diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index effa1361a..6f0222a1a 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -283,12 +283,14 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Wheel-&wheel-version;</para>
     </listitem>
+<!--
     <listitem>
       <para>&xz-upstream-fix-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
+-->
     <listitem>
       <para>&zstd-upstream-fixes-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index af3bd7b6a..2bba9c16d 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
 -->
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Gcc glibc-2.36 Fixes Patch - <token>&gcc-upstream-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&gcc-upstream-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Glibc FHS Patch - <token>&glibc-fhs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&systemd-upstream-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Xz Upstream Fix Patch - <token>&xz-upstream-fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&xz-upstream-fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Zstd Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&zstd-upstream-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
index b18e2309b..bca672283 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of GCC</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First fix a problem with the latest version of glibc:</para>
 
     <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-upstream-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>As in the first build of GCC, the GMP, MPFR, and MPC packages are
     required. Unpack the tarballs and move them into the required directory
     names:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
index e2571cefc..430b586c1 100644
--- a/chapter08/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@
     -e 's/return kAltStackSize/return SIGSTKSZ * 4/' \
     -i libsanitizer/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cpp</userinput></screen>
 -->
+<!--
     <para>First fix a problem with the latest version of glibc:</para>
 
     <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-upstream-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>If building on x86_64, change the default directory name for 64-bit
     libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/xz.xml b/chapter08/xz.xml
index 2e85db4b4..6496544b5 100644
--- a/chapter08/xz.xml
+++ b/chapter08/xz.xml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Xz</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>Apply a patch to fix an issue in xzgrep:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&xz-upstream-fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Xz for compilation with:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr    \
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index c18d72ca1..31fd779b0 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@
 <!ENTITY gawk-fin-du "43 MB">
 <!ENTITY gawk-fin-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gcc-version "12.1.0">
-<!ENTITY gcc-size "78,875 KB">
+<!ENTITY gcc-version "12.2.0">
+<!ENTITY gcc-size "82,662 KB">
 <!ENTITY gcc-url "&gnu;gcc/gcc-&gcc-version;/gcc-&gcc-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY gcc-md5 "ed45b55ee859ada4b25a1e76e0c4d966">
-<!ENTITY gcc-sha256 "62fd634889f31c02b64af2c468f064b47ad1ca78411c45abe6ac4b5f8dd19c7b">
+<!ENTITY gcc-md5 "73bafd0af874439dcdb9fc063b6fb069">
+<!ENTITY gcc-sha256 "">
 <!ENTITY gcc-home "https://gcc.gnu.org/">
 <!ENTITY gcc-tmpp1-du "3.8 GB">
 <!ENTITY gcc-tmpp1-sbu "11 SBU">
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-du "20 MB">
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20220803">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20220812">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-size "584 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/&iana-etc-version;/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "5c5666e002744168bb0cf63e87fe39ce">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "851a53efd53c77d0ad7b3d2b68d8a3fc">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "https://www.iana.org/protocols">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-du "4.7 MB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -436,12 +436,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "5">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "19">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "2">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "128,509 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "128,553 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "9d0eec53c479f141f30ae9845b115889">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "391274e2e49a881403b0ff2e0712bf82">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 5.13.4 / gcc-11.1.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig rounded down to allow for ongoing cleanups,
@@ -499,10 +499,10 @@
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-du "520 KB">
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY meson-version "0.63.0">
-<!ENTITY meson-size "2,013 KB">
+<!ENTITY meson-version "0.63.1">
+<!ENTITY meson-size "2,016 KB">
 <!ENTITY meson-url "&github;/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/&meson-version;/meson-&meson-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY meson-md5 "d9e7d69f73f875004fbb3cc8bfe2a39b">
+<!ENTITY meson-md5 "078e59d11a72b74c3bd78cb8205e9ed7">
 <!ENTITY meson-home "https://mesonbuild.com">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-du "41 MB">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -633,10 +633,10 @@
 <!ENTITY sed-fin-du "31 MB">
 <!ENTITY sed-fin-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY shadow-version "4.11.1">
-<!ENTITY shadow-size "1,618 KB">
+<!ENTITY shadow-version "4.12.2">
+<!ENTITY shadow-size "1,706 KB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-url "&github;/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/v&shadow-version;/shadow-&shadow-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY shadow-md5 "5a95ec069aa91508167d02fecafaa912">
+<!ENTITY shadow-md5 "52637cb34c357acf85c617cf95da34a6">
 <!ENTITY shadow-home "https://shadow-maint.github.io/shadow/">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-du "49 MB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -706,10 +706,10 @@
 <!ENTITY texinfo-fin-du "112 MB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-fin-sbu "0.6 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2022b">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2022c">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-size "423 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "d7844a44d4c622f80f91aa4d5ae8f566">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "4e3b2369b68e713ba5d3f7456f20bfdb">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "https://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 
 <!ENTITY udev-lfs-version "udev-lfs-20171102">
@@ -729,13 +729,13 @@
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-du "261 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-sbu "1.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "9.0.0192">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "9.0.0228">
 <!-- <!ENTITY vim-majmin "90"> -->
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim90">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "16,353 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "16,372 KB">
 <!--<!ENTITY vim-url "https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v&vim-version;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">-->
 <!ENTITY vim-url "&anduin-sources;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "726876f89cd927852eeccddce3712b44">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "bc7e0a4829d94bb4c03a7a6b4ad6a8cf">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "https://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-du "206 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-sbu "2.4 SBU">
@@ -757,10 +757,10 @@
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-fin-du "2.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY xz-version "5.2.5">
-<!ENTITY xz-size "1,122 KB">
+<!ENTITY xz-version "5.2.6">
+<!ENTITY xz-size "1,234 KB">
 <!ENTITY xz-url "https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-&xz-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY xz-md5 "aa1621ec7013a19abab52a8aff04fe5b">
+<!ENTITY xz-md5 "d9cd5698e1ec06cf638c0d2d645e8175">
 <!ENTITY xz-home "https://tukaani.org/xz">
 <!ENTITY xz-tmp-du "15 MB">
 <!ENTITY xz-tmp-sbu "0.1 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 9efd90285..54c0c11fa 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
 
