diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index d8f6f802bc..a81f266ef2 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "01">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "02">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 1st &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 2nd &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/libgusb.xml b/general/genlib/libgusb.xml
index 7f0afaa110..7f1a83f48e 100644
--- a/general/genlib/libgusb.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/libgusb.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libgusb-download-http "http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/releases/libgusb-&libgusb-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libgusb-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libgusb-md5sum        "74d6bd12ef8662fccd27fe33f2839375">
-  <!ENTITY libgusb-size          "272 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libgusb-buildsize     "4.9 MB (with test suite)">
-  <!ENTITY libgusb-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY libgusb-md5sum        "d0e4c970e2386900c99cab41d9b17e23">
+  <!ENTITY libgusb-size          "284 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libgusb-buildsize     "5.4 MB (with tests))">
+  <!ENTITY libgusb-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="libgusb" xreflabel="libgusb-&libgusb-version;">
diff --git a/general/graphlib/librsvg.xml b/general/graphlib/librsvg.xml
index df0b4954df..c5b2733af5 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/librsvg.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/librsvg.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
   <!ENTITY librsvg-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/librsvg/2.40/librsvg-&librsvg-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY librsvg-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/librsvg/2.40/librsvg-&librsvg-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY librsvg-md5sum        "6b9cd1a048210a8e95bdc04c85fe997f">
-  <!ENTITY librsvg-size          "528 KB">
+  <!ENTITY librsvg-md5sum        "6eb2d1b21676310db4d7569a5e791f84">
+  <!ENTITY librsvg-size          "536 KB">
   <!ENTITY librsvg-buildsize     "14 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY librsvg-time          "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
diff --git a/general/prog/mercurial.xml b/general/prog/mercurial.xml
index 0400160381..c5d94f7c50 100644
--- a/general/prog/mercurial.xml
+++ b/general/prog/mercurial.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mercurial-download-http "http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/mercurial-&mercurial-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY mercurial-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY mercurial-md5sum        "4c43a232f82bd4df3a10cc90c5c954a8">
+  <!ENTITY mercurial-md5sum        "f1155a562652004f569e5564d3c82661">
   <!ENTITY mercurial-size          "4.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mercurial-buildsize     "52 MB (with documentation, additional 294 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY mercurial-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with documentation, additional 3.0 SBU for tests, using -j8)">
+  <!ENTITY mercurial-buildsize     "52 MB (with documentation, additional 297 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mercurial-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with documentation, additional 3.2 SBU for tests, using -j8)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="mercurial" xreflabel="Mercurial-&mercurial-version;">
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; tests/blacklists/failed-tests &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 <literal># Test Failures
-   test-largefiles-update.t
-   test-gpg.t</literal>
+  test-convert-svn-source.t
+  test-convert-hg-svn.t
+  test-gpg.t
+  test-largefiles-update.t</literal>
 EOF
 rm -rf tests/tmp &amp;&amp;
 TESTFLAGS="-j<replaceable>&lt;N&gt;</replaceable> --tmpdir tmp --blacklist blacklists/failed-tests" \
diff --git a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
index 0f854b4fec..2d6bb4dbed 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/dbus.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-http "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY dbus-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "27b8e99ffad603b8acfa25201c6e3d5c">
+  <!ENTITY dbus-md5sum        "26d0cf3a1c9782cb0e342101f0450440">
   <!ENTITY dbus-size          "1.9 MB">
   <!ENTITY dbus-buildsize     "109 MB, with doxygen and xml documents (37 MB for the tests)">
   <!ENTITY dbus-time          "0.4 SBU, with doxygen and xml documents (0.4 SBU for the tests)">
@@ -447,9 +447,10 @@ kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID</literal></userinput></screen>
            libdbus-1.so
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          /{etc,/usr/share}/dbus-1,
+          /etc/dbus-1,
           /usr/{include,lib}/dbus-1.0,
-          /usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version; and
+          /usr/share/dbus-1,
+          /usr/share/doc/dbus-&dbus-version;, and
           /var/{lib,run}/dbus
         </seg>
       </seglistitem>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index b51b8f3f4a..00d995b048 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,36 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 2nd, 2015</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[fernando] - Update to libass-0.13.1. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7203">#7203</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[fernando] - Update to samba-4.3.2. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7202">#7202</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[fernando] - Update to mercurial-3.6.2. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7201">#7201</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[fernando] - Update to dbus-1.10.6. Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7200">#7200</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[bdubbs] - Update to librsvg-2.40.12.  Fixes
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7199">#7199</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+         <para>[fernando] - Update to libgusb-0.2.8.
