diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7ae348387..4232897f7 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2015-09-17</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Provide non-wide-character ncurses 
+          instructions that are complient with version 5 of ncurses.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2015-09-16</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index f84948146..27e31738c 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -139,20 +139,24 @@ ln -sfv libncurses.so      /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen>
 cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <note>
+
       <para>The instructions above don't create non-wide-character Ncurses
-      libraries since no package installed by compiling from sources would
-      link against them at runtime. If you must have such libraries because
-      of some binary-only application or to be compliant with LSB, build
-      the package again with the following commands:</para>
+      libraries since no package installed by compiling from sources would link
+      against them at runtime. Currently, the only known binary-only
+      applications that link against non-wide-character Ncurses require version
+      5.  If you must have such libraries because of some binary-only
+      application or to be compliant with LSB, build the package again with the
+      following commands:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make distclean
 ./configure --prefix=/usr    \
             --with-shared    \
             --without-normal \
             --without-debug  \
-            --without-cxx-binding
+            --without-cxx-binding \
+            --with-abi-version=5 
 make sources libs
-cp -av lib/lib*.so.6* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
+cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
     </note>
 
   </sect2>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 3d8922349..9b6e5a39d 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20150916">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20150917">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;. Change to x.y for release 
                                       but not -rc releases -->
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 16, 2015">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 17, 2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2015"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.8">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->