diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index ddbdf9376..f99e13f6d 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2016-05-16</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to tar-1.29. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3932">#3932</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to linux-4.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3930">#3930</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to perl-5.24.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3931">#3931</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2016-05-15</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index da3ec9340..e043ec2a4 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>SysVinit &sysvinit-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Tar &tar-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Tcl-core-&tcl-version;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/perl.xml b/chapter05/perl.xml
index cfe79c5ec..14858b17b 100644
--- a/chapter05/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter05/perl.xml
@@ -42,14 +42,7 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Perl</title>
-<!--
-    <para>First apply the following patch to adapt some hard-wired paths to the
-    C library:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-libc-patch;</userinput></screen>
- 
-    Note: -Dlibs=-lm below avoids looking for gdbm and db libraries causing failure
--->
     <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools -Dlibs=-lm</userinput></screen>
@@ -64,7 +57,7 @@
     <para>Only a few of the utilities and libraries need to be installed at this
     time:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v perl cpan/podlators/pod2man /tools/bin
+<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v perl cpan/podlators/scripts/pod2man /tools/bin
 mkdir -pv /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;
 cp -Rv lib/* /tools/lib/perl5/&perl-version;</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 527b965a2..aba0995e5 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160515">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160516">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;. Change to x.y for release 
                                       but not -rc releases -->
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "May 15, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "May 16, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.10">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index a3e9404e3..dd6b2dd04 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@
 <!ENTITY libtool-ch6-sbu "2.0 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
-<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "5">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "4">
-<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
-<!ENTITY linux-size "86,326 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "6">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "0">
+<!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">-->
+<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "87,365 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "5da409b61ef6b74a64a8a5075eb428ed">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "d2927020e24a76da4ab482a8bc3e9ef3">
 <!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,
@@ -473,10 +473,10 @@
 <!ENTITY patch-ch6-du "11.3 MB">
 <!ENTITY patch-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY perl-version "5.22.2">
-<!ENTITY perl-size "13,307 KB">
+<!ENTITY perl-version "5.24.0">
+<!ENTITY perl-size "13,825 KB">
 <!ENTITY perl-url "http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-&perl-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY perl-md5 "24ec0b41fdd1a4cce0e66811ae1f5e1b">
+<!ENTITY perl-md5 "99f39abe614b50719d9915431e54fc1e">
 <!ENTITY perl-home "http://www.perl.org/">
 <!ENTITY perl-ch5-du "239 MB">
 <!ENTITY perl-ch5-sbu "1.3 SBU">
@@ -549,10 +549,10 @@
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-ch6-du "1.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tar-version "1.28">
-<!ENTITY tar-size "1,921 KB">
+<!ENTITY tar-version "1.29">
+<!ENTITY tar-size "1,950 KB">
 <!ENTITY tar-url "&gnu;tar/tar-&tar-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY tar-md5 "49b6306167724fe48f419a33a5beb857">
+<!ENTITY tar-md5 "a1802fec550baaeecff6c381629653ef">
 <!ENTITY tar-home "&gnu-software;tar/">
 <!ENTITY tar-ch5-du "32 MB">
 <!ENTITY tar-ch5-sbu "0.3 SBU">