def824fe9877ab7a8d4b21c7dce">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-size          "12 MB">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-buildsize     "325 MB">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-time          "1.4 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-md5sum        "11b7888ff1bd9c8d0866ac98ad0b043e">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-size          "11 MB">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-buildsize     "245 MB">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-time          "1.1 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="evolution" xreflabel="Evolution-&evolution-version;" revision="systemd">
diff --git a/gnome/platform/evolution-data-server.xml b/gnome/platform/evolution-data-server.xml
index 782d68fc29..85426455f2 100644
--- a/gnome/platform/evolution-data-server.xml
+++ b/gnome/platform/evolution-data-server.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
            "&gnome-download-http;/evolution-data-server/&gnome-minor-26;/evolution-data-server-&evolution-data-server-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-download-ftp
            "&gnome-download-ftp;/evolution-data-server/&gnome-minor-26;/evolution-data-server-&evolution-data-server-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-md5sum        "07b3b0ef97db4fca2fe96914eff8365d">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-md5sum        "568a21a4df4e0ec985c849b38fc66908">
   <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-size          "4.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-buildsize     "181 MB">
-  <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-time          "1.5 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-buildsize     "151 MB">
+  <!ENTITY evolution-data-server-time          "1.7 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="evolution-data-server"
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ xreflabel="evolution-data-server-&evolution-data-server-version;" revision="syst
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
-cd build &amp;&amp;
+cd    build &amp;&amp;
 
 cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr   \
       -DENABLE_UOA=OFF              \
diff --git a/gnome/platform/gnome-online-accounts.xml b/gnome/platform/gnome-online-accounts.xml
index a7313532ad..46bf589a84 100644
--- a/gnome/platform/gnome-online-accounts.xml
+++ b/gnome/platform/gnome-online-accounts.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
            "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-online-accounts/&gnome-minor-26;/gnome-online-accounts-&gnome-online-accounts-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-download-ftp
            "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-online-accounts/&gnome-minor-26;/gnome-online-accounts-&gnome-online-accounts-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-md5sum        "2154213beff0e6e290bf7ee74c5c3001">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-size          "1.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-buildsize     "32 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-time          "0.5 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-md5sum        "bf68504b86b40f79269b323e243fb275">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-size          "1.3 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-buildsize     "27 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gnome-online-accounts-time          "0.4 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gnome-online-accounts" xreflabel="gnome-online-accounts-&gnome-online-accounts-version;" revision="systemd">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 30f05ccdfe..d5a79811ac 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 28th, 2017</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to evolution and evolution-data-server-3.26.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10151">#10151</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gnome-online-accounts-3.26.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10170">#10170</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ruby-2.5.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10212">#10212</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ModemManager-1.6.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10211">#10211</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 27th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index b9033285a3..f876951ae0 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY lm_sensors-version           "3.4.0">
 <!ENTITY logrotate-version            "3.11.0">
 <!ENTITY mc-version                   "4.8.20">
-<!ENTITY ModemManager-version         "1.6.10">
+<!ENTITY ModemManager-version         "1.6.12">
 <!ENTITY obex-data-server-version     "0.4.6">
 <!ENTITY p7zip-version                "16.02">
 <!ENTITY pax-version                  "070715">
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY php-version                  "7.2.0">
 <!ENTITY python2-version              "2.7.14">
 <!ENTITY python3-version              "3.6.4">
-<!ENTITY ruby-minor-version           "2.4">
-<!ENTITY ruby-patch-version           "3">
+<!ENTITY ruby-minor-version           "2.5">
+<!ENTITY ruby-patch-version           "0">
 <!ENTITY ruby-version                 "&ruby-minor-version;.&ruby-patch-version;">
 <!ENTITY rust-version                 "1.19.0">
 <!ENTITY scons-version                "3.0.0">