diff --git a/appendices/dependencies.xml b/appendices/dependencies.xml
index f65c83f66..e908ae970 100644
--- a/appendices/dependencies.xml
+++ b/appendices/dependencies.xml
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@
       </segmentedlist>
 
 <!-- Begin XML::Parser dependency info -->
-<!--
+
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2" id="xml-parser-dep">XML::Parser</bridgehead>
 
       <segmentedlist>
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@
         <segtitle>&before;</segtitle>
 
         <seglistitem>
-          <seg>None</seg>
+          <seg>Intltool</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -2515,7 +2515,7 @@
           <seg>None</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
--->
+
 <!-- Begin Xz-utils dependency info -->
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2" id="xz-dep">Xz</bridgehead>
 
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 0e60f9865..f938cb2e8 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2014-05-12</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Restore XML::Parser. Fixes
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3579">#3579</ulink></para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2014c. Fixes
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3578">#3578</ulink></para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.14.4. Fixes
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3577">#3577</ulink></para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2014-05-12</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index b2c86542a..0c0e6c336 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>systemd-&systemd-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>XML::Parser-&xml-parser-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml
index f87ce6b7f..d10b804a5 100644
--- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml
+++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="inetutils.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="perl.xml"/>
 
-  <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="xml-parser.xml"/>-->
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="xml-parser.xml"/>
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="autoconf.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="automake.xml"/>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index a3b3f0fc6..34ff58dd8 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -407,12 +407,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "3">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "14">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;"> -->
-<!ENTITY linux-size "76,563 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "76,566 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "99043433ad7368d2471b4743c9f562a2">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "c7c565d14833550faa39ef8279272182">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 3.9.0 / gcc-4.8.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -614,10 +614,10 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-ch6-du  "410 MB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-ch6-sbu "4.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2014b">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-size "216 KB">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-version "2014c">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-size "217 KB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-url "http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "c58d556612396d4ca5a17807a79924e5">
+<!ENTITY tzdata-md5 "fa7f3dc1c6f6238253a6f2b850467e2e">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-home "http://www.iana.org/time-zones">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-ch6-du "6.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY tzdata-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -647,7 +647,6 @@
 <!ENTITY vim-ch6-du "121 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-ch6-sbu "1.4 SBU">
 
-<!--
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-version "2.42_01">
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-size "236 KB">
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-url "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR/XML-Parser-&xml-parser-version;.tar.gz">
@@ -655,7 +654,6 @@
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-home "https://github.com/chorny/XML-Parser">
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-ch6-du "2.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
--->
 
 <!ENTITY xz-version "5.0.5">
 <!ENTITY xz-size "894 KB">
diff --git a/prologue/prerequisites.xml b/prologue/prerequisites.xml
index 932c92280..3da5037dc 100644
--- a/prologue/prerequisites.xml
+++ b/prologue/prerequisites.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software. This
       reference is also fairly old, but still valid.</para>
     </listitem>
-
+<!--
     <listitem>
       <para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint
       <ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       wide range of topics. Anyone attempting to install LFS should have an
       understanding of many of the topics in this hint.</para>
     </listitem>
-
+-->
   </itemizedlist>
 
 </sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml
index 401897e67..66bcbb5e9 100644
--- a/prologue/why.xml
+++ b/prologue/why.xml
@@ -540,13 +540,13 @@
         capabilities.  An editor is a very personal choice for
         many users and any other editor could be substituted if desired.</para>
       </listitem>
-<!--
+
       <listitem>
         <para>XML::Parser</para>
 
         <para>This package is a Perl module that interfaces with Expat.</para>
       </listitem>
--->
+
       <listitem>
         <para>XZ Utils</para>