Index: general/genutils/ibus.xml
===================================================================
--- general/genutils/ibus.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ general/genutils/ibus.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY ibus-download-http "https://github.com/ibus/ibus/releases/download/&ibus-version;/ibus-&ibus-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY ibus-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY ibus-md5sum        "a2be6f200dd9ada2501474a6877a73ef">
-  <!ENTITY ibus-size          "2.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY ibus-md5sum        "f4966898b6a87b3a5e1f723317e91811">
+  <!ENTITY ibus-size          "3.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY ibus-buildsize     "73 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY ibus-time          "0.6 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY ibus-time          "0.5 SBU (with tests)">
 
   <!ENTITY ucd-download-http  "https://www.unicode.org/Public/zipped/10.0.0/UCD.zip">
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@
     <note><para>Be sure to also remove the --disable-unicode-dict in
     the configure step below.</para></note>
-
+<!--
     <para>Fix an issue with deprecated schema entries:</para>
 
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@
     data/ibus.schemas.in \
     data/dconf/org.freedesktop.ibus.gschema.xml.in</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>
       Install <application>ibus</application> by running the following
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
-      Some tests may fail for unknown reasons.
+      One test may fail for unknown reasons.
     </para>
 
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
-    <para>
+  <!--  <para>
       <command>sed -ri ... data/ibus.schemas ...</command>: This sed fixes
       deprecated entries in the gsettings schema templates installed by this
       package.
     </para>
-
+-->
     <para>
       <parameter>--disable-emoji-dict</parameter>: This switch disables the 
Index: general/prog/python2.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/python2.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ general/prog/python2.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
      "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python2-version;/Python-&python2-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY python2-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY python2-md5sum        "a80ae3cc478460b922242f43a1b4094d">
+  <!ENTITY python2-md5sum        "30157d85a2c0479c09ea2cbe61f2aaf5">
   <!ENTITY python2-size          "12 MB">
-  <!ENTITY python2-buildsize     "127 MB (additional 15 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY python2-time          "0.9 SBU (additional 6.6 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY python2-buildsize     "131 MB (add 15 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY python2-time          "0.7 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 6.6 SBU for tests)">
 
   <!ENTITY python2htmldoc-download-http
Index: general/prog/vala.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/vala.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ general/prog/vala.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY vala-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY vala-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY vala-md5sum        "d204eb4fa210995e731e2a9a01c8c772">
+  <!ENTITY vala-md5sum        "4439111cd733c9205b54a701c331fa3b">
   <!ENTITY vala-size          "3.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY vala-buildsize     "170 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY vala-time          "1.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY vala-buildsize     "135 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY vala-time          "1.0 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -45,4 +45,28 @@
       <para>March 4th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to python2-2.7.16. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11751">#11751</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to cracklib-2.9.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11750">#11750</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vala-0.42.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11749">#11749</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to xinit-1.4.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11748">#11748</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ibus-1.5.20. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11740">#11740</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bind-9.12.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11734">#11734</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[timtas] - Update to fltk-1.3.5. Fixes
Index: networking/netutils/bind-utils.xml
===================================================================
--- networking/netutils/bind-utils.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ networking/netutils/bind-utils.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY bind-download-http   " ">
   <!ENTITY bind-download-ftp    "ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/&bind-version;/bind-&bind-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY bind-md5sum          "601a91c5bfb5b8e9b863b5e16ef546c1">
-  <!ENTITY bind-size            "8.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY bind-utils-buildsize "122 MB">
+  <!ENTITY bind-md5sum          "38c26af0725c4a5cf0e87c83b0544965">
+  <!ENTITY bind-size            "7.5 MB">
+  <!ENTITY bind-utils-buildsize "119 MB">
   <!ENTITY bind-utils-time      "0.7 SBU">
 ]>
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@
     running the following commands:</para>
 
- <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
+ <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-python &amp;&amp;
 make -C lib/dns    &amp;&amp;
 make -C lib/isc    &amp;&amp;
@@ -101,4 +101,7 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+    <para><option>--without-python</option>: This option eliminates
+    the need for an unused python module.</para>
 
