diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index db8ac60025..cf86657302 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "23">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "24">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "06">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2014">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "June 23rd, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "June 24th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development] -->
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export -f as_root</userinput></screen>
 <!ENTITY ntp-version                  "4.2.6p5">
 <!ENTITY rpcbind-version              "0.2.1">
 <!ENTITY rsync-version                "3.1.0">
-<!ENTITY samba-version                "4.1.8">
+<!ENTITY samba-version                "4.1.9">
 <!ENTITY wget-version                 "1.15">
 <!ENTITY wireless-tools-version       "29">
 <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-version       "2.2">
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ export -f as_root</userinput></screen>
 <!ENTITY gnash-version                "0.8.10">
 <!ENTITY gimp-version                 "2.8.10">
 <!ENTITY icedtea-web-version          "1.5">
-<!ENTITY inkscape-version             "0.48.4">
+<!ENTITY inkscape-version             "0.48.5">
 <!ENTITY pan-version                  "0.133">
 <!ENTITY pidgin-version               "2.10.9">
 <!ENTITY rox-filer-version            "2.11">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index f90d8aba5b..7675342e92 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>June 24th, 2014</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to samba-4.1.9. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5197">#5197</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to inkscape-0.48.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5196">#5196</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>June 23rd, 2014</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/networking/netprogs/samba.xml b/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
index 8504b79931..eda1ff07cd 100644
--- a/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
+++ b/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY samba-download-http "http://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-&samba-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY samba-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-&samba-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY samba-md5sum        "212b7568d44e7668a7dc8a45c5558764">
+  <!ENTITY samba-md5sum        "f9efc506e08c680d2b79b13be28c959c">
   <!ENTITY samba-size          "23 MB">
   <!ENTITY samba-buildsize     "459 MB (additional 396 MB for the quicktest, reputedly up to 500 MB additional for all tests)">
-  <!ENTITY samba-time          "6.1 SBU (additional 4.1 SBU for the quicktest, reputedly up to 110 SBU to run all tests)">
+  <!ENTITY samba-time          "6.2 SBU (additional 4.1 SBU for the quicktest, reputedly up to 110 SBU to run all tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="samba" xreflabel="Samba-&samba-version;">
@@ -475,10 +475,10 @@ useradd -c "Unprivileged Nobody" -d /dev/null -g nogroup \
         libsamba-credentials.so, libsamba-hostconfig.so, libsamba-policy.so,
         libsamba-util.so, libsamdb.so, libsmbclient-raw.so, libsmbclient.so,
         libsmbconf.so, libsmbldap.so, libsmbsharemodes.so, libtevent-util.so,
-        libtorture.so, libwbclient.so, mit_samba.so, the pam_winbind.so and
-        pam_smbpass.so PAM libraries, winbind_krb5_locator.so, and assorted
-        character set, filesystem and support modules under
-        /usr/lib/{python&python2-majorver;,samba}</seg>
+        libtorture.so, libwbclient.so, mit_samba.so, and
+        winbind_krb5_locator.so; the pam_winbind.so and pam_smbpass.so PAM
+        libraries; and assorted character set, filesystem and support module
+        s under /usr/lib/{python&python2-majorver;,samba}</seg>
         
         <seg>/etc/samba, /run/samba, /usr/include/samba-4.0,
         /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.x.y/Parse/Pidl/Samba{3,4},
diff --git a/xsoft/other/inkscape.xml b/xsoft/other/inkscape.xml
index f9cf660ffb..4192a253e5 100644
--- a/xsoft/other/inkscape.xml
+++ b/xsoft/other/inkscape.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY inkscape-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/inkscape/inkscape-&inkscape-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY inkscape-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY inkscape-md5sum        "47bd8546e42ba396624eef9eb66b9b6c">
+  <!ENTITY inkscape-md5sum        "431cda5cd40cd4fdf2b89db1bdcce61f">
   <!ENTITY inkscape-size          "19 MB">
-  <!ENTITY inkscape-buildsize     "2.0 GB">
-  <!ENTITY inkscape-time          "18 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY inkscape-buildsize     "1.4 GB">
+  <!ENTITY inkscape-time          "12 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="inkscape" xreflabel="Inkscape-&inkscape-version;">
@@ -79,12 +79,6 @@
           <ulink url="&patch-root;/inkscape-&inkscape-version;-gc-1.patch"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
-          Required patch:
-          <ulink url="&patch-root;/inkscape-&inkscape-version;-freetype-1.patch"/>
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Inkscape Dependencies</bridgehead>
@@ -140,20 +134,16 @@
       commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp \
-    -e "/GfxColorSpace::parse/s|NULL|&amp;, NULL|g"       \
-    -e "/lookupPattern/s:NULL:&amp;, NULL:g"              \
-    -e "/lookupShading/s:NULL:&amp;, NULL:g"              &amp;&amp;
-patch -Np1 -i ../inkscape-&inkscape-version;-gc-1.patch                                    &amp;&amp;
-patch -Np1 -i ../inkscape-&inkscape-version;-freetype-1.patch                              &amp;&amp;
-sed -e "s@commands_toolbox,@commands_toolbox@" -i src/widgets/desktop-widget.h &amp;&amp;
-./configure --prefix=/usr                                                      &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inkscape-&inkscape-version;-gc-1.patch &amp;&amp;
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr  &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
+<!-- Test suite is broken as of inkscape-0.48.5
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
     </para>
-
+-->
     <para>
       Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
     </para>
@@ -164,7 +154,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
 
   </sect2>
-
+<!--
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
@@ -178,7 +168,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       This <command>sed</command> fixes building with GCC 4.8.
     </para>
 
-  </sect2>
+  </sect2>-->
 
   <sect2 role="content">
     <title>Contents</title>