diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 36acb05cf..1fa822900 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,32 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2013-10-02</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2013g. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3400">#3400</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to File-5.15. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3402">#3402</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.11.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3403">#3403</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to texinfo-5.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3404">#3404</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gmp-5.1.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3405">#3405</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2013-09-23</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 9d4ebd0a1..d68498505 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Expect &expect-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>File &file-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Findutils &findutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Glibc &glibc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>GMP &gmp-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Grep &grep-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>TCL &tcl-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Texinfo &texinfo-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Tzdata &tzdata-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Udev &systemd-version; (extracted from systemd-&systemd-version;)</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -231,26 +231,6 @@
 
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>&automake-test-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>bc &bc-version;</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>&bash-fixes-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>&perl-libc-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>&tar-manpage-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>&texinfo-test-patch;</para>
     </listitem>-->
 
   </itemizedlist>
@@ -259,22 +239,10 @@
     <title>Removed:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
 
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>bash-4.2-fixes-11.patch</para>
-    </listitem>
-
     <listitem>
-      <para>binutils-2.23.1-testsuite_fix-1.patch</para>
+      <para>texinfo-5.1-test-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
 
-    <listitem>
-      <para>flex-2.5.37-bison-2.6.1-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-      <para>perl-5.16.2-libc-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>-->
-
   </itemizedlist>
 
 </sect1>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index f5fb8b226..401fa8776 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&readline-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Texinfo Test Patch - <token>&texinfo-test-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&texinfo-test-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
   </variablelist>
 
   <para>Total size of these patches: about <returnvalue/></para>
diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
index 73da0037a..3bac8536c 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Texinfo</title>
 
-    <para>Fix an incompatibility between the test suite and Perl-&perl-version;:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&texinfo-test-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
@@ -53,9 +49,6 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <note><para>One test in the test suite fails due to out of date
-    perl code.</para></note>
-
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index cf619826f..e45af7534 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20130923">
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 23, 2013">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20131002">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "October 2, 2013">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2013"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.5">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 960bcf37b..197351d0b 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-du "4.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY file-version "5.14">
-<!ENTITY file-size "633 KB">
+<!ENTITY file-version "5.15">
+<!ENTITY file-size "641 KB">
 <!ENTITY file-url "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-&file-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY file-md5 "c26625f1d6773ad4bc5a87c0e315632c">
+<!ENTITY file-md5 "3f99565532f548d7540912c4642d1ede">
 <!ENTITY file-home "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/">
 <!ENTITY file-ch5-du "12.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY file-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -216,10 +216,10 @@
 <!ENTITY glibc-ch6-du "922 MB">
 <!ENTITY glibc-ch6-sbu "17.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gmp-version "5.1.2">
-<!ENTITY gmp-size "1,780 KB">
-<!ENTITY gmp-url "ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/gmp-&gmp-version;/gmp-&gmp-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY gmp-md5 "06fe2ca164221c59ce74867155cfc1ac">
+<!ENTITY gmp-version "5.1.3">
+<!ENTITY gmp-size "1,777 KB">
+<!ENTITY gmp-url "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-&gmp-version;.tar.xz">
+<!ENTITY gmp-md5 "e5fe367801ff067b923d1e6a126448aa">
 <!ENTITY gmp-home "&gnu-software;gmp/">
 <!ENTITY gmp-ch5-du "39 MB">
 <!ENTITY gmp-ch5-sbu "1.5 SBU">
@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "3">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "11">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "2">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
-<!ENTITY linux-size "73,332 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "73,327 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "466c042aa58d4839396443bf4438fdc5">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "8ecae4b49df495171095b7d91c913437">
 <!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,
@@ -528,10 +528,10 @@
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-du "55 MB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY texinfo-version "5.1">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-size "3,665 KB">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-version "5.2">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-size "3,724 KB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-url "&gnu;texinfo/texinfo-&texinfo-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "52ee905a3b705020d2a1b6ec36d53ca6">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "cb489df8a7ee9d10a236197aefdb32c5">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-home "&gnu-software;texinfo/">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch5-du "94 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-ch5-sbu "0.3 SBU">
@@ -546,10 +546,10 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-ch6-du  "29 MB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2013d">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-size "216 KB">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2013g">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-size "222 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "65b6818162230fc02f86f293376c73df">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "76dbc3b5a81913fc0d824376c44a5d15">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "http://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-ch6-du "6.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index d8d765871..e6003f7e8 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-md5 "ada0ea6e1c00c4b7e0d634f49827943e">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-size "132 KB">
 
-<!--
-<!ENTITY flex-bison-patch "flex-&flex-version;-bison-2.6.1-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY flex-bison-patch-md5 "d5b001ef9bdbbe32e2f27576d97d8ff0">
-<!ENTITY flex-bison-patch-size "2.8 KB">
--->
-
 <!ENTITY kbd-backspace-patch "kbd-&kbd-version;-backspace-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY kbd-backspace-patch-md5 "f75cca16a38da6caa7d52151f7136895">
 <!ENTITY kbd-backspace-patch-size "12 KB">
@@ -43,7 +37,3 @@
 <!ENTITY tar-manpage-patch "tar-&tar-version;-manpage-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY tar-manpage-patch-md5 "321f85ec32733b1a9399e788714a5156">
 <!ENTITY tar-manpage-patch-size "7.8 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY texinfo-test-patch "texinfo-&texinfo-version;-test-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-test-patch-md5 "c50d9319a471b6ebd98900b852f5fb38">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-test-patch-size "5.6 KB">