diff --git a/appendices/dependencies.xml b/appendices/dependencies.xml
index 68c29a311..3377e5177 100644
--- a/appendices/dependencies.xml
+++ b/appendices/dependencies.xml
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
         <segtitle>&external;</segtitle>
 
         <seglistitem>
-          <seg>Pcre, Xorg, and CUPS</seg>
+          <seg>Pcre</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 3f3e2b59f..e0f4cdc64 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,28 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2016-02-02</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.26. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3882">#3882</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2016a. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3883">#3883</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.25. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3884">#3884</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.4.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3885">#3885</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2016-01-27</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index dab8a1b2b..5ed569449 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Bash &bash-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Binutils &binutils-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Bison &bison-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>LFS-Bootscripts &lfs-bootscripts-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Libcap-&libcap-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Libpipeline &libpipeline-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -245,12 +245,12 @@
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>&glibc-largefile-patch;</para>
+      <para>&binutils-upstream-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
 
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>&glibc-upstream-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&glibc-largefile-patch;</para>
+    </listitem>
 
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>&mpfr-upstream-patch;</para>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index b9386f6b6..845bdbcc6 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Binutils Upstream Patch - <token>&binutils-upstream-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&binutils-upstream-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&binutils-upstream-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bzip2 Documentation Patch - <token>&bzip2-docs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/adjusting.xml b/chapter06/adjusting.xml
index 07c155cc2..0ea4f92ef 100644
--- a/chapter06/adjusting.xml
+++ b/chapter06/adjusting.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
   <para>First, backup the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> linker,
   and replace it with the adjusted linker we made in chapter 5. We'll also create
-  a link to its counterpart in <filename class="directory">/tools/$(gcc
-  -dumpmachine)/bin</filename>:</para>
+  a link to its counterpart in
+  <filename class="directory">/tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mv -v /tools/bin/{ld,ld-old}
-mv -v /tools/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/bin/{ld,ld-old}
+mv -v /tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/{ld,ld-old}
 mv -v /tools/bin/{ld-new,ld}
-ln -sv /tools/bin/ld /tools/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/bin/ld</userinput></screen>
+ln -sv /tools/bin/ld /tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Next, amend the GCC specs file so that it points to the new
   dynamic linker. Simply deleting all instances of <quote>/tools</quote> should
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index fb9dc4b31..a33c6cf60 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -56,15 +56,11 @@
 
 <screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
 Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
-<!--
-    <para>Fix some LTO tests in the test suite:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-lto-testsuite-patch;</userinput></screen>
+    <para>Fix a problem identified upstream:</para>
 
-    <para>Enable binutils to recognize multiple plugins:</para>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-multiple-plugins-patch;</userinput></screen>
--->
     <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils 
     in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index f0f08f892..a43e74761 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160127">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160202">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;. Change to x.y for release 
                                       but not -rc releases -->
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "January 27, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "February 2, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- 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 5b59dc379..7ac783e94 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-du "3.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.25.1">
-<!ENTITY binutils-size "23,598 KB">
+<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.26">
+<!ENTITY binutils-size "24,945 KB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-url "&gnu;binutils/binutils-&binutils-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "ac493a78de4fee895961d025b7905be4">
+<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "64146a0faa3b411ba774f47d41de239f">
 <!ENTITY binutils-home "&gnu-software;binutils/">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-du "489 MB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-sbu "1 SBU">
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-du "BOOTSCRIPTS-INSTALL-KB KB"> <!-- Updated in Makefile -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY libcap-version "2.24">
-<!ENTITY libcap-size "64 KB">
+<!ENTITY libcap-version "2.25">
+<!ENTITY libcap-size "63 KB">
 <!ENTITY libcap-url "&kernel;linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-&libcap-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY libcap-md5 "d43ab9f680435a7fff35b4ace8d45b80">
+<!ENTITY libcap-md5 "6666b839e5d46c2ad33fc8aa2ceb5f77">
 <!ENTITY libcap-home "https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/">
 <!ENTITY libcap-ch6-du "1.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY libcap-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -382,12 +382,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "4">
-<!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 "85,250 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
+<!-- <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
+<!ENTITY linux-size "85,244 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "9a78fa2eb6c68ca5a40ed5af08142599">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "d27b1458acde6369cf9eaf956f402901">
 <!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,
@@ -577,10 +577,10 @@
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch6-du "105 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch6-sbu "0.6 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2015g">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-size "294 KB">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2016a">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-size "296 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "8d46e8b225b9a04c75f5c39636435ad6">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "0d3123eb1b453ec0620822bd65be4c42">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "http://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-version "udev-lfs-20140408">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 09b06bde2..3ca1cb859 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-md5 "877e81fba316fe487ec23501059d54b8">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-size "1.4 KB">
 
+<!ENTITY binutils-upstream-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-upstream_fix-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY binutils-upstream-patch-md5 "a13223621449e0d6934a608f646f13a9">
+<!ENTITY binutils-upstream-patch-size "3.0 KB">
+
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch "bzip2-&bzip2-version;-install_docs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-md5 "6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-size "1.6 KB">