diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d75898a90..93faf2e4f 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+   <listitem>
+      <para>2016-07-29</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3957">#3957</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to flex-2.6.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3959">#3959</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tcl-core8.6.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3969">#3960</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+   </listitem>
+
    <listitem>
       <para>2016-07-20</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 6c24b9402..a7ebafb9b 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Findutils &findutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Flex &flex-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Gawk &gawk-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 69bf3d136..8714d6d42 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160720">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160728">
 <!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        "20160720-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20160728-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "July 20, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "July 28, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.10">
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 4c9adb059..f59da2829 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-du "49 MB">
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-sbu "1.6 SBU">
 
-<!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 "3cbbfa1554d0b75fad9f8100732454de">
+<!ENTITY flex-version "2.6.1">
+<!ENTITY flex-size "916 KB">
+<!ENTITY flex-url "https://github.com/westes/flex/releases/download/v&flex-version;/flex-&flex-version;.tar.xz">
+<!ENTITY flex-md5 "cd3c86290fc2676a641aefafeb10848a">
 <!ENTITY flex-home "http://flex.sourceforge.net">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-du "33 MB">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
@@ -390,13 +390,13 @@
 <!ENTITY libtool-ch6-sbu "2.0 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
-<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "6">
-<!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 "87,381 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "7">
+<!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 "88,294 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "b9f8183fa26621f9951ae522556c12d3">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "5276563eb1f39a048e4a8a887408c031">
 <!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,
@@ -575,11 +575,11 @@
 <!ENTITY tar-ch6-du "39 MB">
 <!ENTITY tar-ch6-sbu "2.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tcl-version "8.6.5">
+<!ENTITY tcl-version "8.6.6">
 <!ENTITY tcl-major-version "8.6">
-<!ENTITY tcl-size "5,710 KB">
+<!ENTITY tcl-size "5,731 KB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-url "http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/&tcl-version;/tcl-core&tcl-version;-src.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tcl-md5 "611d34844a2e9158b721e3e3daa6f127">
+<!ENTITY tcl-md5 "98ebf13bbd90257e006c219369dd5f67">
 <!ENTITY tcl-home "http://tcl.sourceforge.net/">
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-du "40 MB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-sbu "0.4 SBU">