+         <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7198">#7198</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 1st, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libass.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libass.xml
index 06c354a1fd..b5ba7c21f9 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libass.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libass.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libass-download-http "https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/&libass-version;/libass-&libass-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libass-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libass-md5sum        "8e6a506b4e5a637764183083421dc827">
-  <!ENTITY libass-size          "328 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libass-buildsize     "6.8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY libass-md5sum        "43b5f379e70b3aef15b2435e21e5b73c">
+  <!ENTITY libass-size          "312 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libass-buildsize     "6.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY libass-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/networking/netprogs/samba.xml b/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
index e2a8ede619..35981446a3 100644
--- a/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
+++ b/networking/netprogs/samba.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY samba-download-http "https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-&samba-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY samba-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY samba-md5sum        "e63a481cad0603db1a9239d7606cbc9a">
+  <!ENTITY samba-md5sum        "61188e76b272c1b1b3730bf1933a791f">
   <!ENTITY samba-size          "20 MB">
   <!ENTITY samba-buildsize     "499 MB (additional 408 MB for the quicktest, reputedly up to 500 MB additional for all tests)">
-  <!ENTITY samba-time          "2.2 SBU, using parallelism=4 (additional 22.5 SBU for the quicktest, reputedly up to 110 SBU to run all tests)">
+  <!ENTITY samba-time          "2.2 SBU, using parallelism=4 (additional 22.7 SBU for the quicktest, reputedly up to 110 SBU to run all tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="samba" xreflabel="Samba-&samba-version;">
@@ -119,7 +119,14 @@
     <para>Install <application>Samba</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure                             \
+<screen><userinput>sed -e "/deps='LIBASYNC_REQ'/ \
+       {
+         s/$/,/
+         a\                 install=False
+       }" \
+    -i lib/async_req/wscript_build      &amp;&amp;
+
+./configure                             \
     --prefix=/usr                       \
     --sysconfdir=/etc                   \
     --localstatedir=/var                \
@@ -177,6 +184,13 @@ install -v -m755    examples/LDAP/{get*,ol*} \
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
+    <para><command>sed ... -i ./lib/async_req/wscript_build</command>: Do not
+    install async_connect_send_test.</para><!-- Already pushed, so remove in the
+    next version
+    https://github.com/samba-team/samba/blob/632114584d3be0d4660e97a6c9e69e577a7bc1e2/lib/async_req/wscript_build
+    http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/PATCH-lib-async-req-do-not-install-async-connect-send-test-td4695220.html-->
+
+
     <para><parameter>--enable-fhs</parameter>: Assigns all other file paths in
     a manner compliant with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).</para>
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 2501e4610d..94d63bee8c 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libgpg-error-version         "1.20">
 <!ENTITY libgsf-version               "1.14.34">
 <!ENTITY libgudev-version             "230">
-<!ENTITY libgusb-version              "0.2.7">
+<!ENTITY libgusb-version              "0.2.8">
 <!ENTITY libical-version              "1.0.1">
 <!ENTITY libidn-version               "1.32">
 <!ENTITY libiodbc-version             "3.52.10">
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libjpeg-turbo-version        "1.4.2">
 <!ENTITY libmng-version               "2.0.3">
 <!ENTITY libpng-version               "1.6.19">
-<!ENTITY librsvg-version              "2.40.11">   <!-- Normally even minors
+<!ENTITY librsvg-version              "2.40.12">   <!-- Normally even minors
                                                        Required version in order to use
                                                        svg pixbuf loader. -->
 <!ENTITY libraw-version               "0.17.1">
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 <!ENTITY bluez-version                "5.36">
 <!ENTITY colord-version               "1.2.12">    <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY cpio-version                 "2.12">
-<!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.10.4">   <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY dbus-version                 "1.10.6">   <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY eudev-version                "1.7">
 <!ENTITY fcron-version                "3.2.0">
 <!ENTITY gpm-version                  "1.20.7">
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 <!ENTITY librep-version               "0.92.5">
 <!ENTITY llvm-version                 "3.7.0">
 <!ENTITY lua-version                  "5.3.2">
-<!ENTITY mercurial-version            "3.6.1">
+<!ENTITY mercurial-version            "3.6.2">
 <!ENTITY nasm-version                 "2.11.08">
 <!ENTITY npapi-sdk-version            "0.27.2">
 <!ENTITY php-version                  "5.6.16">
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 <!ENTITY ntp-version                  "4.2.8p4">
 <!ENTITY rpcbind-version              "0.2.3">
 <!ENTITY rsync-version                "3.1.1">
-<!ENTITY samba-version                "4.3.1">
+<!ENTITY samba-version                "4.3.2">
 <!ENTITY wget-version                 "1.17">
 <!ENTITY wireless-tools-version       "29">
 <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-version       "2.5">
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
 <!ENTITY icedtea-sound-version        "1.0.1">
 <!ENTITY liba52-version               "0.7.4">
 <!ENTITY libao-version                "1.2.0">
-<!ENTITY libass-version               "0.13.0">
+<!ENTITY libass-version               "0.13.1">
 <!ENTITY libcanberra-version          "0.30">
 <!ENTITY libcdio-version              "0.93">
 <!ENTITY libdiscid-version            "0.6.1">