Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision c45eca2047661b4cc8d0d5808cbefb45a68597e6)
+++ general.ent	(revision 10cbf37c2ae0c51249db59114fd80a9b69dbdd61)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "25">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "26">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "11">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2018">
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "November 25th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "November 26th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision c45eca2047661b4cc8d0d5808cbefb45a68597e6)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 10cbf37c2ae0c51249db59114fd80a9b69dbdd61)
@@ -42,4 +42,17 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>November 25th, 2018</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Fix breakage from poppler versions 70,71 in
+          cups-filters, libreoffice and inkscape, and in so-doing
+          update to cups-filters-1.21.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11096">#11096</ulink>,
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11245">#11245</ulink> and
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11383">#11383</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision c45eca2047661b4cc8d0d5808cbefb45a68597e6)
+++ packages.ent	(revision 10cbf37c2ae0c51249db59114fd80a9b69dbdd61)
@@ -981,5 +981,5 @@
 <!-- Chapter 50 -->
 <!ENTITY cups-version                 "2.2.8">
-<!ENTITY cups-filters-version         "1.21.1">
+<!ENTITY cups-filters-version         "1.21.4">
 <!ENTITY gs-version                   "9.25">
 <!ENTITY gutenprint-version           "5.2.14">
Index: pst/printing/cups-filters.xml
===================================================================
--- pst/printing/cups-filters.xml	(revision c45eca2047661b4cc8d0d5808cbefb45a68597e6)
+++ pst/printing/cups-filters.xml	(revision 10cbf37c2ae0c51249db59114fd80a9b69dbdd61)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "https://www.openprinting.org/download/cups-filters/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY cups-filters-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY cups-filters-md5sum        "60a27b6420703a33332f3243f43c9a62">
-  <!ENTITY cups-filters-size          "1.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY cups-filters-buildsize     "42 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY cups-filters-md5sum        "75b07268abe64a0f15caced8d33c3cc2">
+  <!ENTITY cups-filters-size          "1.5 MB">
+  <!ENTITY cups-filters-buildsize     "57 MB (with tests), 15MB installed">
   <!ENTITY cups-filters-time          "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
@@ -70,4 +70,11 @@
         <para>
           Estimated build time: &cups-filters-time;
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Required patch to fix building with recent versions of <xref linkend="poppler"/>:
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;-poppler71-1.patch"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -82,5 +89,4 @@
       <xref linkend="gs"/>,
       <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
-      <xref linkend="mupdf"/> (mutool),
       <xref linkend="poppler"/>, and
       <xref linkend="qpdf"/>
@@ -90,6 +96,7 @@
     <para role="recommended">
       <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
-      <xref linkend="libpng"/> and
-      <xref linkend="libtiff"/>
+      <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
+      <xref linkend="libtiff"/> and
+      <xref linkend="mupdf"/> (mutool),
     </para>
 
@@ -126,4 +133,11 @@
 
 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>sed -i "s:cups.service:org.cups.cupsd.service:g" utils/cups-browsed.service</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      Fix the build for the changes in some recent versions of
+      <application>poppler</application>:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;-poppler71-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -177,10 +191,9 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
-<!-- no patch today
-    <para>
-      <parameter>patch -Np1 -i ../cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;-poppler67-1.patch</parameter>:
+<!-- please comment this if no patches are currently needed -->
+    <para>
+      <parameter>patch -Np1 -i ../cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;-poppler71-1.patch</parameter>:
       Conditionally apply changes for recent versions of poppler.
     </para>
--->
     <para>
       <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: This switch is needed
Index: xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml
===================================================================
--- xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml	(revision c45eca2047661b4cc8d0d5808cbefb45a68597e6)
+++ xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml	(revision 10cbf37c2ae0c51249db59114fd80a9b69dbdd61)
@@ -147,12 +147,21 @@
 
 
-<!-- keep one commented patch, it's sure to again need one or more in a few months
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
-          Required patch to fix building with system <xref linkend="icu"/>:
-          <ulink url="&patch-root;/libreoffice-&libreoffice-dlversion;-icu_58-1.patch"/>
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
--->
+<!-- keep one commented patch, it's sure to again need one or more in a few months -->
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Required patch to fix building with system <xref linkend="poppler"/> (all
+          recent versions):
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/libreoffice-&libreoffice-dlversion;-poppler70-1.patch"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Required patch to fix building with system <xref linkend="poppler"/>
+          (only if using that version or a later version):
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/libreoffice-&libreoffice-dlversion;-poppler71-1.patch"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
     </itemizedlist>
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">LibreOffice Dependencies</bridgehead>
@@ -329,11 +338,17 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>export LO_PREFIX=<replaceable>&lt;PREFIX&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-<!--
-    <para>
-     Fix build failures introduced by <xref linkend="icu"/>:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libreoffice-&libreoffice-dlversion;-icu_58-1.patch</userinput></screen>
--->
+<!-- keep a commented instruction if no patches are currently required -->
+    <para> <!-- for all recent versions -->
+     Fix build failures introduced by recent versions of <xref linkend="poppler"/>:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libreoffice-&libreoffice-dlversion;-poppler70-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para> <!-- for 0.71.0, not tested on earlier versions -->
+     Similarly, fix build failures introduced with <xref linkend="poppler"/>:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libreoffice-&libreoffice-dlversion;-poppler71-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>
       Locales "fr" and "en-GB", you will find below, are just examples; you
Index: xsoft/other/inkscape.xml
===================================================================
--- xsoft/other/inkscape.xml	(revision c45eca2047661b4cc8d0d5808cbefb45a68597e6)
+++ xsoft/other/inkscape.xml	(revision 10cbf37c2ae0c51249db59114fd80a9b69dbdd61)
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Required patch: <ulink url="&patch-root;/inkscape-&inkscape-version;-poppler65-1.patch"/></para>
+        <para>Required patch: <ulink url="&patch-root;/inkscape-&inkscape-version;-upstream_poppler_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
@@ -146,15 +146,19 @@
 
     <para>Ensure that the libraries from <xref linkend="imagemagick6"/> can be used,
-    and fix the build for the changes in <literal>poppler-0.65.0</literal>:</para>
+    and fix the build for the changes in some recent versions of
+    <application>poppler</application>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inkscape-&inkscape-version;-use_versioned_ImageMagick6-1.patch &amp;&amp;
-patch -Np1 -i ../inkscape-&inkscape-version;-poppler65-1.patch
+patch -Np1 -i ../inkscape-&inkscape-version;-upstream_poppler_fixes-1.patch
 </userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      Fix a build issue with <application>GCC-7.1</application>:
-    </para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's| abs(| std::fabs(|g' src/ui/tools/flood-tool.cpp</userinput></screen>
+      Fix build issues with <application>GCC-7.1</application> and
+       <application>poppler-0.71.0</application>:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's| abs(| std::fabs(|g' src/ui/tools/flood-tool.cpp &amp;&amp;
+sed -e 's|gTrue|true|g' -e 's|gFalse|false|g' -e 's|GBool|bool|g' \
+ -i src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.*</userinput></screen>
 
 <!-- If there is no test suite, then this is not needed.
