diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index affb481a3..ec971eaab 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2009-01-24</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes.  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2290">#2290</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2009-01-03</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 42f93dffd..30a4297e8 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 <!ENTITY autoconf-version "2.63">
-<!ENTITY autoconf-size "1,195 KB">
+<!ENTITY autoconf-size "1,167 KB">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-url "&gnu;autoconf/autoconf-&autoconf-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-md5 "7565809ed801bb5726da0631ceab3699">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-home "&gnu-software;autoconf/">
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 <!ENTITY bison-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY bzip2-version "1.0.5">
-<!ENTITY bzip2-size "8,228 KB">
+<!ENTITY bzip2-size "822 KB">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-url "http://www.bzip.org/&bzip2-version;/bzip2-&bzip2-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-md5 "3c15a0c8d1d3ee1c46a1634d00617b1a">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-home "http://www.bzip.org/">
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 <!ENTITY bzip2-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY coreutils-version "6.12">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-size "9,001 KB">
+<!ENTITY coreutils-size "8,790 KB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-url "&gnu;coreutils/coreutils-&coreutils-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-md5 "2ca9ac69823dbd567b905a9e9f53c4f6">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-home "&gnu-software;coreutils/">
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch6-sbu "1.7 SBU testsuite included">
 
 <!ENTITY db-version "4.7.25">
-<!ENTITY db-size "13,124 KB">
+<!ENTITY db-size "12,817 KB">
 <!ENTITY db-url "http://download-east.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-&db-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY db-md5 "ec2b87e833779681a0c3a814aa71359e">
 <!ENTITY db-home "http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html">
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 <!ENTITY db-ch6-sbu "1.9 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-version "1.4.4">
-<!ENTITY dejagnu-size "1,056 KB">
+<!ENTITY dejagnu-size "1,055 KB">
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-url "&gnu;dejagnu/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-md5 "053f18fd5d00873de365413cab17a666">
 <!ENTITY dejagnu-home "&gnu-software;dejagnu/">
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
      of acceptable features that can be shown by debugfs in
      chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml -->
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-version "1.41.3">
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-size "4,276 KB">
+<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-size "4,263 KB">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-url "&sourceforge;e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-md5 "b21d26fc46c584021dc9c444933ee1c2">
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-home "http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/">
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY expect-version "5.43.0">
 <!ENTITY expect-lib-version "5.43">
-<!ENTITY expect-size "514 KB">
+<!ENTITY expect-size "513 KB">
 <!ENTITY expect-url "http://expect.nist.gov/src/expect-&expect-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY expect-md5 "43e1dc0e0bc9492cf2e1a6f59f276bc3">
 <!ENTITY expect-home "http://expect.nist.gov/">
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-ch5-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY file-version "4.26">
-<!ENTITY file-size "584 KB">
+<!ENTITY file-size "571 KB">
 <!ENTITY file-url "ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-&file-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY file-md5 "74cd5466416136da30a4e69f74dbc7a0">
 <!ENTITY file-home "http://www.darwinsys.com/file/">
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 <!ENTITY file-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY findutils-version "4.4.0">
-<!ENTITY findutils-size "2,029 KB">
+<!ENTITY findutils-size "1,982 KB">
 <!ENTITY findutils-url "&gnu;findutils/findutils-&findutils-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY findutils-md5 "49e769ac4382fae6f104f99d54d0a112">
 <!ENTITY findutils-home "&gnu-software;findutils/">
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 <!ENTITY findutils-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY flex-version "2.5.35">
-<!ENTITY flex-size "1,229 KB">
+<!ENTITY flex-size "1,227 KB">
 <!ENTITY flex-url "&sourceforge;flex/flex-&flex-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY flex-md5 "10714e50cea54dc7a227e3eddcd44d57">
 <!ENTITY flex-home "http://flex.sourceforge.net">
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gawk-ch6-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY gcc-version "4.3.2">
-<!ENTITY gcc-size "58,929 KB">
+<!ENTITY gcc-size "57,548 KB">
 <!ENTITY gcc-url "&gnu;gcc/gcc-&gcc-version;/gcc-&gcc-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY gcc-md5 "5dfac5da961ecd5f227c3175859a486d">
 <!ENTITY gcc-home "http://gcc.gnu.org/">
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gettext-ch6-sbu "2.2 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY glibc-version "2.8-20080929">
-<!ENTITY glibc-size "16,231 KB">
+<!ENTITY glibc-size "15,851 KB">
 <!ENTITY glibc-url "ftp://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/lfs/lfs-packages/development/glibc-&glibc-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY glibc-md5 "ef223822e84f38dc6b3762bcf3bd6c5e">
 <!ENTITY glibc-home "&gnu-software;libc/">
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 <!ENTITY glibc-libidn-home " ">
 
