Index: general/prog/perl-deps.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -73,4 +73,14 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
+          <xref linkend="perl-alien-build"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <xref linkend="perl-alien-libxml2"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
           <xref linkend="perl-b-hooks-endofscope"/>
         </para>
@@ -174,4 +184,14 @@
         <para>
           <xref linkend="perl-extutils-libbuilder"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <xref linkend="perl-ffi-checklib"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <xref linkend="perl-file-chdir"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -538,4 +558,10 @@
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="perl-deps/perl-alien-build.xml"/>
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="perl-deps/perl-alien-libxml2.xml"/>
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
     href="perl-deps/perl-b-hooks-endofscope.xml"/>
 
@@ -601,4 +627,10 @@
 
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="perl-deps/perl-ffi-checklib.xml"/>
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+    href="perl-deps/perl-file-chdir.xml"/>
+
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
     href="perl-deps/perl-file-copy-recursive.xml"/>
 
@@ -687,15 +719,7 @@
     href="perl-deps/perl-number-compare.xml"/>
 
-<!--
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
-    href="perl-deps/perl-package-deprecationmanager.xml"/>-->
-
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
     href="perl-deps/perl-package-stash.xml"/>
 
-<!--
-  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
-    href="perl-deps/perl-params-util.xml"/>-->
-
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
     href="perl-deps/perl-params-validate.xml"/>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-alien-build.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-alien-build.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-alien-build.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+
+  <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/P/PL/PLICEASE/Alien-Build-&Alien-Build-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "943034c27609bfea81c5b32d56ac0fc8">
+
+]>
+
+  <!-- Begin Alien::Build -->
+  <sect2 id="perl-alien-build" xreflabel="Alien-Build-&Alien-Build-version;">
+
+    <title>Alien::Build-&Alien-Build-version;</title>
+
+    <indexterm zone="perl-alien-build">
+      <primary sortas="a-Alien-Build">Alien::Build</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <sect3 role="package">
+      <title>Introduction to Alien::Build</title>
+
+      <para>
+        Alien::Build provides tools for building external (non-CPAN) dependencies
+        for CPAN.
+      </para>
+
+      &lfs84_checked;
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&my-download-http;"/>
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download MD5 sum: &my-md5sum;
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Alien::Build Dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
+      <para role="required">
+        <xref linkend="perl-file-which"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="perl-ffi-checklib"/>,
+        <xref linkend="perl-file-chdir"/>
+      </para>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3 role="installation">
+      <title>Installation of Alien::Build</title>
+
+      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+                  href="../../../xincludes/perl-standard-install.xml"/>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+  </sect2>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-alien-libxml2.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-alien-libxml2.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-alien-libxml2.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+
+  <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/P/PL/PLICEASE/Alien-Libxml2-&Alien-Libxml2-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "aba5e584f75d9d7a5205738adb4a4308">
+
+]>
+
+  <!-- Begin Alien::libxml2 -->
+  <sect2 id="perl-alien-libxml2" xreflabel="Alien-Libxml2-&Alien-Libxml2-version;">
+
+    <title>Alien::libxml2-&Alien-Libxml2-version;</title>
+
+    <indexterm zone="perl-alien-libxml2">
+      <primary sortas="a-Alien-Libxml2">Alien::Libxml2</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <sect3 role="package">
+      <title>Introduction to Alien::Libxml2</title>
+
+      <para>
+        Alien::Libxml2 is designed to allow modules to install the C libxml2
+        library on your system. In BLFS, it uses <command>pkg-config</command>
+        to find how to link to the installed <xref linkend="libxml2"/>.
+      </para>
+
+      &lfs84_checked;
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&my-download-http;"/>
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download MD5 sum: &my-md5sum;
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Alien::Libxml2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
+      <para role="required">
+        <xref linkend="perl-alien-build"/>,
+        <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
+      </para>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="perl-test2-suite"/>
+      </para>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3 role="installation">
+      <title>Installation of Alien::Libxml2</title>
+
+      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+                  href="../../../xincludes/perl-standard-install.xml"/>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+  </sect2>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-ffi-checklib.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-ffi-checklib.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-ffi-checklib.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+
+  <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/P/PL/PLICEASE/FFI-CheckLib-&FFI-CheckLib-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "18f13e7df806389ae2ad88ccb0139bc3">
+
+]>
+
+  <!-- Begin FFI::CheckLib -->
+  <sect2 id="perl-ffi-checklib" xreflabel="FFI-CheckLib-&FFI-CheckLib-version;">
+
+    <title>FFI::CheckLib-&FFI-CheckLib-version;</title>
+
+    <indexterm zone="perl-ffi-checklib">
+      <primary sortas="a-FFI-CheckLib">FFI::CheckLib</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <sect3 role="package">
+      <title>Introduction to FFI::CheckLib</title>
+
+      <para>
+        FFI::CheckLib checks whether a particular dynamic library is available
+        for FFI (Foreign Function Interface) to use.
+      </para>
+
+      &lfs84_checked;
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&my-download-http;"/>
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download MD5 sum: &my-md5sum;
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">FFI::CheckLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Recommended (required for the testsuite)</bridgehead>
+      <para role="recommended">
+        <xref linkend="perl-capture-tiny"/>,
+        <xref linkend="perl-path-tiny"/>,
+        <xref linkend="perl-test2-suite"/>
+
+      </para>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3 role="installation">
+      <title>Installation of FFI::CheckLib</title>
+
+      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+                  href="../../../xincludes/perl-standard-install.xml"/>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+  </sect2>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-file-chdir.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-file-chdir.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-file-chdir.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+
+  <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/D/DA/DAGOLDEN/File-chdir-&File-chdir-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "aacfafa4a8f13d45be67451e0f9b483e">
+
+]>
+
+  <!-- Begin File::chdir -->
+  <sect2 id="perl-file-chdir" xreflabel="File-chdir-&File-chdir-version;">
+
+    <title>File::chdir-&File-chdir-version;</title>
+
+    <indexterm zone="perl-file-chdir">
+      <primary sortas="a-File-chdir">File::chdir</primary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <sect3 role="package">
+      <title>Introduction to File::chdir</title>
+
+      <para>
+        File::chdir provides a more sensible way to change directories.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        Perl's chdir() has the unfortunate problem of being very, very, very
+        global. If any part of your program calls chdir() or if any library you
+        use calls chdir(), it changes the current working directory for the
+        *whole* program. File::chdir gives you an alternative, $CWD and @CWD.
+      </para>
+
+      &lfs84_checked;
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
+      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&my-download-http;"/>
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Download MD5 sum: &my-md5sum;
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3 role="installation">
+      <title>Installation of File::chdir</title>
+
+      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+                  href="../../../xincludes/perl-standard-install.xml"/>
+
+    </sect3>
+
+  </sect2>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-super.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-super.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-super.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/C/CH/CHROMATIC/SUPER-&SUPER-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "51076638f973c02cb9e5828dce85010e">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "defb371225f8ef1581d8c8fcc6077b46">
 
