diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 8260a0298..3fbc32764 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2016-10-22</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to iproute2-4.8.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3992">#3992</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to tzdata-2016h. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3995">#3995</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to linux-4.8.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3994">#3994</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem revision="systemd">
       <para>2016-10-10</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 8acabf02d..28ede3ffd 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Intltool-&intltool-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>IPRoute2 &iproute2-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Kbd &kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 7a18c5f80..0baf620cc 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ rm -v doc/arpd.sgml</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>This package does not have a working test suite.</para>
+<!-- currently not useful, no tests actually run
     <para>This package comes with a test suite, but due to assumptions it makes,
     it is not possible to reliably run these tests from within the chroot
     environment. If you wish to run these tests after booting into your new LFS
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ rm -v doc/arpd.sgml</userinput></screen>
     in your kernel (&quot;General setup&quot; -> &quot;Enable access to
     .config through /proc/config.gz&quot; [CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC]), then run
     'make alltests' from the <filename class="directory">testsuite/</filename>
-    subdirectory.</para>
+    subdirectory.</para>-->
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index d86d566be..c96535991 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20161010">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20161022">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20161010-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20161022-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 22508b513..839bd313b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -325,10 +325,10 @@
 <!ENTITY intltool-ch6-du "1.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY intltool-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "4.7.0">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "577 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "4.8.0">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "581 KB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-url "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "d4b205830cdc2702f8a0cbd6232129cd">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "54c6411863cb16a4375aa5f788dca767">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-home "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-du "11 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -391,18 +391,18 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "8">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
-<!ENTITY linux-size "89,799 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size " 89,795 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "ac4c0078b3a053f08fd58b36aca6ff4e">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "f9f5b9623e672ef10d1a28ece575ee42">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
-<!-- measured for 3.9.0 / gcc-4.8.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
+<!-- measured for 4.8.3 / gcc-6.2.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
  max is allyesconfig which requires openssl -->
-<!ENTITY linux-ch8-du "700 - 6800 MB (typically about 800-900 MB)">
-<!ENTITY linux-ch8-sbu "3.0 - 49.0 SBU (typically about 6 SBU)">
+<!ENTITY linux-ch8-du "960 - 4250 MB (typically about 1100 MB)">
+<!ENTITY linux-ch8-sbu "4.4 - 66.0 SBU (typically about 6 SBU)">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-headers-ch5-du "750 MB">
 <!ENTITY linux-headers-ch5-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -594,10 +594,10 @@
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch6-du "108 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch6-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2016g">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-size "310 KB">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2016h">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-size "312 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "3c7e97ec8527211104d27cc1d97a23de">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "878f0ec3fd9e4026ea11dd1b649a315a">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "http://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-version "udev-lfs-20140408">