     <para><command>make -C lib/...</command>: These commands build the
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ packages.ent	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 <!ENTITY attr-version                 "2.4.47">
 <!ENTITY consolekit-version           "1.2.1">
-<!ENTITY cracklib-version             "2.9.6">
+<!ENTITY cracklib-version             "2.9.7">
 <!ENTITY cryptsetup-minor             "2.0">
 <!ENTITY cryptsetup-version           "&cryptsetup-minor;.6">
@@ -244,5 +244,5 @@
 <!ENTITY icon-naming-utils-version    "0.8.90">
 <!ENTITY highlight-version            "3.49">
-<!ENTITY ibus-version                 "1.5.19">
+<!ENTITY ibus-version                 "1.5.20">
 <!ENTITY imagemagick6-version         "6.9.10">
 <!ENTITY imagemagick-version          "7.0.8">
@@ -335,5 +335,5 @@
 <!ENTITY npapi-sdk-version            "0.27.2">
 <!ENTITY php-version                  "7.3.2">
-<!ENTITY python2-version              "2.7.15">
+<!ENTITY python2-version              "2.7.16">
 <!ENTITY python3-version              "3.7.2">
 <!ENTITY ruby-minor-version           "2.6">
@@ -348,5 +348,5 @@
 <!ENTITY tk-version                   "8.6.9">
 <!ENTITY vala-major-version           "0.42">  <!-- even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY vala-version                 "&vala-major-version;.5">
+<!ENTITY vala-version                 "&vala-major-version;.6">
 <!ENTITY valgrind-version             "3.14.0">
 <!ENTITY yasm-version                 "1.3.0">
@@ -563,5 +563,5 @@
 <!ENTITY avahi-version                "0.7">
 <!ENTITY bind-minor-version           "9.12">
-<!ENTITY bind-version                 "&bind-minor-version;.3-P4">
+<!ENTITY bind-version                 "&bind-minor-version;.4">
 <!ENTITY mod_dnssd-version            "0.6">
 <!ENTITY NetworkManager-version       "1.14.6">
@@ -665,5 +665,5 @@
 <!ENTITY xterm-version                "344">
 <!ENTITY xclock-version               "1.0.8">
-<!ENTITY xinit-version                "1.4.0">
+<!ENTITY xinit-version                "1.4.1">
 
 <!ENTITY libva-version                "2.4.0">
Index: postlfs/security/cracklib.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/security/cracklib.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ postlfs/security/cracklib.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
   <!ENTITY cracklib-url "https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib/releases/download">
 
-  <!ENTITY cracklib-download-http "&cracklib-url;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY cracklib-download-http "&cracklib-url;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY cracklib-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY cracklib-md5sum        "c52f463585d85924b28cdc1e373ae06d">
-  <!ENTITY cracklib-size          "628 KB">
-  <!ENTITY cracklib-buildsize     "3.8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY cracklib-md5sum        "0d68de25332cee5660850528a385427f">
+  <!ENTITY cracklib-size          "592 KB">
+  <!ENTITY cracklib-buildsize     "4.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY cracklib-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-  <!ENTITY crackdict-download     "&cracklib-url;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;/cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.gz">
-  <!ENTITY crackdict-size         "5.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY crackdict-md5sum       "cae1257e3a9f95c917cc9dbbab852316">
+  <!ENTITY crackdict-download     "&cracklib-url;/cracklib-&cracklib-version;/cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.bz2">
+  <!ENTITY crackdict-size         "6.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY crackdict-md5sum       "94e9963e4786294f7fb0f2efd7618551">
 ]>
 
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@
     to the <command>create-cracklib-dict</command> command.</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D    ../cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.gz \
-                         /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.gz     &amp;&amp;
-
-gunzip -v                /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.gz     &amp;&amp;
+<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D    ../cracklib-words-&cracklib-version;.bz2 \
+                         /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.bz2    &amp;&amp;
+
+bunzip2 -v               /usr/share/dict/cracklib-words.bz2    &amp;&amp;
 ln -v -sf cracklib-words /usr/share/dict/words                 &amp;&amp;
 echo $(hostname) >>      /usr/share/dict/cracklib-extra-words  &amp;&amp;
Index: server/major/bind.xml
===================================================================
--- server/major/bind.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ server/major/bind.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY bind-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY bind-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/&bind-version;/bind-&bind-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY bind-md5sum        "601a91c5bfb5b8e9b863b5e16ef546c1">
-  <!ENTITY bind-size          "8.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY bind-buildsize     "113 MB (add 12 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY bind-md5sum        "38c26af0725c4a5cf0e87c83b0544965">
+  <!ENTITY bind-size          "7.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY bind-buildsize     "110 MB (add 12 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY bind-time          "1.0 SBU (with parallelism=4; add 30+ minutes, processor independent, to run the complete test suite)">
 ]>
@@ -120,4 +120,11 @@
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bind-&bind-version;-use_iproute2-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 -->
+
+    <para>To ensure <application>BIND</application> will build dnssec-keymgr,
+    install a python module as the <systemitem
+    class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>pip3 install install ply</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Install <application>BIND</application> by running the
     following commands:</para>
Index: x/installing/xinit.xml
===================================================================
--- x/installing/xinit.xml	(revision 9423da79f5068f6bdb6f48ba72345053b8fc84c8)
+++ x/installing/xinit.xml	(revision 5cd7055059a7716b1a0e1a951a439e617bc05f0d)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY xinit-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/app/xinit-&xinit-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY xinit-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/app/xinit-&xinit-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY xinit-md5sum        "2da154b2f80ca9637b1a17b13af0880c">
-  <!ENTITY xinit-size          "172 KB">
-  <!ENTITY xinit-buildsize     "1.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY xinit-md5sum        "6d506ab2efc17a08e87778654e099d37">
+  <!ENTITY xinit-size          "178 KB">
+  <!ENTITY xinit-buildsize     "1.5 MB">
   <!ENTITY xinit-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
