diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5f5189639..3e9dcdb06 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,40 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
+    <listitem>
+      <itemizedlist>
+      <para>2020-12-15</para>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libcap-2.46. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4771">#4771</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-3.2.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4770">#4770</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to autoconf-2.70. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4769">#4769</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.1.1i. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4768">#4768</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to Python3-3.9.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4767">#4767</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.9.14. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4766">#4766</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bash-5.1 and readline-8.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4764">#4764</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <itemizedlist>
       <para>2020-12-07</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index bc4b5df68..f67c577c4 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Attr-&attr-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Automake-&automake-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Bash &bash-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Bc &bc-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -278,9 +278,6 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <title>Added:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
-    <listitem>
-      <para>autoconf-2.69-consolidated_fixes-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>meson-0.56.0-upstream_fix-1.patch</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -294,9 +291,9 @@
     <title>Removed:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
 
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>bash-4.4-upstream_fixes-1.patch</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>bash-5.0-upstream_fixes-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
 
   </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index fc7ce3291..71a5d6969 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   needed to build an LFS system:</para>
 
   <variablelist role="materials">
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Autoconf Consolidated Fixes Patch - <token>&autoconf-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&autoconf-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&bash-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bash-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
 <!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Binutils Fix for gold Test Suite Patch - <token>&binutils-gold-test-patch-size;</token>:</term>
diff --git a/chapter08/autoconf.xml b/chapter08/autoconf.xml
index 22e0a1002..23fdf1b75 100644
--- a/chapter08/autoconf.xml
+++ b/chapter08/autoconf.xml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
-
+<!--
     <para>First, apply a patch fixes several problems that occur with the latest
     perl, libtool, and bash versions.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&autoconf-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index b8dd5fe40..4ab6f7d81 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
 
-    <para>Incorporate some upstream fixes:</para>
+    <para>First, fix a race condition if using multiple cores:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i  '/^bashline.o:.*shmbchar.h/a bashline.o: ${DEFDIR}/builtext.h' Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
index 55006e1c7..e308d5743 100644
--- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/test.lock/s/^/#/' gnulib-tests/gnulib.mk</userinput></screen>
 
+<para>Fix a problem with autoconf-2.70 in an included gnulib .m4 file:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">echo '# deleted' > m4/std-gnu11.m4</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">autoreconf -fiv
diff --git a/chapter08/texinfo.xml b/chapter08/texinfo.xml
index 7257ae5b5..9cbbda6a6 100644
--- a/chapter08/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter08/texinfo.xml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static</userinput></screen>
-
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<!--
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--disable-static</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>- -disable-static</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>In this case, the top-level configure script will complain that
           this is an unrecognized option, but the configure script for
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
     </variablelist>
-
+-->
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index a31d5b34f..271e68e94 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20201203">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20201215">
 <!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        "20201203-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20201215-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 3rd, 2020">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 15th, 2020">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2020"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 7741a451c..127adb59f 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 <!ENTITY attr-fin-du "4.2 MB">
 <!ENTITY attr-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY autoconf-version "2.69">
-<!ENTITY autoconf-size "1,186 KB">
+<!ENTITY autoconf-version "2.70">
+<!ENTITY autoconf-size "1,315 KB">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-url "&gnu;autoconf/autoconf-&autoconf-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY autoconf-md5 "50f97f4159805e374639a73e2636f22e">
+<!ENTITY autoconf-md5 "e4453011b18da194b565bf282948f997">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-home "&gnu-software;autoconf/">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-fin-du "79 MB">
 <!ENTITY autoconf-fin-sbu-tests "3.5">
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@
 <!ENTITY automake-fin-du "108 MB">
 <!ENTITY automake-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU (about 9.6 SBU with tests)">
 
