diff --git a/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml b/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
index 5e6de97811..4c46c4ac8c 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-http
            "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-&harfbuzz-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "b05db1c9133b35061abbeaab6d570441">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "5.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "162 MB (add 24 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "2b3a4dfdb3e5e50055f941978944da9f">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "5.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "163 MB (add 24 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 0.4 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/general/prog/subversion.xml b/general/prog/subversion.xml
index cad6b74389..3efdcdedae 100644
--- a/general/prog/subversion.xml
+++ b/general/prog/subversion.xml
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 
   <!ENTITY subversion-download-http "https://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-&subversion-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY subversion-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY subversion-md5sum        "1ff249f848f834ded88536543e031975">
+  <!ENTITY subversion-md5sum        "3004b4dae18bf45a0b6ea4ef8820064d">
   <!ENTITY subversion-size          "8.1 MB">
-  <!-- for 1.12.0                    1.12.2
+  <!-- for 1.12.0                    1.12.2         1.13.0
        make javahl: 0.5 SBU  28 MB; not avail 
-       swig-pl:     0.8      42 MB; 0.7 SBU  43 MB
-       swig-py:     0.6      26 MB; 0.5      28 MB
-       swig-rb:     0.4      22 MB; 0.4      21 MB
-       docs:        2 secs   26 MB; 2 sec    27 MB
-       tests       46 min  1104 MB  46:52  1103 MB     -->
-  <!ENTITY subversion-buildsize     "175 MB (add 120 MB for bindings, 27 MB for docs, 1.1 GB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY subversion-time          "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 2.1 SBU for bindings, 30 SBU for tests)">
+       swig-pl:     0.8      42 MB; 0.7 SBU  43 MB; 0.6 SBU 44 MB 
+       swig-py:     0.6      26 MB; 0.5      28 MB; 0.5     28 MB
+       swig-rb:     0.4      22 MB; 0.4      21 MB; 0.3     21 MB
+       docs:        2 secs   26 MB; 2 sec    27 MB; 2 sec   26 MB
+       tests       46 min  1104 MB  46:52  1103 MB  47 min   -->
+  <!ENTITY subversion-buildsize     "176 MB (add 93 MB for bindings, 26 MB for docs, 1.1 GB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY subversion-time          "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 1.4 SBU for bindings, 29 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="subversion" xreflabel="Subversion-&subversion-version;">
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Subversion</title>
-
+<!--
       <note>
         <para>
           This package may fail during the make phase when using multiple
@@ -161,19 +161,20 @@
           fresh sources using <emphasis>-j1</emphasis>.
         </para>
       </note>
+-->
 <!--
     <para>
       First, apply a patch to fix building against <xref linkend="apr"/>:
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../subversion-&subversion-version;-apr_1.7.0_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen> -->
-
+<!--
     <para>
       First, apply a fix to adapt subversion to <xref linkend="swig"/>:
     </para>
  
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/classic/nofastunpack/' build.conf</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>
       Install <application>Subversion</application> by running the following
       commands:
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 2786b34fe7..a02ac84079 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>October 30th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to subversion-1.13.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12711">#12711</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to x265_3.2.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12712">#12712</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to harfbuzz-2.6.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12709">#12709</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Add sudoers configuration for Xorg.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml
index b707e735b7..d4e437ba1f 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/x265.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY x265-download-http "https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/downloads/x265_&x265-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY x265-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY x265-md5sum        "374e6359a00d17fd82195c02c341c861">
+  <!ENTITY x265-md5sum        "94808045a34d88a857e5eaf3f68f4bca">
   <!ENTITY x265-size          "1.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY x265-buildsize     "34 MB">
-  <!ENTITY x265-time          "0.9 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
+  <!ENTITY x265-buildsize     "41 MB">
+  <!ENTITY x265-time          "1.0 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="x265" xreflabel="x265-&x265-version;">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 948f5dc650..2d317237e4 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.2.1">
 <!ENTITY glm-version                  "0.9.9.6">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.13">
-<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "2.6.3">
+<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "2.6.4">
 <!--<!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">-->
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "2.0.14">
 <!ENTITY lcms-version                 "1.19">
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY rust-version                 "1.37.0">
 <!ENTITY scons-version                "3.1.1">
 <!ENTITY slang-version                "2.3.2">
-<!ENTITY subversion-version           "1.12.2">
+<!ENTITY subversion-version           "1.13.0">
 <!ENTITY swig-version                 "4.0.1">
 <!ENTITY tcl-version                  "8.6.9">
 <!ENTITY tk-version                   "8.6.9">
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY taglib-version               "1.11.1">
 <!ENTITY v4l-utils-version            "1.18.0">
 <!ENTITY x264-version                 "20190815-2245">
-<!ENTITY x265-version                 "3.2">
+<!ENTITY x265-version                 "3.2.1">
 <!ENTITY xine-lib-version             "1.2.9">
 <!ENTITY xvid-version                 "1.3.5">