diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d0619f620..54fd05d2d 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,36 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2014-03-03</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.18. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3487">#3487</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.61. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3490">#3490</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to psmisc-22.21. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3500">#3500</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Linux-3.13.5. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3505">#3505</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bash-4.3. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3509">#3509</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to readline-6.3. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3510">#3510</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2014-03-02</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 70a821a31..d1c49a003 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Automake &automake-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Bash &bash-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Berkeley DB &db-version;</para>
     </listitem> -->
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>GMP &gmp-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Grep &grep-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Groff &groff-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Libtool &libtool-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Linux &linux-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>M4 &m4-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Man-DB &man-db-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Man-pages &man-pages-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>MPC &mpc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Procps-ng &procps-ng-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Psmisc &psmisc-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Readline &readline-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Sed &sed-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -235,13 +235,13 @@
     <title>Removed:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
 
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>automake-1.14-test-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>bash-4.2-fixes-12.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
 
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>readline-6.2-fixes-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>readline-6.2-fixes-2.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
 
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>texinfo-5.1-test-1.patch</para>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index d026cbc74..b7f0f617d 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   needed to build an LFS system:</para>
 
   <variablelist role="materials">
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&bash-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bash-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bzip2 Documentation Patch - <token>&bzip2-docs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&perl-libc-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&readline-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&readline-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Sysvinit Consolidated Patch - <token>&sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -90,15 +90,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
-<!--
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Texinfo Test Patch - <token>&texinfo-test-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&texinfo-test-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&texinfo-test-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
--->
   </variablelist>
 
   <para>Total size of these patches: about <returnvalue/></para>
diff --git a/chapter05/bash.xml b/chapter05/bash.xml
index 60957b9c1..21df197e7 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash.xml
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been
     addressed upstream:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --without-bash-malloc</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 571427627..c63b8b715 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been
     addressed upstream:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 2b0c334fc..f8e10c52b 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in
 sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Apply a patch to fix a known bug that has been fixed upstream:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c37a1085b..4ebae36eb 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20140302">
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "March 2, 2014">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20140303">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "March 3, 2014">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2014"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
-<!ENTITY milestone       "7.5">
+<!ENTITY milestone       "7.6">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 1583b4658..72baedc79 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
 <!ENTITY automake-ch6-du "100 MB">
 <!ENTITY automake-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU (about 12 SBU with tests)">
 
-<!ENTITY bash-version "4.2">
-<!ENTITY bash-size "6,845 KB">
+<!ENTITY bash-version "4.3">
+<!ENTITY bash-size "7,770 KB">
 <!ENTITY bash-url "&gnu;bash/bash-&bash-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY bash-md5 "3fb927c7c33022f1c327f14a81c0d4b0">
+<!ENTITY bash-md5 "81348932d5da294953e15d4814c74dd1">
 <!ENTITY bash-home "&gnu-software;bash/">
-<!ENTITY bash-ch5-du "48 MB">
+<!ENTITY bash-ch5-du "44 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-ch5-sbu "0.4 SBU">
-<!ENTITY bash-ch6-du "45 MB">
-<!ENTITY bash-ch6-sbu "1.7 SBU">
+<!ENTITY bash-ch6-du "44 MB">
+<!ENTITY bash-ch6-sbu "1.6 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY bc-version "1.06.95">
 <!ENTITY bc-size "288 KB">
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@
 <!ENTITY gmp-ch6-du "50 MB">
 <!ENTITY gmp-ch6-sbu "1.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY grep-version "2.16">
-<!ENTITY grep-size "1,184 KB">
+<!ENTITY grep-version "2.18">
+<!ENTITY grep-size "1,185 KB">
 <!ENTITY grep-url "&gnu;grep/grep-&grep-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY grep-md5 "502350a6c8f7c2b12ee58829e760b44d">
+<!ENTITY grep-md5 "7439f8266f50844b56cc3e2721606541">
 <!ENTITY grep-home "&gnu-software;grep/">
 <!ENTITY grep-ch5-du "21 MB">
 <!ENTITY grep-ch5-sbu "0.2 SBU">
-<!ENTITY grep-ch6-du "30 MB">
+<!ENTITY grep-ch6-du "31 MB">
 <!ENTITY grep-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY groff-version "1.22.2">
@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "3">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "13">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "5">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!-- <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;"> -->
-<!ENTITY linux-size "75,393 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "75,396 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "ad98a0c623a124a25dab86406ddc7119">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "b9fa20262a7ecbbc3277aa2ee10412da">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 3.9.0 / gcc-4.8.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-du "27 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-pages-version "3.59">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,172 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-version "3.61">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,175 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-url "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-&man-pages-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "d8e4d8287a76ee861351b905044c8e92">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "5dc4e4911ea90a9bdbb6d7f8c238be85">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-home "http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-ch6-du "23 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -459,20 +459,20 @@
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-ch6-du "13 MB">
 <!ENTITY procps-ng-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY psmisc-version "22.20">
-<!ENTITY psmisc-size "422 KB">
+<!ENTITY psmisc-version "22.21">
+<!ENTITY psmisc-size "447 KB">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-url "&sourceforge;psmisc/psmisc-&psmisc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY psmisc-md5 "a25fc99a6dc7fa7ae6e4549be80b401f">
+<!ENTITY psmisc-md5 "935c0fd6eb208288262b385fa656f1bf">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-home "http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/">
-<!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-du "4.2 MB">
+<!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-du "4.0 MB">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-version "6.2">
-<!ENTITY readline-size "2,225 KB">
+<!ENTITY readline-version "6.3">
+<!ENTITY readline-size "2,411 KB">
 <!ENTITY readline-url "&gnu;readline/readline-&readline-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY readline-md5 "67948acb2ca081f23359d0256e9a271c">
+<!ENTITY readline-md5 "33c8fb279e981274f485fd91da77e94a">
 <!ENTITY readline-home "http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html">
-<!ENTITY readline-ch6-du "17.2 MB">
+<!ENTITY readline-ch6-du "16.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY readline-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY sed-version "4.2.2">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index cb833999e..7ea1e19e9 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
 
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch "bash-&bash-version;-fixes-12.patch">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "419f95c173596aea47a23d922598977a">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "56 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch "bzip2-&bzip2-version;-install_docs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-md5 "6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-size "1.6 KB">
@@ -26,10 +22,6 @@
 <!ENTITY perl-libc-patch-md5 "daf5c64fd7311e924966842680535f8f">
 <!ENTITY perl-libc-patch-size "1.6 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch "readline-&readline-version;-fixes-2.patch">
-<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-md5 "b793b2bf1306bc62e5f1e7ebbdae2f35">
-<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-size "3.3 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch "sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;-consolidated-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "0b7b5ea568a878fdcc4057b2bf36e5cb">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size "3.9 KB">