diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index df420da0a..94ff1a2f6 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,38 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2014-12-25</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-3.18.0. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3726">#3726</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.19.4. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3725">#3725</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2014-12-24</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.18.1. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3721">#3721</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.0. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3723">#3723</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.25. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3724">#3724</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2014-12-21</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 74372f529..72440d888 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Bash &bash-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Binutils &binutils-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Bison &bison-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -263,6 +263,18 @@
     <title>Removed:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>binutils-2.24-load_gcc_lto_plugin_by_default-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>binutils-2.24-lto_testsuite-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>binutils-2.24-multiple_plugins-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>bash-4.3-upstream_fixes-3.patch</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 7ac8ef056..5ee89419d 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bc-memory-leak-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Binutils LTO Patch - <token>&binutils-lto-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&binutils-multiple-plugins-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bzip2 Documentation Patch - <token>&bzip2-docs-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index c98d56c1e..ae2e6f828 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -56,19 +56,7 @@
 
 <screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
 Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
-
-    <para>Suppress the installation of an outdated
-    <filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later
-    on in the Autoconf instructions:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -fv etc/standards.info
-sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Add an upstream patch to use GCC's link time optimization (LTO) 
-    by default:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-lto-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+<!--
     <para>Fix some LTO tests in the test suite:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-lto-testsuite-patch;</userinput></screen>
@@ -76,7 +64,7 @@ sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
     <para>Enable binutils to recognize multiple plugins:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-multiple-plugins-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
     source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 7e2287706..e5bd4bcf4 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
     <itemizedlist>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>The <emphasis>tst/tst-cputimer1</emphasis> test has been known to
+        <para>The <emphasis>tst/tst-cputimer1</emphasis> and 
+        <emphasis>rt/tst-cpuclock2</emphasis> tests have been known to
         fail.  The reason is not completely understood, but indications are
-        that minor timing issues can trigger this failure.</para>
+        that minor timing issues can trigger these failures.</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 5f4c98d66..e08681c41 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ sed -i 's/arpd.8//' man/man8/Makefile</userinput></screen>
         <seg>bridge, ctstat (link to lnstat), genl, ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat,
         nstat, routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss,
         and tc</seg>
-        <seg>/etc/iproute2, /lib/tc, /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;,
+        <seg>/etc/iproute2, /usr/lib/tc, /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;,
         /usr/lib/tc</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index a92c7e730..eaac65d0d 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "20141221-systemd">
+<!ENTITY version         "20141228-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "systemd">  <!-- Used in dbus chapter, change to x.y for release -->
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 21, 2014">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 28, 2014">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2014"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.7">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "systemd"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 98b572be0..d0887aa0a 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-du "3.6 MB">
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.24">
-<!ENTITY binutils-size "22,184 KB">
+<!ENTITY binutils-version "2.25">
+<!ENTITY binutils-size "23,486 KB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-url "&gnu;binutils/binutils-&binutils-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "e0f71a7b2ddab0f8612336ac81d9636b">
-<!ENTITY binutils-home "$gnu-software;binutils/">
+<!ENTITY binutils-md5 "d9f3303f802a5b6b0bb73a335ab89d66">
+<!ENTITY binutils-home "&gnu-software;binutils/">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-du "445 MB">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p1-sbu "1 SBU">
 <!ENTITY binutils-ch5p2-du "448 MB">
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gdbm-ch6-du "10.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gettext-version "0.19.3">
-<!ENTITY gettext-size "6,474 KB">
+<!ENTITY gettext-version "0.19.4">
+<!ENTITY gettext-size "6,501 KB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-url "&gnu;gettext/gettext-&gettext-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY gettext-md5 "092c3f460553ceb4a638ff81d36434c4">
+<!ENTITY gettext-md5 "997c9070354eff5517115feaea6038f0">
 <!ENTITY gettext-home "&gnu-software;gettext/">
 <!ENTITY gettext-ch5-du "140 MB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-ch5-sbu "0.7 SBU">
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@
 <!ENTITY intltool-ch6-du "1.3 MB">
 <!ENTITY intltool-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "3.17.0">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "430 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "3.18.0">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "438 KB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-url "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "b741a02c6dda5818d18011d572874493">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "6f6ad51a00007880460e103367b16057">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-home "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-du "8.3 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "3">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "18">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "x">
-<!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">-->
-<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "79,038 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
+<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
+<!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
+<!ENTITY linux-size "79,040 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "9e854df51ca3fef8bfe566dbd7b89241">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "79c9b73a01e1dce0a4c28828496ef02c">
 <!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,
@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-ch6-du "2.0 MB">
 <!ENTITY xml-parser-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY xz-version "5.0.7">
-<!ENTITY xz-size "917 KB">
+<!ENTITY xz-version "5.2.0">
+<!ENTITY xz-size "984 KB">
 <!ENTITY xz-url "http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-&xz-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY xz-md5 "d0456c2c3ea3c356369807eef1e2ae65">
+<!ENTITY xz-md5 "d87c242778fcf5ce4598de80a55ded28">
 <!ENTITY xz-home "http://tukaani.org/xz">
 <!ENTITY xz-ch5-du "15.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY xz-ch5-sbu "0.2 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 5f80c58a8..748b847b5 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -2,24 +2,6 @@
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
 
