diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 93af2b5e5..ce7f02321 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2017-11-26</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Prevent installation of unneeded gawk files.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2017-11-17</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/gawk.xml b/chapter06/gawk.xml
index 32b8165a3..f96fe5ff0 100644
--- a/chapter06/gawk.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gawk.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Gawk</title>
 
+    <para>First, ensure some unneeded files are not installed:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/extras//' Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Gawk for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 50cbfd081..140298b18 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20171111">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20171126">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20171111-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20171126-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 11, 2017">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 26, 2017">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2017"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "8.2">