Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
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--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 8ce663780e141b3a529e7d06c6f4a39c4e9759e9)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 1b533771704679fc56bc007f8967d0b319bf6e5e)
@@ -46,4 +46,8 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vlc-3.0.18. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17343">#17343</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to newt-0.52.22. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;17339">#17339</ulink>.</para>
Index: multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml
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--- multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml	(revision 8ce663780e141b3a529e7d06c6f4a39c4e9759e9)
+++ multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml	(revision 1b533771704679fc56bc007f8967d0b319bf6e5e)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY vlc-download-http "https://download.videolan.org/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY vlc-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum        "951878d524e089bf4c80614c93c68c0c">
+  <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum        "f3c031357c0eeffb41e928eca220a803">
   <!ENTITY vlc-size          "25 MB">
   <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize     "700 MB">
-  <!ENTITY vlc-time          "1.8 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
+  <!ENTITY vlc-time          "1.7 SBU (using parallelism=4)">
 ]>
 
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@
       <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
       <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
-      <xref linkend="opencv"/> (currently broken),
+      <xref linkend="opencv"/>,
       <xref linkend="samba"/>,
       <xref linkend="v4l-utils"/>,
@@ -141,4 +141,5 @@
       <xref linkend="opus"/>,
       <xref linkend="speex"/>,
+      <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
       <xref linkend="x264"/>,
       <ulink url="https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/">aom</ulink>,
@@ -228,14 +229,10 @@
       Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
     </para>
-<!--
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/vlc_demux.h/a #define LUA_COMPAT_APIINTCASTS' modules/lua/vlc.h   &amp;&amp;-->
-<screen><userinput>export LUAC=/usr/bin/luac5.2                   &amp;&amp;
-export LUA_LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs lua52)"   &amp;&amp;
-export CPPFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags lua52)" &amp;&amp;
-
-BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr    \
-                        --disable-opencv \
-                        --disable-libva  \
-                        --disable-vpx    &amp;&amp;
+
+<screen><userinput>export LUAC=/usr/bin/luac5.2                          &amp;&amp;
+export LUA_LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs lua52)"          &amp;&amp;
+export CPPFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags lua52)"        &amp;&amp;
+
+BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-libva &amp;&amp;
 
 make</userinput></screen>
@@ -243,5 +240,4 @@
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
-      One test, test_interrupt, is known to fail.
     </para>
 
@@ -275,9 +271,9 @@
     </para>-->
 
-    <para>
-      <parameter>--disable-opencv</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
+    <!--<para>
+      <parameter>- -disable-opencv</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
       <application>opencv</application> which is not compatible with this
       version of <application>vlc</application>.
-    </para>
+    </para>-->
 
     <para>
@@ -288,13 +284,12 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--disable-vpx</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
-      <application>libvpx</application>. The latest version is not compatible
-      with this version of <application>vlc</application>.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      <option>--disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
+      <option>--disable-vpx</option>: Use this switch to disable
+      <application>libvpx</application>. 
+    </para>
+
+    <!--<para>
+      <option>- -disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
       <application>Lua</application> installed.
-    </para>
+    </para>-->
 
     <para>
Index: packages.ent
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--- packages.ent	(revision 8ce663780e141b3a529e7d06c6f4a39c4e9759e9)
+++ packages.ent	(revision 1b533771704679fc56bc007f8967d0b319bf6e5e)
@@ -948,5 +948,5 @@
 <!ENTITY mplayer-version              "1.5">
 <!ENTITY transcode-version            "1.1.7">
-<!ENTITY vlc-version                  "3.0.17.4">
+<!ENTITY vlc-version                  "3.0.18">
 <!ENTITY xine-ui-version              "0.99.13">
 
