diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5967e8309..0585b3126 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+   <listitem>
+      <para>2016-08-06</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.27. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3962">#3962</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+   </listitem>
+
    <listitem>
       <para>2016-08-05</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index e9832c651..8002fae35 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;             \
       --with-headers=/tools/include      \
       libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes          \
-      libc_cv_ctors_header=yes           \
       libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -111,14 +110,14 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
           cleanup handling support is configured.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-      <varlistentry>
+<!--  <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>libc_cv_ctors_header=yes</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_ctors_header=yes through to the
           <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and
           gcc constructor support is configured.</para>
         </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+      </varlistentry>-->
 
     </variablelist>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 61a2374ef..1a908a822 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       <listitem>
         <para><emphasis>posix/tst-getaddrinfo4</emphasis> will always fail due
         to not having the necessary networking applications when the tests are
-        run.</para>
+        run.  <emphasis>posix/tst-getaddrinfo5</emphasis> is also known
+        to fail on some architectures.</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c7ccbf975..40887a445 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20160805-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20160806-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "August 5, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "August 6, 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 aa79f2d94..c375a90df 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-du "3.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.26.1">
-<!ENTITY binutils-size "24,996 KB">
+<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.27">
+<!ENTITY binutils-size "25,488 KB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-url "&gnu;binutils/binutils-&binutils-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "d2b24e5b5301b7ff0207414c34c3e0fb">
+<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "2869c9bf3e60ee97c74ac2a6bf4e9d68">
 <!ENTITY binutils-home "&gnu-software;binutils/">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-du "489 MB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-sbu "1 SBU">