Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision f933cc3408b40dcf603037943936de4d380c21b8)
+++ general.ent	(revision 1fc6df6b2cd4cf83c46a77024f7835291e843a4b)
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@
 <!ENTITY nano-version                 "2.0.1">
 <!ENTITY joe-version                  "3.5">
-<!ENTITY ed-version                   "0.2">
+<!ENTITY ed-version                   "0.8">
 <!ENTITY bluefish-version             "1.0.5">
 
Index: introduction/important/locale-issues.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/important/locale-issues.xml	(revision f933cc3408b40dcf603037943936de4d380c21b8)
+++ introduction/important/locale-issues.xml	(revision 1fc6df6b2cd4cf83c46a77024f7835291e843a4b)
@@ -246,5 +246,5 @@
 
     <para>Among BLFS packages, this problem applies to
-    <xref linkend="ed"/>, <xref linkend="xine-ui"/> and all shells.</para>
+    <xref linkend="xine-ui"/> and all the shells.</para>
 
   </sect2>
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision f933cc3408b40dcf603037943936de4d380c21b8)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 1fc6df6b2cd4cf83c46a77024f7835291e843a4b)
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@
       <para>November 01st, 2007</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ag] - Updated to ed-0.8.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ag] - Updated to Fcron-3.0.3.</para>
Index: postlfs/editors/ed.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/editors/ed.xml	(revision f933cc3408b40dcf603037943936de4d380c21b8)
+++ postlfs/editors/ed.xml	(revision 1fc6df6b2cd4cf83c46a77024f7835291e843a4b)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY ed-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ed/ed-&ed-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY ed-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ed/ed-&ed-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY ed-md5sum        "ddd57463774cae9b50e70cd51221281b">
-  <!ENTITY ed-size          "182 KB">
-  <!ENTITY ed-buildsize     "2.9 MB">
-  <!ENTITY ed-time          "0.02 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY ed-md5sum        "b359451fb32097974484b5ba7c19f5fb">
+  <!ENTITY ed-size          "66 KB">
+  <!ENTITY ed-buildsize     "1.3 MB">
+  <!ENTITY ed-time          "Less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -36,16 +36,4 @@
     program if you encounter an ed-based patch file. This happens rarely
     because diff-based patches are preferred these days.</para>
-    
-    <caution>
-      <para><application>Ed</application> determines character boundaries
-      incorrectly in multibyte locales. See the
-      <xref linkend="locale-wrong-multibyte-characters"/>
-      section of the <xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page for a more
-      general discussion of this problem. Use of <application>Ed</application>
-      in installation instructions for BLFS packages such as
-      <xref linkend="tetex"/> is not a problem, as BLFS instructions never
-      use <application>Ed</application> to modify a file containing
-      non-ASCII characters.</para>
-    </caution>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -71,12 +59,4 @@
     </itemizedlist>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
-    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Required Patch: <ulink
-        url="&patch-root;/ed-&ed-version;-mkstemp-2.patch"/></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
     <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ed"/></para>
@@ -87,19 +67,8 @@
     <title>Installation of Ed</title>
 
-    <para><application>Ed</application> normally uses the
-    <function>mktemp</function> function to create temporary files in
-    <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>, but this function contains
-    a vulnerability (see the section on Temporary Files at
-    <ulink url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-race.html"/>).
-    Apply the following patch to make <application>Ed</application> use
-    <function>mkstemp</function> instead, a secure way to create temporary
-    files:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ed-&ed-version;-mkstemp-2.patch</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Install <application>Ed</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix="" &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -108,16 +77,6 @@
     <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-
-  </sect2>
-
-  <sect2 role="commands">
-    <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
-    <para><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter>: This forces the programs
-    to be installed into the <filename class="directory">/bin</filename>
-    directory. Having the programs available there is useful in the event of
-    the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> partition being
-    unavailable.</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
+make install-man</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
