diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 4d0eb5c9a..228483650 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,24 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2015-11-18</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.6.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3860">#3860</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.7.5. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3859">#3859</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kmod-22. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3861">#3861</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2015-11-06</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 5274629c7..b5d1d6946 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Findutils &findutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Flex &flex-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Gawk &gawk-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Kbd &kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Kmod &kmod-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Less &less-version;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/flex.xml b/chapter06/flex.xml
index 4ae366db2..c0adcfb58 100644
--- a/chapter06/flex.xml
+++ b/chapter06/flex.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Flex</title>
 
-    <para>First, skip running three regression tests that require Bison:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e '/test-bison/d' tests/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Flex for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr    \
@@ -62,14 +58,7 @@
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-    <para>There are some packages that expect to find the
-    <filename class="libraryfile">lex</filename> library in <filename
-    class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>. Create a symlink to account for
-    this:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen>
--->
     <para>A few programs do not know about <command>flex</command> yet and
     try to run its predecessor, <command>lex</command>. To support those
     programs, create a symbolic link named <filename>lex</filename> that
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index f34ace0e5..fe1994e85 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20151106">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20151118">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;. Change to x.y for release 
                                       but not -rc releases -->
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 6, 2015">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 18, 2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2015"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.9">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index b637ba89e..5b5b4a191 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-du "28 MB">
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY flex-version "2.5.39">
-<!ENTITY flex-size "1,316 KB">
+<!ENTITY flex-version "2.6.0">
+<!ENTITY flex-size "1,338 KB">
 <!ENTITY flex-url "&sourceforge;flex/flex-&flex-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY flex-md5 "477679c37ff8b28248a9b05f1da29a82">
+<!ENTITY flex-md5 "3cbbfa1554d0b75fad9f8100732454de">
 <!ENTITY flex-home "http://flex.sourceforge.net">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-du "37 MB">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@
 <!ENTITY kbd-ch6-du "30 MB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY kmod-version "21">
-<!ENTITY kmod-size "436 KB">
+<!ENTITY kmod-version "22">
+<!ENTITY kmod-size "440 KB">
 <!ENTITY kmod-url "&kernel;linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-&kmod-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY kmod-md5 "ee246fab2e1cba9fbdcad6a86ec31531">
+<!ENTITY kmod-md5 "4371b847f3fbfaa4e9aa890ad616748f">
 <!ENTITY kmod-home " ">
 <!ENTITY kmod-ch6-du "10.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY kmod-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -420,10 +420,10 @@
 <!ENTITY make-ch6-du "12.2 MB">
 <!ENTITY make-ch6-sbu "0.6 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.7.4">
-<!ENTITY man-db-size "1,469 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.7.5">
+<!ENTITY man-db-size "1,471 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-url "&savannah;/releases/man-db/man-db-&man-db-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "1b400af5b03c7ac44769dbfdd28a86fc">
+<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "37da0bb0400cc7b640f33c26f6052202">
 <!ENTITY man-db-home "http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-du "30 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">