diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f7fc98ffe..7e78f7231 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 <listitem><para>e2fsprogs-1.22</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>file-3.36</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>groff-1.17.2</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>new ncurses patch</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>new ncurses patch-20010721</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>linux-2.4.7</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sysvinit-2.79 (and patch)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>autoconf-2.52</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml b/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml
index 80646f189..3f0b65b1e 100644
--- a/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml
+++ b/chapter04/ncurses-patch.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Ncurses Patch (&ncurses-version;) - &ncurses-patch-size;:
-<ulink url="&ftp;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch.bz2">&ftp;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
-<ulink url="&http;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch.bz2">&http;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
+<ulink
+url="&ftp;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2">&ftp;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
+<ulink
+url="&http;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2">&http;/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch.bz2</ulink>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
index 93eb4ab1b..968ec9fbe 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Command explanations</title>
 
-<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-5.2.patch:</userinput> Regular
-updates to the ncurses package are provided as patch files so this is 
+<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch:</userinput> 
+Regular updates to the ncurses package are provided as patch files so this is 
 to make the source tree up to date.</para>
 
 <para><userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index 865d90d66..d2d53812c 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
 
-<para>Install Ncurses by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>Before Ncurses is installed, the patch file needs to be unzipped.  Install Ncurses by running the following commands:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -F10 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--with-shared --disable-termcap &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 5ed93eab1..dcb578d92 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@
 <!ENTITY ac-netkitbase SYSTEM "appendixc/netkitbase.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-nettools SYSTEM "appendixc/nettools.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20010725-1123">
-<!ENTITY all-size-kb "80,840 KB">
-<!ENTITY all-size-mb "78.95 MB">
+<!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20010725-1213">
+<!ENTITY all-size-kb "80,870 KB">
+<!ENTITY all-size-mb "78.97 MB">
 <!ENTITY bootscripts-version "lfs-bootscripts-cvs-20010720-1217">
 
 <!ENTITY bash-version "2.05">
@@ -681,8 +681,9 @@
 <!ENTITY findutils-time "findutils minutes">
 
 <!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.2">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-patch-version "20010721">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-size "1,308 KB">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-patch-size "447.86 KB">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-patch-size "481 KB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-compsize "ncurses MB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-time "ncurses minutes">