diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 07ed16a59..2ca887fbe 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>December 11th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 5: - Setting up the
+environment: Fixed Bash startup files to handle HOME and PS1.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>December 3rd, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to Gettext-0.13,
 Man-pages-1.64, Linux-2.4.23 and Psmisc-21.4.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/chapter05.xml b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
index 6ae7a7d4f..5b7a35970 100644
--- a/chapter05/chapter05.xml
+++ b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
@@ -352,17 +352,18 @@ startup files for the Bash shell. While logged in as user
 <filename>.bash_profile</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.bash_profile &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
-exec env -i TERM=$TERM /bin/bash
+exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The <userinput>exec env -i TERM=$TERM /bin/bash</userinput> command
-creates a new instance of Bash with a completely empty environment, except for
-the TERM variable. This is needed to ensure that no unwanted and potentially
-hazardous environment variables from the host system leak into our build
-environment. The technique used here is a little non-standard but it achieves
-the goal of enforcing a clean environment. By way of explanation, the initial
-shell is a <emphasis>login</emphasis> shell which reads the
-<filename>.bash_profile</filename>. The new shell instance is a
+<para>The
+<userinput>exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash</userinput>
+command creates a new instance of Bash with a completely empty environment,
+except for the HOME, TERM and PS1 variables. This is needed to ensure that no
+unwanted and potentially hazardous environment variables from the host system
+leak into our build environment. The technique used here is a little
+non-standard but it achieves the goal of enforcing a clean environment. By way
+of explanation, the initial shell is a <emphasis>login</emphasis> shell which
+reads the <filename>.bash_profile</filename>. The new shell instance is a
 <emphasis>non-login</emphasis> shell which reads the
 <filename>.bashrc</filename> (created next).</para>
 
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ the newest available version during the build process.</para>
 <para>Setting the user file-creation mask to 022 ensures that newly created
 files and directories are only writable for their owner, but readable and
 executable for anyone.</para>
- 
+
 <para>The LFS variable should of course be set to the mount point you
 chose.</para>
 
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 80b6dec97..b4b0d1d1c 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 				"/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
 
 
-<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031203">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "December 3rd, 2003">
+<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031211">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "December 11th, 2003">
 <!ENTITY milestone "5.1">
 <!ENTITY nbsp " ">