diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d43ae36ea..ba3cc3f6e 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,56 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2023-10-01</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Disable building nscd in glibc. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5349'>#5349</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20230929. Addresses
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5006'>#5006</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.0.1968. Addresses
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;4500'>#4500</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-3.1.3. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5350'>#5350</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-1.2.2. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5356'>#5356</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.12.0. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5354'>#5354</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-6.5.5. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5352'>#5352</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kmod-31. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5355'>#5355</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to kbd-2.6.3. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5351'>#5361</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.22.2. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5348'>#5348</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-6.7.0. Fixes
+           <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5353'>#5353</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2023-09-24</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index e1fca225c..f30678d8f 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Bash-&bash-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Bc-&bc-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Binutils-&binutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
        <para>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Gettext-&gettext-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Glibc-&glibc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Gzip-&gzip-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Iana-Etc-&iana-etc-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Kbd-&kbd-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Kmod-&kmod-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Less-&less-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -173,18 +173,18 @@
     <!--<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 revision="systemd">
       <para>MarkupSafe-&markupsafe-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Meson-&meson-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>MPC-&mpc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Ninja-&ninja-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Openssl-&openssl-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Patch-&patch-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index 0339a7b22..a3ac4c620 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
       --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;               \
       --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include    \
+      --disable-nscd                     \
       libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
 <screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="configure">../configure                             \
       --prefix=/usr                      \
@@ -143,6 +144,14 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--disable-nscd</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Do not build the name service cache daemon which is no 
+          longer used.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>During this stage the following warning might appear:</para>
diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
index ec4b0eee2..cfa2ee919 100644
--- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ chmod -v 600  /var/log/btmp</userinput></screen>
     <para>
       The <phrase revision='sysv'><filename>utmp</filename>,
       </phrase><filename>wtmp</filename>, <filename>btmp</filename>, and
-      <filename>lastlog</filename> files use 32-bit integers for timestamp
+      <filename>lastlog</filename> files use 32-bit integers for timestamps
       and they'll be fundamentally broken after year 2038.  Many packages
       have stopped using them and other packages are going to stop using
-      them.  Do not rely on the contents of them for anything.
+      them.  It is probably best to consider them deprecated..
     </para>
   </note>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index e5dfedd5c..dcf517efc 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
              --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;                     \
              --enable-stack-protector=strong          \
              --with-headers=/usr/include              \
+             --disable-nscd                           \
              libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
 <screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/usr                            \
              --disable-werror                         \
@@ -121,6 +122,14 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--disable-nscd</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Do not build the name service cache daemon which is no 
+          longer used.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -213,7 +222,7 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
     <command>ldd</command> script:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">sed '/RTLDLIST=/s@/usr@@g' -i /usr/bin/ldd</userinput></screen>
-
+<!--
     <para>Install the configuration file and runtime directory for
     <command>nscd</command>:</para>
 
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd</userinput></screen>
 
     <screen revision="systemd"><userinput remap="install">install -v -Dm644 ../nscd/nscd.tmpfiles /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nscd.conf
 install -v -Dm644 ../nscd/nscd.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/nscd.service</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Next, install the locales that can make the system respond in a
     different language.  None of these locales are required, but if some of them
     are missing, the test suites of some packages will skip important
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 03cbe3e43..b8358ec2c 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 <!ENTITY bash-fin-du "52 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-fin-sbu "1.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY bc-version "6.6.0">