 <!ENTITY gmp-version "4.2.4">
-<!ENTITY gmp-size "1,170 KB">
+<!ENTITY gmp-size "1,671 KB">
 <!ENTITY gmp-url "&gnu;gmp/gmp-&gmp-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY gmp-md5 "fc1e3b3a2a5038d4d74138d0b9cf8dbe">
 <!ENTITY gmp-home "&gnu-software;gmp/">
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 <!ENTITY groff-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY grub-version "0.97">
-<!ENTITY grub-size "950 KB">
+<!ENTITY grub-size "949 KB">
 <!ENTITY grub-url "&alpha-gnu;grub/grub-&grub-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY grub-md5 "cd3f3eb54446be6003156158d51f4884">
 <!ENTITY grub-home "&gnu-software;grub/">
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-version "2.30">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-size "204 KB">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-size "201 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "http://sethwklein.net/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "3ba3afb1d1b261383d247f46cb135ee8">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "http://sethwklein.net/iana-etc">
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-ch7-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY libtool-version "2.2.6a">
-<!ENTITY libtool-size "2,870 KB">
+<!ENTITY libtool-size "2,803 KB">
 <!ENTITY libtool-url "&gnu;libtool/libtool-&libtool-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY libtool-md5 "8ca1ea241cd27ff9832e045fe9afe4fd">
 <!ENTITY libtool-home "&gnu-software;libtool/">
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 <!ENTITY linux-headers-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY m4-version "1.4.12">
-<!ENTITY m4-size "884 KB">
+<!ENTITY m4-size "879 KB">
 <!ENTITY m4-url "&gnu;m4/m4-&m4-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY m4-md5 "b3587c993523dd320c318ec456876839">
 <!ENTITY m4-home "&gnu-software;m4/">
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 <!ENTITY module-init-tools-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY mpfr-version "2.3.2">
-<!ENTITY mpfr-size "986 KB">
+<!ENTITY mpfr-size "963 KB">
 <!ENTITY mpfr-url "http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/mpfr-&mpfr-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY mpfr-md5 "527147c097874340cb9cee0579dacf3b">
 <!ENTITY mpfr-home "http://www.mpfr.org/">
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 <!ENTITY patch-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY perl-version "5.10.0">
-<!ENTITY perl-size "15,595 KB">
+<!ENTITY perl-size "15,230 KB">
 <!ENTITY perl-url "http://cpan.org/src/perl-&perl-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY perl-md5 "d2c39b002ebfd2c3c5dba589365c5a71">
 <!ENTITY perl-home "http://cpan.org/">
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY texinfo-version "4.13a">
-<!ENTITY texinfo-size "2,751 KB">
+<!ENTITY texinfo-size "2,687 KB">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-url "&gnu;texinfo/texinfo-&texinfo-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-md5 "71ba711519209b5fb583fed2b3d86fcb">
 <!ENTITY texinfo-home "&gnu-software;texinfo/">
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 <!ENTITY udev-config-home " ">
 
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-version "2.14.1">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-size "2,929 KB">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-ng-size "2,861 KB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-url "&kernel;linux/utils/util-linux-ng/v2.14/util-linux-ng-&util-linux-ng-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-md5 "9aab772ee9b1f4e67dff98169f3cb380">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ng-home "http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/">
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY vim-version "7.2">
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim72">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "7,203 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "7,035 KB">
 <!ENTITY vim-url "ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY vim-md5 "f0901284b338e448bfd79ccca0041254">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "http://www.vim.org">
@@ -545,10 +545,9 @@
 <!ENTITY vim-lang-home "http://www.vim.org">
 
 <!ENTITY zlib-version "1.2.3">
-<!ENTITY zlib-size "416 KB">
+<!ENTITY zlib-size "415 KB">
 <!ENTITY zlib-url "http://www.zlib.net/zlib-&zlib-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY zlib-md5 "dee233bf288ee795ac96a98cc2e369b6">
 <!ENTITY zlib-home "http://www.zlib.net/">
 <!ENTITY zlib-ch6-du "3.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY zlib-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
-