diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 1c2214cc9..d739de4d7 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,17 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
-    <listitem revision="systemd">
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2019-04-23</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Apply a change to allow Perl to build correctly when
+          building with the latest versions of gcc.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>2019-04-20</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.27. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4457">#4457</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>
-        <listitem>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
           <para>[renodr] - Fix the syntax used for configuring automatic file
           creation and deletion.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml
index 2a64b80d0..7e2fcc8e6 100644
--- a/chapter06/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter06/perl.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ export BUILD_BZIP2=0</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-gcc5-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
 -->
+
+    <para>Apply a change to allow the program to build correctly when building
+    with the latest versions of gcc:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/67]/6789]/' Configure</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the
     <quote>-des</quote> options from the following command and hand-pick the way
     this package is built. Alternatively, use the command exactly as below to
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 967c920c9..c80144906 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20190420">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20190423">
 <!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        "20190420-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20190423-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "April 20, 2019">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "April 23, 2019">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2019"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "8.5">