diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7780b3dc9..cde4b0cc8 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-03-05</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-12.3 released.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2025-03-02</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter10/fstab.xml b/chapter10/fstab.xml
index ad835be30..8eb314b87 100644
--- a/chapter10/fstab.xml
+++ b/chapter10/fstab.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
   <quote>Default iocharset for FAT</quote> (<option>CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET</option>).
   There is no way to specify these settings for the
   ntfs filesystem at kernel compilation time.</para>
+<!--
+  Obsolete since 2011.  barrier is the default for both ext3 and ext4.
 
   <para>It is possible to make the ext3 filesystem reliable across power
   failures for some hard disk types.  To do this, add the
@@ -123,5 +125,5 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Note: Logical Volume Management (LVM) based partitions cannot use the
   <option>barrier</option> option.</para>
-
+-->
 </sect1>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 8f99aaf52..e0aa07ef5 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <!-- Editing  up to the line of ==== should be enough
      to generate a book for development, release, or rc-->
-<!ENTITY % development "INCLUDE"><!-- set to INCLUDE for development,
+<!ENTITY % development "IGNORE"><!-- set to INCLUDE for development,
                                       set to IGNORE for release or rc -->
-<!ENTITY % release     "IGNORE"> <!-- set to INCLUDE for release,
+<!ENTITY % release     "INCLUDE"> <!-- set to INCLUDE for release,
                                       set to IGNORE for development or rc -->
 <!ENTITY % rc          "IGNORE"> <!-- set to INCLUDE for rc,
                                       set to IGNORE for development or
                                        release -->
-<!ENTITY % relnum "11.3"><!-- must be given for release or rc -->
-<!ENTITY % reldate "March 1st, 2023"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
-<!ENTITY % crdate "1999-2022"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
+<!ENTITY % relnum "12.3"><!-- must be given for release or rc -->
+<!ENTITY % reldate "March 5th, 2025"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
+<!ENTITY % crdate "1999-2025"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
 <!ENTITY % rcnum  "0"><!-- must be given only for rc -->
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 <!-- Do not change anything below unless the www or book layouts change -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 48fff096f..aa9f5f184 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -382,11 +382,11 @@
 <!ENTITY less-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20240825">      <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "BOOTSCRIPTS-SIZE KB">
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "33 KB">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-url "&downloads-root;lfs-bootscripts-&lfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "BOOTSCRIPTS-MD5SUM">
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "7b078c594a77e0f9cd53a0027471c3bc">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-home " ">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-du "BOOTSCRIPTS-INSTALL-KB KB">
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-du "244 KB">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY libcap-version "2.73">