Index: basicnet/netprogs/net-tools.xml
===================================================================
--- basicnet/netprogs/net-tools.xml	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ basicnet/netprogs/net-tools.xml	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@
   <!ENTITY net-tools-buildsize     "4.3 MB">
   <!ENTITY net-tools-time          "0.1 SBU">
-  <!ENTITY lfs-coreutils-version   "5.94">
 ]>
 
Index: general.ent
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--- general.ent	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ general.ent	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@
 <!ENTITY publisher      "Unknown">
 
+<!-- These entities are used to identify versions of LFS
+     packages referenced throughout the BLFS book -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-bdb-version              "4.4.20">
+<!ENTITY lfs-coreutils-version        "5.94">
+<!ENTITY lfs-perl-version             "5.8.8">
+<!-- End LFS versions -->
 
 <!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-version     "20060205">
@@ -174,8 +180,4 @@
 <!ENTITY tcl-version                  "8.4.12">
 <!ENTITY tk-version                   "8.4.12">
-
-<!-- Used to identify the target LFS version in the
-     PDL and Perl Modules instructions -->
-<!ENTITY LFS-Perl-version             "5.8.8">
 
 <!-- Perl module versions used in the Perl Modules instructions -->
Index: general/genutils/imagemagick.xml
===================================================================
--- general/genutils/imagemagick.xml	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ general/genutils/imagemagick.xml	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -230,5 +230,5 @@
         <seg>/usr/include/Magick++, /usr/include/magick, /usr/include/wand,
         /usr/lib/ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;,
-        /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;/i686-linux/auto/Image/Magick,
+        /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&lfs-perl-version;/i686-linux/auto/Image/Magick,
         /usr/share/ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version; and
         /usr/share/doc/ImageMagick-&imagemagick-version;</seg>
Index: general/prog/pdl.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/pdl.xml	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ general/prog/pdl.xml	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -484,5 +484,5 @@
         <seg>pdl, pdldoc, perldl, and pptemplate</seg>
         <seg>90+ individual <application>Perl</application> modules</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;/i686-linux/{,auto/}PDL</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&lfs-perl-version;/i686-linux/{,auto/}PDL</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
Index: general/prog/perl-modules.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-modules.xml	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ general/prog/perl-modules.xml	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -861,9 +861,9 @@
 
     <para>If your system's <application>Perl</application> version is different
-    than &LFS-Perl-version;, you'll need to modify the <command>sed</command>
+    than &lfs-perl-version;, you'll need to modify the <command>sed</command>
     command below to reflect the version you have installed.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s@/usr/local/bin@/usr/bin@" \
-       -e "s@/usr/local/lib/perl5@/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&LFS-Perl-version;@" \
+       -e "s@/usr/local/lib/perl5@/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&lfs-perl-version;@" \
        -e "s@/usr/local/lib/www/docs@/usr/share/doc/perl5@" \
     Makefile</userinput></screen>
@@ -1011,5 +1011,5 @@
     <para>The Test::Simple module contains utilities designed to assist
     developers in creating tests. A version of Test::Simple was installed
-    during LFS with the <application>Perl</application>-&LFS-Perl-version;
+    during LFS with the <application>Perl</application>-&lfs-perl-version;
     installation, however, some of the sub-modules contained in Test::Simple
     have been updated (notably, the Test::More module) and these updated
Index: postlfs/shells/tcsh.xml
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--- postlfs/shells/tcsh.xml	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ postlfs/shells/tcsh.xml	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@
     <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Required patch for use with Coreutils-5.93:
+        <para>Required patch for use with Coreutils-&lfs-coreutils-version;:
         <ulink url="&patch-root;/tcsh-&tcsh-version;-colorls_compat-1.patch"/>
         </para>
Index: server/databases/db.xml
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--- server/databases/db.xml	(revision a3d2e2c3ec3c70b1ba5fd7d6efa08f9161034e4d)
+++ server/databases/db.xml	(revision 55fb7f56015d2a22898cd49c445868dbece24e0d)
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@
     on your system. It is listed here in BLFS as well because you may need to
     reinstall it if you need the additional language bindings or the RPC
-    server.</para>
+    server. If you do reinstall <application>Berkeley DB</application>, ensure
+    you use the &lfs-bdb-version; version used in the LFS book.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
