Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ general.ent	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "08">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "08">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2019">
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "August 7th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "August 8th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
Index: general/genlib/aspell.xml
===================================================================
--- general/genlib/aspell.xml	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ general/genlib/aspell.xml	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -102,5 +102,5 @@
     <title>Installation of Aspell</title>
 
-    <para>First, fix some problems identified by gcc7:</para>
+    <para>First, fix a problem identified by gcc7:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>sed -i '/ top.do_check ==/s/top.do_check/*&amp;/' modules/filter/tex.cpp</userinput></screen>
Index: general/graphlib/giflib.xml
===================================================================
--- general/graphlib/giflib.xml	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ general/graphlib/giflib.xml	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr install &amp;&amp;
-rm -vf /usr/lib/libgif.a &amp;&amp;
+<!-- rm -vf /usr/lib/libgif.a &amp;&amp;-->
 
 find doc \( -name Makefile\* -o -name \*.1 \
Index: general/sysutils/fcron.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/fcron.xml	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ general/sysutils/fcron.xml	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -143,4 +143,9 @@
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para revision="systemd">Finally, fix a big in the systemd unit:</para>
+
+<screen revision="systemd" role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's:/var/run/fcron.pid:/run/fcron.pid:' \
+   /lib/systemd/system/fcron.service</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>DESTDIR install must be done as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
Index: general/sysutils/systemd.xml
===================================================================
--- general/sysutils/systemd.xml	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ general/sysutils/systemd.xml	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
-    <!--
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
         <para>
          Required patch:
-         <ulink url="&patch-root;/systemd-&systemd-version;-security_fixes-2.patch"/>
+         <ulink url="&patch-root;/systemd-&systemd-version;-networkd_and_rdrand_fixes-1.patch"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
-    -->
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">systemd Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
@@ -128,9 +128,17 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of systemd</title>
-    <!--
-    <para>Apply a critical security patch for journald:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-security_fixes-2.patch</userinput></screen>
-    -->
+
+    <para>Apply a patch to allow systemd-networkd to function under 5.2+
+    kernels, and to fix problems with RDRAND on Ryzen CPUs:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-networkd_and_rdrand_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Fix an incompatibility with the latest version of 
+    <application>libseccomp</application>:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '1506 s/&lt;/&gt;/' \
+       '1507 s/&lt;/&gt;/' \
+       '1508 s/&lt;/&gt;/' src/shared/seccomp-util.c</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Remove an unneeded group,
     <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem>, from the default udev
@@ -163,7 +171,11 @@
       -Drpmmacrosdir=no     \
       -Db_lto=false         \
+      -Dgnutls=false        \
       ..                    &amp;&amp;
 
 ninja</userinput></screen>
+
+<!-- GnuTLS support is disabled due to a bug with 3.6.9. systemd already 
+     supports OpenSSL. -->
 
     <note>
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
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--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -42,4 +42,26 @@
     </listitem>
        -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>August 8th, 2019</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
+          <para>[renodr] - Fix systemd to allow networkd to function on systems
+          with Linux-5.2+ kernels, as well as fix problems with AMD Ryzen CPUs
+          due to their RDRAND CPU instruction. In addition, adapt systemd to
+          work with libseccomp-2.4.1, and disable GnuTLS support due to API
+          breakage (since it already has support for OpenSSL). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12330">#12330</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Fixed a build problem in giflib due to a repeated
+          instruction.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
+          <para>[renodr] - Adjust fcron's systemd unit to use the proper PID
+          file in the correct location.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>August 7th, 2019</para>
Index: kde/kf5/kf5-frameworks.xml
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--- kde/kf5/kf5-frameworks.xml	(revision 07ea289ed7fe49b882b7255968c99b114e34c8b5)
+++ kde/kf5/kf5-frameworks.xml	(revision 93caa46c868a0611ac202cc2771c494b44df4eb9)
@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@
   <para role="optional"> <!-- Leaving as optional since these are external -->
     <ulink url="http://libdmtx.sourceforge.net/">Datamatrix</ulink> and
-    <ulink url="http://megaui.net/fukuchi/works/qrencode/index.en.html/">QRencode</ulink>
+    <ulink url="http://megaui.net/fukuchi/works/qrencode/index.html/">QRencode</ulink>
   </para>
 