 ]>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-needs.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-needs.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-needs.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/H/HA/HAARG/Test-Needs-&Test-Needs-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "356634a56c99282e8059f290f5d534c8">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "d5c96d51d8d5510f7c0b7f354c49af1c">
 
 ]>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-simple.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-simple.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test-simple.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
       as well as Test:: modules  -->
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/E/EX/EXODIST/Test-Simple-&Test-Simple-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "c63782dd32de7654637d201e550f98ec">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "8a14b307496794039ca46e56d75b3a12">
 
 ]>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-plugin-nowarnings.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/D/DR/DROLSKY/Test2-Plugin-NoWarnings-&Test2-Plugin-NoWarnings-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "c329dcd57b3d5990e134508fc02d76d2">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "e631be75181b562491981648f95a7dad">
 
 ]>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-suite.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-suite.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-test2-suite.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/E/EX/EXODIST/Test2-Suite-&Test2-Suite-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "6d6aa949a9324bb1de32ff0fa8109de6">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "d9c6dc0ddfe8fd46742fe7015a95ce93">
 
 ]>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-text-csv_xs.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-text-csv_xs.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-text-csv_xs.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
  <!-- .tgz -->
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/H/HM/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-&Text-CSV_XS-version;.tgz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "b3bf4096cc2edce38add5fe63216a184">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "58d4217ac077f28ac2671431966a12e3">
 
 ]>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-xml-libxml.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-xml-libxml.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-xml-libxml.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/S/SH/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-&XML-LibXML-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "43546fd9a3974f19323f9fb04861ece9">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "573d8bfad98cf1156daffe059efeef02">
 
