diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 4b2002712..ec4cf9aa0 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,36 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2018-03-03</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.12.6.  Fixes 
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4231">#4231</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.8.2.  Fixes 
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4230">#4230</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gawk-4.2.1.  Fixes 
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4227">#4227</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.44.1.  Fixes 
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4226">#4226</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.44.1.  Fixes 
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4222">#4222</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.15.7.  Fixes 
+           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4221">#4221</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2018-03-02</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 6498a17b0..d4f6b8d54 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Automake-&automake-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Bash &bash-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>DejaGNU-&dejagnu-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
-   <!-- <listitem revision="systemd">
+   <listitem revision="systemd">
       <para>D-Bus-&dbus-version;</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+   </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Diffutils-&diffutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Flex-&flex-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Gawk-&gawk-version;</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+   </listitem>
    <!--<listitem>
       <para>GCC-&gcc-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
@@ -158,21 +158,24 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Libtool-&libtool-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Linux-&linux-version;</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>M4-&m4-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Make-&make-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Man-DB-&man-db-version;</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+   </listitem>
    <!--<listitem>
       <para>Man-pages-&man-pages-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
+   <listitem>
+      <para>meson-&meson-version;</para>
+   </listitem>
    <!-- <listitem>
       <para>MPC-&mpc-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
diff --git a/chapter06/automake.xml b/chapter06/automake.xml
index edff95cd3..146f5fd76 100644
--- a/chapter06/automake.xml
+++ b/chapter06/automake.xml
@@ -49,18 +49,26 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>There are a couple of tests that incorrectly link to the 
+<!--<para>There are a couple of tests that incorrectly link to the 
     wrong version of the flex library, so we temporarily work around
     the problem.  Also, using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on
     systems with only one processor, due to internal delays in individual
     tests.  To test the results, issue:</para>
+ -->
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &amp;:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
-make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
+    <para> Using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on systems with
+    only one processor, due to internal delays in individual tests.  To test
+    the results, issue:</para>
 
+ <!--<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &amp;:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
+       make -j4 check</userinput></screen>-->
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
+
+<!--  All tests pass now.
     <para>Two tests are known to fail in the LFS environment:
     check12.sh and check12-w.sh.</para>
-
+-->
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index b03e3e62a..a228fdfc8 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -62,13 +62,23 @@
 
     <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">autoreconf -fiv
+FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
             --prefix=/usr            \
             --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This command updates generated configuration files 
+          consistent with the latest version of automake.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><envar>FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1</envar></term>
         <listitem>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 8c8e7acaf..cdb968074 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20180226">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20180303">
 <!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        "20180226-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20180303-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "February 26, 2018">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "March 3, 2018">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2018"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
-<!ENTITY milestone       "8.2">
+<!ENTITY milestone       "8.3">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root       "&lfs-root;blfs/">
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 2b86c8919..2f7f7e10f 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 <!ENTITY autoconf-ch6-sbu-tests "3.2">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU (about &autoconf-ch6-sbu-tests; SBU with tests)">
 
-<!ENTITY automake-version "1.15.1">
-<!ENTITY am-minor-version "1.15">
-<!ENTITY automake-size "1,475 KB">
+<!ENTITY automake-version "1.16">
+<!ENTITY am-minor-version "1.16">
+<!ENTITY automake-size "1,499 KB">
 <!ENTITY automake-url "&gnu;automake/automake-&automake-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY automake-md5 "24cd3501b6ad8cd4d7e2546f07e8b4d4">
+<!ENTITY automake-md5 "bfdf69ac36c327b3a59b83ab01057e30">
 <!ENTITY automake-home "&gnu-software;automake/">
 <!ENTITY automake-ch6-du "109 MB">
 <!ENTITY automake-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU (about 8.4 SBU with tests)">
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch6-du "179 MB">
 <!ENTITY coreutils-ch6-sbu "3.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY dbus-version "1.12.4">
-<!ENTITY dbus-size "2,019 KB">
+<!ENTITY dbus-version "1.12.6">
+<!ENTITY dbus-size "2,021 KB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-url "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-&dbus-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY dbus-md5 "89745b5a6c45c26751dcf673d912f745">
+<!ENTITY dbus-md5 "32a607e47b82ab11702355bf02502f20">
 <!ENTITY dbus-home "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">
 <!ENTITY dbus-ch6-du "18 MB">
 <!ENTITY dbus-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-du "33 MB">
 <!ENTITY flex-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gawk-version "4.2.0">
-<!ENTITY gawk-size "2,880 KB">
+<!ENTITY gawk-version "4.2.1">
+<!ENTITY gawk-size "2,916 KB">
 <!ENTITY gawk-url "&gnu;gawk/gawk-&gawk-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY gawk-md5 "f26c469addc67d88034b01b62ebab284">
+<!ENTITY gawk-md5 "95cf553f50ec9f386b5dfcd67f30180a">
 <!ENTITY gawk-home "&gnu-software;gawk/">
 <!ENTITY gawk-ch5-du "41 MB">
 <!ENTITY gawk-ch5-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -416,12 +416,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "15">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "7">
 <!-- <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;"> -->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "99,794 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "99,809 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "c74d30ec13491aeb24c237d703eace3e">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "8186ce63c489199b58b6a58ad2a24a94">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 4.8.3 / gcc-6.2.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -454,10 +454,10 @@
 <!ENTITY make-ch6-du "12 MB">
 <!ENTITY make-ch6-sbu "0.6 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.8.1">
-<!ENTITY man-db-size "1,584 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.8.2">
+<!ENTITY man-db-size "1,585 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-url "&savannah;/releases/man-db/man-db-&man-db-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "51842978e06686286421f9498d1009b7">
+<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "300788c0939a3b41d50302b04f730fa3">
 <!ENTITY man-db-home "http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-du "31 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
@@ -470,10 +470,10 @@
 <!ENTITY man-pages-ch6-du "27 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY meson-version "0.44.0">
-<!ENTITY meson-size "1,077 KB">
+<!ENTITY meson-version "0.44.1">
+<!ENTITY meson-size "1,110 KB">
 <!ENTITY meson-url "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/&meson-version;/meson-&meson-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY meson-md5 "26a7ca93ec9cea5facb365664261f9c6">
+<!ENTITY meson-md5 "82b1198bf714b5a4da84bfe8376c79cc">
 <!ENTITY meson-home "http://mesonbuild.com">
 <!ENTITY meson-ch6-du "16 MB">
 <!ENTITY meson-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">