diff --git a/chapter06/gperf.xml b/chapter06/gperf.xml
index 244342c1e..ce417439b 100644
--- a/chapter06/gperf.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gperf.xml
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+    <para>The tests are known to fail if running multiple
+    simultaneous tests (-j option greater than 1). To test
+    the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make -j1 check</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 4def0717a..693c17148 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20150426">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20150509">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;. Change to x.y for release 
                                       but not -rc releases -->
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "April 26, 2015">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "May 9, 2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2015"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.8">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->