Index: general/prog/php.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/php.xml	(revision 855a40e89b2eb80e15995d27a218be16e9590e2f)
+++ general/prog/php.xml	(revision 7dff3ca7bf23cff5a3fccc08508b5407b92b74f6)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY php-download-http "http://www.php.net/distributions/php-&php-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY php-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY php-md5sum        "ef8d4764f16d5f066e9893fe91887a31">
-  <!ENTITY php-size          "11 MB">
+  <!ENTITY php-md5sum        "f8682afff613f7e4661c77f122e4dbfd">
+  <!ENTITY php-size          "12 MB">
   <!ENTITY php-buildsize     "502 MB (with tests, add 108 MB for documentation)">
-  <!ENTITY php-time          "1.1 SBU (with parallelism=4; add 2.8 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY php-time          "1.1 SBU (with parallelism=4; add 2.9 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 855a40e89b2eb80e15995d27a218be16e9590e2f)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 7dff3ca7bf23cff5a3fccc08508b5407b92b74f6)
@@ -45,4 +45,12 @@
       <para>January 5th, 2018</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mariadb-10.2.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10235">#10235</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to php-7.2.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10233">#10233</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] Update to firefox-57.0.4 to provide some mitigation
Index: packages.ent
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--- packages.ent	(revision 855a40e89b2eb80e15995d27a218be16e9590e2f)
+++ packages.ent	(revision 7dff3ca7bf23cff5a3fccc08508b5407b92b74f6)
@@ -327,5 +327,5 @@
 <!ENTITY ninja-version                "1.8.2">
 <!ENTITY npapi-sdk-version            "0.27.2">
-<!ENTITY php-version                  "7.2.0">
+<!ENTITY php-version                  "7.2.1">
 <!ENTITY python2-version              "2.7.14">
 <!ENTITY python3-version              "3.6.4">
@@ -509,5 +509,5 @@
 <!ENTITY db-version                   "6.2.32">
 <!ENTITY lmdb-version                 "0.9.21">
-<!ENTITY mariadb-version              "10.2.11">
+<!ENTITY mariadb-version              "10.2.12">
 <!ENTITY postgresql-version           "10.1">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-version               "3.21.0">
Index: postlfs/config/firmware.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/config/firmware.xml	(revision 855a40e89b2eb80e15995d27a218be16e9590e2f)
+++ postlfs/config/firmware.xml	(revision 7dff3ca7bf23cff5a3fccc08508b5407b92b74f6)
@@ -131,9 +131,13 @@
      <para>The first step is to get the most recent version of the Intel
      microcode.  This must be done by navigating to 
-     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26400/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27377/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
      and following the instructions there.  As of this writing the most recent
-     version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20170511.tgz</filename>.
+     version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20171117.tgz</filename>.
      Extract this file in the normal way to create an <filename>intel-ucode</filename>
      directory, containing various blobs with names in the form XX-YY-ZZ.</para>
+
+     <note><para>The above URL may not be the latest page.  If it is not, 
+     a line at the top of the list will direct you to the latest page.
+     </para></note>
 
      <para>Now you need to determine your processor's identity to see if there
Index: server/databases/mariadb.xml
===================================================================
--- server/databases/mariadb.xml	(revision 855a40e89b2eb80e15995d27a218be16e9590e2f)
+++ server/databases/mariadb.xml	(revision 7dff3ca7bf23cff5a3fccc08508b5407b92b74f6)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   <!ENTITY mariadb-download-http "https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-&mariadb-version;/source/mariadb-&mariadb-version;.tar.gz"> 
   <!ENTITY mariadb-download-ftp  "ftp://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/mariadb/mariadb-&mariadb-version;/source/mariadb-&mariadb-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-md5sum        "954088299fe5f11b4fda3b540558adbd">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-md5sum        "c5bce588e3c53ebc417e37ecb0967aee">
   <!ENTITY mariadb-size          "69 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-buildsize     "1.3 GB">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-time          "8.6 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.5 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-buildsize     "1.4 GB">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-time          "8.0 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.5 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: x/dm/lightdm.xml
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--- x/dm/lightdm.xml	(revision 855a40e89b2eb80e15995d27a218be16e9590e2f)
+++ x/dm/lightdm.xml	(revision 7dff3ca7bf23cff5a3fccc08508b5407b92b74f6)
@@ -276,19 +276,24 @@
 
     <sect3 id="lightdm-bootscript">
-      <title>Boot Script</title>
-
-      <para>
+      <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
+             <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
+
+      <para revision="sysv">
         Install the <filename revision="sysv">/etc/rc.d/init.d/lightdm</filename>
-        init script from the <xref linkend="bootscripts" revision="sysv"/>
-        <xref linkend="systemd-units" revision="systemd"/> package.
-      </para>
-
+        init script from the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/>
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-lightdm</userinput></screen>
       <indexterm zone="lightdm lightdm-bootscript">
         <primary sortas="f-lightdm">lightdm</primary>
       </indexterm>
 
-<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-lightdm</userinput></screen>
-
-<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable lightdm</userinput></screen>
+      <para revision="systemd">
+        Install and enable the systemd unit.  From the 
+        <xref linkend="systemd-units"/> package:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>make install-lightdm &amp;&amp;
+systemctl enable lightdm</userinput></screen>
 
     </sect3>