+<!--
 <!ENTITY autoconf-fixes-patch "autoconf-&autoconf-version;-consolidated_fixes-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-fixes-patch-md5 "3c515415ecdd777990c91e8900279cb9">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-fixes-patch-size "3.8 KB">
-
+-->
+<!--
 <!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch "bash-&bash-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "c1545da2ad7d78574b52c465ec077ed9">
 <!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "22 KB">
-
-
+-->
+<!--
 <!ENTITY binutils-lto-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-lto_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY binutils-lto-patch-md5 "3df11b6123d5bbdb0fc83862a003827a">
 <!ENTITY binutils-lto-patch-size "3.5 KB">
-
+-->
 
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch "bzip2-&bzip2-version;-install_docs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-md5 "6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f">
@@ -39,11 +41,11 @@
 <!ENTITY file-upstream-fixes-md5 "d99090db596b9db2bed869662199a56a">
 <!ENTITY file-upstream-fixes-patch-size "4.0 KB">
 -->
-
+<!--
 <!ENTITY gcc-upstream-fixes-patch "gcc-&gcc-version;-glibc_2.36-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY gcc-upstream-fixes-patch-md5 "8a5a4c3d14b9b2398b32f20b53a4de50">
 <!ENTITY gcc-upstream-fixes-patch-size "1.7 KB">
-
+-->
 <!ENTITY glibc-fhs-patch "glibc-&glibc-version;-fhs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY glibc-fhs-patch-md5 "9a5997c3452909b1769918c759eff8a2">
 <!ENTITY glibc-fhs-patch-size "2.8 KB">
@@ -88,11 +90,12 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-glibc_2.36_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch-md5 "fd8dc901e73ad00dc72a351a0d4ac48c">
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch-size "3.0 KB">
-
+<!--
 <!ENTITY xz-upstream-fix-patch "xz-&xz-version;-upstream_fix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY xz-upstream-fix-patch-md5 "584c72ea3d8f7502b2770670f3090788">
 <!ENTITY xz-upstream-fix-patch-size "3.7 KB">
-
+-->
 <!ENTITY zstd-upstream-fixes-patch "zstd-&zstd-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY zstd-upstream-fixes-patch-md5 "a7e576e3f87415fdf388392b257cdcf3">
 <!ENTITY zstd-upstream-fixes-patch-size "4 KB">
+