diff --git a/general/genlib/gsl.xml b/general/genlib/gsl.xml
index 91e7bd473f..403635aaba 100644
--- a/general/genlib/gsl.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/gsl.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gsl-download-http "&gnu-http;/gsl/gsl-&gsl-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY gsl-download-ftp  "&gnu-ftp;/gsl/gsl-&gsl-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-md5sum        "9e47e81caaebcd92b7aca27a5348df74">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-md5sum        "36aee97e67f64dbdab7afae197e3483b">
   <!ENTITY gsl-size          "7.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-buildsize     "256 MB (with tests, without docs)">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-time          "1.4 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests, without docs)">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-buildsize     "213 MB (with tests, without docs)">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-time          "1.2 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests, without docs)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gsl" xreflabel="Gsl-&gsl-version;">
diff --git a/general/graphlib/freetype2.xml b/general/graphlib/freetype2.xml
index 6ddd13f0c4..1157b4b806 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/freetype2.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/freetype2.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY freetype2-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/freetype/freetype-&freetype2-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/freetype-&freetype2-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY freetype2-md5sum        "f931582653774e310ed3a7e49b7167a3">
+  <!ENTITY freetype2-md5sum        "24e79233d607ded439ef36ff1f3ab68f">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-size          "2.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-buildsize     "30 MB (with additional documentation)">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-time          "0.2 SBU (with additional documentation)">
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-version   "&freetype2-version;">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/freetype/freetype-doc-&freetype2-doc-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/freetype-doc-&freetype2-doc-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-md5sum        "c61af913d48e89566c99cddfb8e4c158">
+  <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-md5sum        "37a74ce8cd1bf3736f77c7074a4f5052">
   <!ENTITY freetype2-doc-size          "2.0 MB">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/general/graphlib/poppler.xml b/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
index f365974e07..e71c82310f 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/poppler.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY poppler-download-http "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-&poppler-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY poppler-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY poppler-md5sum        "c1139795bc24a02b8a694f77233b8d22">
-  <!ENTITY poppler-size          "1.8 MB">
-  <!ENTITY poppler-buildsize     "79 MB (with Qt5 library and tests)">
-  <!ENTITY poppler-time          "0.9 SBU (with parallelism=4, Qt5 library, and tests)">
+  <!ENTITY poppler-md5sum        "826ab1675cef4cac7e2a5805bf4f2ff6">
+  <!ENTITY poppler-size          "1.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY poppler-buildsize     "109 MB (with Qt5 library and tests)">
+  <!ENTITY poppler-time          "0.8 SBU (with parallelism=4, Qt5 library, and tests)">
   <!-- Time increase might be due to git.freedesktop.org -->
 
   <!ENTITY poppler-data-version       "0.4.11">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index bc41a6ae6c..ef3fcb5ab4 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,42 @@
     </listitem>
     -->
     <listitem>
-      <para>December 2st, 2021</para>
+      <para>December 3rd, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[thomas] - Remove attempt to recreate existing documentation in <application>neon</application>.
-            Thanks to Pierre for the sed.</para>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to freetype-2.11.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15807">#15807</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to xfsprogs-5.14.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15806">#15806</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to poppler-21.12.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15805">#15805</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gsl-2.7.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15803">#15803</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to SDL2-2.0.18. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15800">#15800</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-21.3.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15761">#15761</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 2nd, 2021</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[thomas] - Remove attempt to recreate existing 
+          documentation in <application>neon</application>.
+           Thanks to Pierre for the sed.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/sdl2.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/sdl2.xml
index acf2b23bd6..3742feda56 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/sdl2.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/sdl2.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY sdl2-download-http "https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-&sdl2-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY sdl2-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY sdl2-md5sum        "98b8a1535a757ea1d03ae44e2fb20247">
-  <!ENTITY sdl2-size          "6.9 MB">
-  <!ENTITY sdl2-buildsize     "132 MB (with docs)">
+  <!ENTITY sdl2-md5sum        "c1dd33299db5b7091f37d989c68d5212">
+  <!ENTITY sdl2-size          "7.0 MB">
+  <!ENTITY sdl2-buildsize     "134 MB (with docs)">
   <!ENTITY sdl2-time          "0.4 SBU (using parallelism=4; with docs)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 9052071298..0aa05da48d 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 <!ENTITY reiser-version               "3.6.27">
 <!ENTITY smartmontools-version        "7.2">
 <!ENTITY sshfs-version                "3.7.2">
-<!ENTITY xfsprogs-version             "5.14.0">
+<!ENTITY xfsprogs-version             "5.14.1">
 
