diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index cc45c0a53..d1dcb79ea 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 <listitem><para>linux-2.6.8.1</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>m4-1.4.2</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>man-1.5o1</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>man-pages-1.67</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>man-pages-1.69</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>perl-5.8.5</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>procps-3.2.3</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>psmisc-21.5</para></listitem>
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 <listitem><para>readline-5.0-fixes-1.patch</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>syslog-ng-1.6.5</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>udev-032</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>udev-032-etcdir-2.patch</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>udev-035</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>udev-config-1.permissions</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>udev-config-1.rules</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>util-linux-2.12a-kernel_headers-1.patch</para></listitem>
@@ -92,6 +91,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>October 12th, 2004 [jeremy]: Upgraded to man-pages-1.69 and
+udev-035, which eliminates the need for the etcdir patch present for 032.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>October 1th, 2004 [jim]: Fixed typos in Glibc chapter 5.
 Updated binutils to 2.15.92.0.2.
 </para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 5c534a2e1..669bb004c 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ following:</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Udev Etcdir Patch - 1 KB:</term> <listitem>
-<para><ulink url="&patches-root;udev-&udev-version;-etcdir-2.patch"/></para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
 <varlistentry>
 <term>Util-Linux Sfdisk Patch - 1 KB:</term> <listitem>
 <para><ulink url="&patches-root;util-linux-&util-linux-version;-sfdisk-2.patch"/></para>
diff --git a/chapter05/udev.xml b/chapter05/udev.xml
index 4f6ef8dcf..e4100630a 100644
--- a/chapter05/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter05/udev.xml
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Udev</title>
 
-<para>Patch Udev to allow for udev.conf to be found in $PREFIX/etc:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../udev-&udev-version;-etcdir-2.patch</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Now compile Udev:</para>
+<para>Compile Udev:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make prefix=/tools udevdir=/dev</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml
index d6bf3913c..1c0bf18bf 100644
--- a/chapter06/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/udev.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Udev</title>
 
-<para>Patch Udev to allow installation of udev.conf to $PREFIX/etc:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../udev-&udev-version;-etcdir-2.patch</userinput></screen>
-
 <para>Compile Udev:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make udevdir=/dev</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index d656360f1..c1166d151 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20041001">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 1, 2004">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20041012">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 12, 2004">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.1">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 <!ENTITY m4-version "1.4.2">
 <!ENTITY make-version "3.80">
 <!ENTITY man-version "1.5o1">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-version "1.67">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-version "1.69">
 <!ENTITY mktemp-version "1.5">
 <!ENTITY module-init-tools-version "3.0">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.4">
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
 <!ENTITY tcl-version "8.4.7">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-version "4.7">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12g">
-<!ENTITY udev-version "032">
+<!ENTITY udev-version "035">
 <!ENTITY vim-version "6.3">
 <!ENTITY zlib-version "1.2.1">