-<!ENTITY bc-size "455 KB">
+<!ENTITY bc-version "6.7.0">
+<!ENTITY bc-size "456 KB">
 <!ENTITY bc-url "https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/releases/download/&bc-version;/bc-&bc-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY bc-md5 "a148cbaaf8ff813b7289a00539e74a5f">
+<!ENTITY bc-md5 "8a451a7fbba3bb783bed1d1b7563261e">
 <!ENTITY bc-home "https://git.gavinhoward.com/gavin/bc">
 <!ENTITY bc-fin-du "7.7 MB">
 <!ENTITY bc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gdbm-fin-du "13 MB">
 <!ENTITY gdbm-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY gettext-version "0.22">
-<!ENTITY gettext-size "9,775 KB">
+<!ENTITY gettext-version "0.22.2">
+<!ENTITY gettext-size "9,999 KB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-url "&gnu;gettext/gettext-&gettext-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY gettext-md5 "db2f3daf34fd5b85ab1a56f9033e42d1">
+<!ENTITY gettext-md5 "34531a35dd19370e86847bcf33148098">
 <!ENTITY gettext-home "&gnu-software;gettext/">
 <!ENTITY gettext-tmp-du "306 MB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-tmp-sbu "1.1 SBU">
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-du "21 MB">
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20230912">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20230929">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-size "588 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/&iana-etc-version;/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "29f49a14cdbbc9236e24b2271fbbd993">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "d2cdc6ea8e62fb723589f809cb88434e">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "https://www.iana.org/protocols">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-du "4.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -368,18 +368,18 @@
 <!ENTITY jinja2-fin-du "3.4 MB">
 <!ENTITY jinja2-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.6.2">
-<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,469 KB">
+<!ENTITY kbd-version "2.6.3">
+<!ENTITY kbd-size "1,468 KB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-url "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-&kbd-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "35e261a31e673c8aec7dbc6553ea075c">
+<!ENTITY kbd-md5 "4764775cac0415f1d35a0cd311249941">
 <!ENTITY kbd-home "https://kbd-project.org/">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-du "35 MB">
 <!ENTITY kbd-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY kmod-version "30">
-<!ENTITY kmod-size "555 KB">
+<!ENTITY kmod-version "31">
+<!ENTITY kmod-size "558 KB">
 <!ENTITY kmod-url "&kernel;linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-&kmod-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY kmod-md5 "85202f0740a75eb52f2163c776f9b564">
+<!ENTITY kmod-md5 "6165867e1836d51795a11ea4762ff66a">
 <!ENTITY kmod-home "https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod">
 <!ENTITY kmod-fin-du "12 MB">
 <!ENTITY kmod-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "6">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "5">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "5">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "135,696 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "135,734 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "c54b2cd13ba845e2f5a667ce712e92b9">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "dc420e354d2b98e8a962969e6b85898f">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 6.5.3 / gcc-13.2.0 on x86_64 with -j4 : minimum is
  allnoconfig + some configs we recommend for the users, rounded down to
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@
 <!ENTITY make-fin-du "13 MB">
 <!ENTITY make-fin-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.11.2">
-<!ENTITY man-db-size "1,908 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-db-version "2.12.0">
+<!ENTITY man-db-size "1,941 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-url "&savannah;/releases/man-db/man-db-&man-db-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "a7d59fb2df6158c44f8f7009dcc6d875">
+<!ENTITY man-db-md5 "67e0052fa200901b314fad7b68c9db27">
 <!ENTITY man-db-home "https://www.nongnu.org/man-db/">
 <!ENTITY man-db-fin-du "40 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-fin-sbu "0.2 SBU">
@@ -505,10 +505,10 @@
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-du "548 KB">
 <!ENTITY markupsafe-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY meson-version "1.2.1">
-<!ENTITY meson-size "2,131 KB">
+<!ENTITY meson-version "1.2.2">
+<!ENTITY meson-size "2,140 KB">
 <!ENTITY meson-url "&github;/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/&meson-version;/meson-&meson-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY meson-md5 "e3cc846536189aacd7d01858a45ca9af">
+<!ENTITY meson-md5 "702bfd8b0648521322d3f145a8fc70ea">
 <!ENTITY meson-home "https://mesonbuild.com">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-du "42 MB">
 <!ENTITY meson-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -547,10 +547,10 @@
 <!ENTITY ninja-fin-du "75 MB">
 <!ENTITY ninja-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY openssl-version "3.1.2">
-<!ENTITY openssl-size "15,196 KB">
+<!ENTITY openssl-version "3.1.3">
+<!ENTITY openssl-size "15,198 KB">
 <!ENTITY openssl-url "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-&openssl-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY openssl-md5 "1d7861f969505e67b8677e205afd9ff4">
+<!ENTITY openssl-md5 "ece430df6d3158913df0950cc70ea2b2">
 <!ENTITY openssl-home "https://www.openssl.org/">
 <!ENTITY openssl-fin-du "587 MB">
 <!ENTITY openssl-fin-sbu "3.0 SBU">
@@ -738,13 +738,13 @@
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-du "310 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "9.0.1837">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "9.0.1968">
 <!-- <!ENTITY vim-majmin "90"> -->
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim90">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "16,838 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "16,909 KB">
 <!--<!ENTITY vim-url "https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v&vim-version;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">-->
 <!ENTITY vim-url "&anduin-sources;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "de7cba78a556f96482ae8f09b082aa59">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "66147348ba84ea9c78b9d6595015f5a6">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "https://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-du "229 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-sbu "2.3 SBU">