-<!--
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch "bash-&bash-version;-upstream_fixes-7.patch">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "ccf2f526dda9405a6a9fc9b8ceff11c4">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "88 KB">
--->
-
-<!ENTITY binutils-lto-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-load_gcc_lto_plugin_by_default-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY binutils-lto-patch-md5 "48e4e96a60bfed41804aaecf4944f5d9">
-<!ENTITY binutils-lto-patch-size "2.0 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY binutils-lto-testsuite-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-lto_testsuite-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY binutils-lto-testsuite-patch-md5 "a6647fdb3cca512962bb1433bb6b4f9f">
-<!ENTITY binutils-lto-testsuite-patch-size "3.0 KB">
-
-<!ENTITY binutils-multiple-plugins-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-multiple_plugins-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY binutils-multiple-plugins-patch-md5 "d01a4d846ba7539ab7fa306c048e1357">
-<!ENTITY binutils-multiple-plugins-patch-size "3.6 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch "bc-&bc-version;-memory_leak-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-md5 "877e81fba316fe487ec23501059d54b8">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-size "1.4 KB">
@@ -32,23 +14,6 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-md5 "587051bc411e0da9b3bf8984b49b364e">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-i18n-patch-size "138 KB">
 
-<!--
-<!ENTITY coreutils-shuf-segfault-patch "coreutils-&coreutils-version;-shuf_segfault-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-shuf-segfault-patch-md5 "f1b5b35392914e327b1b6bbbb454d256">
-<!ENTITY coreutils-shuf-segfault-patch-size "4 KB">
--->
-<!--
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-fix-test-patch "e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;-fix_test-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-fix-test-patch-md5 "7c20605628536db298bb3bb4666047bf">
-<!ENTITY e2fsprogs-fix-test-patch-size "0.7 KB">
--->
-
-<!--
-<!ENTITY gcc-upstream-patch "gcc-&gcc-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY gcc-upstream-patch-md5 "015e026dff5052cd65906ee0bb8f25e8">
-<!ENTITY gcc-upstream-patch-size "8.6 KB">
--->
-
 <!ENTITY glibc-fhs-patch "glibc-&glibc-version;-fhs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY glibc-fhs-patch-md5 "9a5997c3452909b1769918c759eff8a2">
 <!ENTITY glibc-fhs-patch-size "2.8 KB">
@@ -72,10 +37,3 @@
 <!ENTITY systemd-compat-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-compat-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY systemd-compat-patch-md5 "eb9f302cb72595c9011300a1b28f1d1a">
 <!ENTITY systemd-compat-patch-size "12 KB">
-
-<!--
-<!ENTITY tar-manpage-patch "tar-&tar-version;-manpage-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY tar-manpage-patch-md5 "321f85ec32733b1a9399e788714a5156">
-<!ENTITY tar-manpage-patch-size "7.8 KB">
--->
-