diff --git a/appendices/dependencies.xml b/appendices/dependencies.xml
index 907bb7d5f..63a895bac 100644
--- a/appendices/dependencies.xml
+++ b/appendices/dependencies.xml
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
         <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
 
         <seglistitem>
-         <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg>
+         <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 77b331b8b..274484cba 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,48 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
+    <listitem>
+      <itemizedlist>
+      <para>2021-01-01</para>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.2.2253. Addresses
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4500">#4500</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20201229. Addresses
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4722">#4722</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gdbm-1.19. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4779">#4779</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2020f. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4777">#4777</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.10. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4776">#4776</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.10.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4775">#4775</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to zstd-1.4.8. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4774">#4774</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.4.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4773">#4773</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.10.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4772">#4772</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <itemizedlist>
       <para>2020-12-15</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index f67c577c4..0c5583cfe 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
        <para>GCC-&gcc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
        <para>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Gettext-&gettext-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>IPRoute2-&iproute2-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Kbd-&kbd-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Kmod-&kmod-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Zlib-&zlib-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Zstd-&zstd-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <!--<itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter08/gdbm.xml b/chapter08/gdbm.xml
index df2ab3409..4596c2fa7 100644
--- a/chapter08/gdbm.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gdbm.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of GDBM</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First, fix an issue first identified by gcc-10:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -r -i '/^char.*parseopt_program_(doc|args)/d' src/parseopt.c</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare GDBM for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr    \
diff --git a/chapter08/kbd.xml b/chapter08/kbd.xml
index 6e93d0acb..a219102eb 100644
--- a/chapter08/kbd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kbd.xml
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ sed -i 's/resizecons.8 //' docs/man/man8/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Remove an internal library installed unintentionally:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -v /usr/lib/libtswrap.{a,la,so*}</userinput></screen>
-
     <note>
       <para>For some languages (e.g., Belarusian) the Kbd package doesn't
       provide a useful keymap where the stock <quote>by</quote> keymap assumes
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 06deb1646..9447f9dd6 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20201215">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20210101">
 <!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        "20201215-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20210101-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 15th, 2020">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "January 1st, 2021">
 
-<!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2020"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
+<!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2021"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root       "&lfs-root;blfs/">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 3db4a290a..d2b60f8b9 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@
 <!ENTITY libstdcpp-tmpp2-du "1.1 GB">
 <!ENTITY libstdcpp-tmpp2-sbu "0.8 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gdbm-version "1.18.1">
-<!ENTITY gdbm-size "920 KB">
+<!ENTITY gdbm-version "1.19">
+<!ENTITY gdbm-size "946 KB">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-url "&gnu;gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY gdbm-md5 "988dc82182121c7570e0cb8b4fcd5415">
+<!ENTITY gdbm-md5 "aeb29c6a90350a4c959cd1df38cd0a7e">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-home "&gnu-software;gdbm/">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-fin-du "11 MB">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -319,10 +319,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-du "19 MB">
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20201124">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20201229">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-size "578 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/&iana-etc-version;/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "c334faba23f49fffe02cab0077b30828">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "19f35177c0bd701f4e52bfc9ce068f5d">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "https://www.iana.org/protocols">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-du "4.7 MB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -343,10 +343,10 @@
 <!ENTITY intltool-fin-du "1.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY intltool-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "5.9.0">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "769 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "5.10.0">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "781 KB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-url "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "3966f12374e1beb70f1c21f30a350673">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "19ffea480a21e600453776b7225f3319">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-home "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-fin-du "14 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@
 <!ENTITY isl-fin-du "20 MB">
 <!ENTITY isl-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.3.0">
-<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,074 KB">
+<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.4.0">
+<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,095 KB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-url "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-&kbd-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "ac7ec9cedad48f4c279251cddc72008a">
+<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "3cac5be0096fcf7b32dcbd3c53831380">
 <!ENTITY kbd-home "http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/legion/kbd">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-du "32 MB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -424,13 +424,13 @@
 <!ENTITY libtool-fin-sbu "1.9 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "5">
-<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "9">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "14">
+<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "10">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "4">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "112,849 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "113,880 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "4727d38ee292c83c230a30a1db067983">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "650f047a5fc947276ef6ae513b773c9b">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 5.8.3 / gcc-10.2.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -472,10 +472,10 @@
 <!ENTITY man-db-fin-du "40 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-fin-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-pages-version "5.09">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,701 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-version "5.10">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,707 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-url "&kernel;linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-&man-pages-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "3821e8d05f6f253e136ca2a4ff0aafbf">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "4ae3f74a1beddd919936e1058642644c">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-home "https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-fin-du "31 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -685,10 +685,10 @@
 <!ENTITY texinfo-fin-du "104 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-fin-sbu "0.8 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2020d">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-size "393 KB">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2020f">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-size "403 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "2f58d72e31cf073f5076c2cbf182cba3">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "e7d618fe3fd16fdd290abc5e74cb264e">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "https://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-version "udev-lfs-20171102">
@@ -708,13 +708,13 @@
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-du "260 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-sbu "1.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "8.2.2070">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "8.2.2253">
 <!ENTITY vim-majmin "82">
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim82">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "14,968 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "15,011 KB">
 <!--<!ENTITY vim-url "https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v&vim-version;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">-->
 <!ENTITY vim-url "&anduin-sources;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "52ecae95a255a4e9221d81e6ad64e6a2">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "497890e1f563a65c6f7594c0b0f5c0b9">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "https://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-du "201 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-sbu "2.2 SBU">
@@ -745,10 +745,10 @@
 <!ENTITY zlib-fin-du "5.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY zlib-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY zstd-version "1.4.5">
-<!ENTITY zstd-size "1,928 KB">
+<!ENTITY zstd-version "1.4.8">
+<!ENTITY zstd-size "1,762 KB">
 <!ENTITY zstd-url "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v&zstd-version;/zstd-&zstd-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY zstd-md5 "dd0b53631303b8f972dafa6fd34beb0c">
+<!ENTITY zstd-md5 "e873db7cfa5ef05832e6d55a5a572840">
 <!ENTITY zstd-home "https://facebook.github.io/zstd/">
 <!ENTITY zstd-fin-du "16 MB">
 <!ENTITY zstd-fin-sbu "0.7 SBU">