diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml
index 1a4dd1a8e..13e05ed15 100644
--- a/chapter06/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter06/perl.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the
     <quote>-des</quote> options from the following command and hand-pick the way
-    this package is built. Alteratively, use the command exactly as below to
+    this package is built. Alternatively, use the command exactly as below to
     use the defaults that Perl auto-detects:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr \
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 47c36801c..3933616fb 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20101028">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 28, 2010">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20101029">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 29, 2010">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2010"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.8">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->