 ]>
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@
       <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
       <para role="required">
-        <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
+        <xref linkend="perl-alien-libxml2"/>,
         <xref linkend="perl-xml-sax"/>
       </para>
Index: general/prog/perl-deps/perl-xml-sax.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-deps/perl-xml-sax.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ general/prog/perl-deps/perl-xml-sax.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY my-download-http "&metacpan_authors;/G/GR/GRANTM/XML-SAX-&XML-SAX-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "861a454f7bf269990ed2c1c125f4db48">
+  <!ENTITY my-md5sum "b62e3754523695c7f5bbcafa3676a38d">
 
 ]>
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -45,4 +45,12 @@
       <para>August 9th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Perl Module updates: SUPER-1.20190531,
+          Test2-Plugins-NoWarnings-0.07, Test2-Suite-0.000122, Test-Needs-0.002006,
+          Test-Simple-1.302164, Text-CSV_XS-1.39, XML-LibXML-2.0201, XML-SAX-1.02
+          and add Alien-Build-1.79, Alien-Libxml2-0.09, FFI-CheckLib-0.25,
+          File-chdir-0.1010. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12373">#12373</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Perl Module updates: HTTP-Daemon-6.05, Module-Build-0.4229.
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision a0032d680a78dae9b9ef122077f1543a9f3bd8a0)
+++ packages.ent	(revision 060c752c35d8aa6849597606343f56524f9d9aaf)
@@ -417,4 +417,6 @@
     get automatically checked for newer versions -->
 <!ENTITY Algorithm-Diff-version       "1.1903">
+<!ENTITY Alien-Libxml2-version        "0.09">
+<!ENTITY Alien-Build-version          "1.79">
 <!ENTITY B-Hooks-EndOfScope-version   "0.24">
 <!ENTITY Business-ISBN-Data-version   "20140910.003">
@@ -438,4 +440,6 @@
 <!ENTITY Exporter-Tiny-version        "1.002001">
 <!ENTITY ExtUtils-LibBuilder-version  "0.08">
+<!ENTITY FFI-CheckLib-version         "0.25">
+<!ENTITY File-chdir-version           "0.1010">
 <!ENTITY File-Copy-Recursive-version  "0.45">
 <!ENTITY File-Find-Rule-version       "0.34">
@@ -479,5 +483,5 @@
 <!ENTITY Sub-Quote-version            "2.006003">
 <!ENTITY Sub-Uplevel-version          "0.2800">
-<!ENTITY SUPER-version                "1.20141117">
+<!ENTITY SUPER-version                "1.20190531">
 <!ENTITY Term-Table-version           "0.013">
 <!ENTITY Test-Deep-version            "1.128">
@@ -488,14 +492,14 @@
 <!ENTITY Test-LeakTrace-version       "0.16">
 <!ENTITY Test-MockModule-version      "v0.170.0">
-<!ENTITY Test-Needs-version           "0.002005">
+<!ENTITY Test-Needs-version           "0.002006">
 <!ENTITY Test-Requires-version        "0.10">
 <!ENTITY Test-RequiresInternet-version "0.05">
-<!ENTITY Test-Simple-version          "1.302160">
+<!ENTITY Test-Simple-version          "1.302164">
 <!ENTITY Test-utf8-version            "1.01">
 <!ENTITY Test-Warnings-version        "0.026">
 <!ENTITY Test-Without-Module-version  "0.20">
-<!ENTITY Test2-Plugin-NoWarnings-version "0.06">
-<!ENTITY Test2-Suite-version          "0.000118">
-<!ENTITY Text-CSV_XS-version          "1.38">
+<!ENTITY Test2-Plugin-NoWarnings-version "0.07">
+<!ENTITY Test2-Suite-version          "0.000122">
+<!ENTITY Text-CSV_XS-version          "1.39">
 <!ENTITY Text-Diff-version            "1.45">
 <!ENTITY Text-Glob-version            "0.11">
@@ -504,7 +508,7 @@
 <!ENTITY Variable-Magic-version       "0.62">
 <!ENTITY WWW-RobotRules-version       "6.02">
-<!ENTITY XML-LibXML-version           "2.0132">
+<!ENTITY XML-LibXML-version           "2.0201">
 <!ENTITY XML-NamespaceSupport-version "1.12">
-<!ENTITY XML-SAX-version              "1.00">
+<!ENTITY XML-SAX-version              "1.02">
 <!ENTITY XML-SAX-Base-version         "1.09">
 <!ENTITY XML-SAX-Expat-version        "0.51">