-<!ENTITY bash-version "5.0">
-<!ENTITY bash-size "9,898 KB">
+<!ENTITY bash-version "5.1">
+<!ENTITY bash-size "10,214 KB">
 <!ENTITY bash-url "&gnu;bash/bash-&bash-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY bash-md5 "2b44b47b905be16f45709648f671820b">
+<!ENTITY bash-md5 "bb91a17fd6c9032c26d0b2b78b50aff5">
 <!ENTITY bash-home "&gnu-software;bash/">
 <!ENTITY bash-tmp-du "64 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-tmp-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 <!ENTITY bash-fin-du "48 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-fin-sbu "2.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY bc-version "3.2.3">
-<!ENTITY bc-size "224 KB">
+<!ENTITY bc-version "3.2.4">
+<!ENTITY bc-size "221 KB">
 <!ENTITY bc-url "https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/releases/download/&bc-version;/bc-&bc-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY bc-md5 "ef031f3d0ffd02a0965a670efa95c3e8">
+<!ENTITY bc-md5 "03d74ea465bb4181f683d1cd53d432e1">
 <!ENTITY bc-home "https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc">
 <!ENTITY bc-fin-du "6.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY bc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -383,10 +383,10 @@
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-du "BOOTSCRIPTS-INSTALL-KB KB"> 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY libcap-version "2.45">
-<!ENTITY libcap-size "125 KB">
+<!ENTITY libcap-version "2.46">
+<!ENTITY libcap-size "127 KB">
 <!ENTITY libcap-url "&kernel;linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-&libcap-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY libcap-md5 "e4d4c04ad28a3b601e374c0367113236">
+<!ENTITY libcap-md5 "58ffae7d6a3226d6648cdb5d6f389cbf">
 <!ENTITY libcap-home "https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/">
 <!ENTITY libcap-fin-du "11 MB">
 <!ENTITY libcap-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -417,12 +417,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "5">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "9">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "12">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "14">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "112,852 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "112,849 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "63c6408b3ef9c853b0849a5111c310b9">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "4727d38ee292c83c230a30a1db067983">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 5.8.3 / gcc-10.2.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -514,10 +514,10 @@
 <!ENTITY ninja-fin-du "78 MB">
 <!ENTITY ninja-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY openssl-version "1.1.1h">
-<!ENTITY openssl-size "9,581 KB">
+<!ENTITY openssl-version "1.1.1i">
+<!ENTITY openssl-size "9,579 KB">
 <!ENTITY openssl-url "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-&openssl-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY openssl-md5 "53840c70434793127a3574433494e8d3">
+<!ENTITY openssl-md5 "08987c3cf125202e2b0840035efb392c">
 <!ENTITY openssl-home "https://www.openssl.org/">
 <!ENTITY openssl-fin-du "150 MB">
 <!ENTITY openssl-fin-sbu "2.1 SBU">
@@ -573,24 +573,24 @@
 <!-- If python minor version changes, updates in python and 
      meson pages will be needed: python3.6 and python3.6m -->
 
-<!ENTITY python-version "3.9.0">
+<!ENTITY python-version "3.9.1">
 <!ENTITY python-minor "3.9">
-<!ENTITY python-size "18,424 KB">
+<!ENTITY python-size "18,455 KB">
 <!ENTITY python-url "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python-version;/Python-&python-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY python-md5 "6ebfe157f6e88d9eabfbaf3fa92129f6">
+<!ENTITY python-md5 "61981498e75ac8f00adcb908281fadb6">
 <!ENTITY python-home "https://www.python.org/">
 <!ENTITY python-tmp-du "353 MB">
 <!ENTITY python-tmp-sbu "1.2 SBU">
 <!ENTITY python-fin-du "248 MB">
 <!ENTITY python-fin-sbu "1.3 SBU">
 <!ENTITY python-docs-url "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/doc/&python-version;/python-&python-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY python-docs-md5 "9d2425d666883b98add3a6c809809147">
-<!ENTITY python-docs-size "6,613 KB">
+<!ENTITY python-docs-md5 "89fd591994e303186c349014b8f9e0fd">
+<!ENTITY python-docs-size "6,648 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-version "8.0">
-<!ENTITY readline-size "2,907 KB">
+<!ENTITY readline-version "8.1">
+<!ENTITY readline-size "2,924 KB">
 <!ENTITY readline-url "&gnu;readline/readline-&readline-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY readline-md5 "7e6c1f16aee3244a69aba6e438295ca3">
+<!ENTITY readline-md5 "e9557dd5b1409f5d7b37ef717c64518e">
 <!ENTITY readline-home "https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html">
 <!ENTITY readline-fin-du "15 MB">
 <!ENTITY readline-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">