 <!-- Chapter 6 -->
 <!ENTITY bluefish-version             "2.2.12">
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gmime3-version               "3.2.7">
 <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-version "1.70.0">
 <!ENTITY grantlee-version             "5.2.0">
-<!ENTITY gsl-version                  "2.7">
+<!ENTITY gsl-version                  "2.7.1">
 <!ENTITY gspell-version               "1.8.4">
 
 <!ENTITY icu-major                    "70">
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY aalib-version                "1.4rc5">
 <!ENTITY babl-version                 "0.1.88">
 <!ENTITY exiv2-version                "0.27.5">
-<!ENTITY freetype2-version            "2.11.0">
+<!ENTITY freetype2-version            "2.11.1">
 <!ENTITY fontconfig-version           "2.13.1">  <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
 <!ENTITY fribidi-version              "1.0.11">
 <!ENTITY gegl-version                 "0.4.32">
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY openjpeg-version             "1.5.2">
 <!ENTITY openjpeg2-version            "2.4.0">
 <!ENTITY pixman-version               "0.40.0">   <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY poppler-version              "21.11.0">
+<!ENTITY poppler-version              "21.12.0">
 <!ENTITY potrace-version              "1.16">
 <!ENTITY qpdf-version                 "10.4.0">
 <!ENTITY qrencode-version             "4.1.1">
@@ -712,8 +712,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-renderutil-version  "0.3.9">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-wm-version          "0.4.1">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-cursor-version      "0.1.3">
-<!ENTITY mesa-major-minor             "21.2">
-<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "&mesa-major-minor;.5">
+<!ENTITY mesa-major-minor             "21.3">
+<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "&mesa-major-minor;.1">
 <!ENTITY xbitmaps-version             "1.1.2">
 <!ENTITY xcursor-themes-version       "1.0.6">
 <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-version     "2.34">
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY pulseaudio-major-version     "15.0">
 <!ENTITY pulseaudio-version           "&pulseaudio-major-version;">
 <!ENTITY sdl-version                  "1.2.15">
-<!ENTITY sdl2-version                 "2.0.16">
+<!ENTITY sdl2-version                 "2.0.18">
 <!ENTITY sound-theme-freedesktop-version "0.8">
 <!ENTITY soundtouch-version           "2.3.1">
 <!ENTITY speex-version                "1.2.0">
diff --git a/postlfs/filesystems/xfsprogs.xml b/postlfs/filesystems/xfsprogs.xml
index 6d65bc3677..72a00992a7 100644
--- a/postlfs/filesystems/xfsprogs.xml
+++ b/postlfs/filesystems/xfsprogs.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY xfsprogs-download-http "&kernel-dl;/linux/utils/fs/xfs/xfsprogs/xfsprogs-&xfsprogs-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY xfsprogs-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-md5sum        "2ce433e563622cb0037a77da3b2d4c3b">
+  <!ENTITY xfsprogs-md5sum        "e294efdf72a1871fa91eb02a500c555a">
   <!ENTITY xfsprogs-size          "1.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY xfsprogs-buildsize     "51 MB">
   <!ENTITY xfsprogs-time          "0.3 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
diff --git a/x/installing/mesa.xml b/x/installing/mesa.xml
index e54bbb2d76..b5a55f40da 100644
--- a/x/installing/mesa.xml
+++ b/x/installing/mesa.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-http "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "63ef94beb6677db0c5a43289e7e76ba4">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-size          "15 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "635 MB (with docs, add 367 MB if running the tests)">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "4.0 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with docs and tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "d6efe1ecc0680cd1adb942f05600d884">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-size          "16 MB">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "588 MB (with docs, add 389 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "3.4 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with docs, add 0.6 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="mesa" xreflabel="Mesa-&mesa-version;">
@@ -167,13 +167,6 @@
         freedreno is for qualcom hardware, libdrm will build for it on suitable
         systems. VC4 is for the Broadcom VC4 used in the raspberry pi - ken -->
 
-    <para>
-      Adjust a script file in test suite to use Python 3, instead of the
-      obsolete Python 2:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed '1s/python/&amp;3/' -i bin/symbols-check.py</userinput></screen>
-
     <note>
       <para>
         The measurements above, and the Contents below, are for a full build.