Index: general/genlib/gsl.xml
===================================================================
--- general/genlib/gsl.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ general/genlib/gsl.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   <!ENTITY gsl-download-ftp
     "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gsl/gsl-&gsl-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-md5sum        "d8f70abafd3e9f0bae03c52d1f4e8de5">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-size          "3.7 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-buildsize     "203 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gsl-time          "1.5 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-md5sum        "3d90650b7cfe0a6f4b29c2d7b0f86458">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-size          "4.3 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-buildsize     "211 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gsl-time          "1.8 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
===================================================================
--- general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
            "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-&harfbuzz-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "a82d49ff67197bc3c96ea34b98880c52">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "3ec86969a58f2d687bbbf27e5ebd4ee7">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "1.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "28 MB (plus 21 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.3 SBU (plus 0.2 SBU for tests)"> 
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "31 MB (plus 15 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.2 SBU (plus 0.2 SBU for tests)"> 
 ]>
 
Index: general/prog/pyyaml.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/pyyaml.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ general/prog/pyyaml.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY PyYAML-download-http "http://pyyaml.org/download/pyyaml/PyYAML-&PyYAML-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY PyYAML-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY PyYAML-md5sum        "f50e08ef0fe55178479d3a618efe21db">
-  <!ENTITY PyYAML-size          "244 KB">
-  <!ENTITY PyYAML-buildsize     "13 MB">
+  <!ENTITY PyYAML-md5sum        "4c129761b661d181ebf7ff4eb2d79950">
+  <!ENTITY PyYAML-size          "248 KB">
+  <!ENTITY PyYAML-buildsize     "10 MB">
   <!ENTITY PyYAML-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -48,4 +48,28 @@
       <para>September 8th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to serf-1.3.9. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8253">#8253</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to PyYAML-3.12. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8231">#8231</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to pango-1.40.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8245">#8245</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to harfbuzz-1.3.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8274">#8274</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to gsl-2.2.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8237">#8237</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to cups-filters-1.11.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8233">#8233</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem revision="systemd">
           <para>[renodr] - Update to telepathy-mission-control-5.16.4. Fixes
Index: networking/netlibs/serf.xml
===================================================================
--- networking/netlibs/serf.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ networking/netlibs/serf.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
   <!ENTITY serf-download-http "https://archive.apache.org/dist/serf/serf-&serf-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY serf-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY serf-md5sum        "2e4efe57ff28cb3202a112e90f0c2889">
-  <!ENTITY serf-size          "140 KB">
-  <!ENTITY serf-buildsize     "2.6 MB (additional 2.2 MB for the tests)">
-  <!ENTITY serf-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (additional 0.3 SBU for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY serf-md5sum        "370a6340ff20366ab088012cd13f2b57">
+  <!ENTITY serf-size          "144 KB">
+  <!ENTITY serf-buildsize     "3.2 MB (additional 3 MB for the tests)">
+  <!ENTITY serf-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (additional 0.5 SBU for the tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -109,4 +109,5 @@
 scons PREFIX=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
+<!-- I did not find this to be needed as of 1.3.9 -renodr
     <para>
       If you wish to run the test suite, fix one file:
@@ -115,8 +116,9 @@
 <screen><userinput>sed -i test/test_buckets.c \
     -e 's://\(    buf_size = orig_len + (orig_len / 1000) + 12;\):/\*\1\ */:'</userinput></screen>
+-->
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, issue: <command>scons check</command>. With above
-      fix, 1 out of 65 tests still fails for unknown reasons.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>scons check</command>. <!-- With above
+      fix, 1 out of 65 tests still fails for unknown reasons. -->
     </para>
 
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ packages.ent	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@
 <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-version "1.48.0">
 <!ENTITY grantlee-version             "5.1.0">
-<!ENTITY gsl-version                  "2.1">
+<!ENTITY gsl-version                  "2.2.1">
 
 <!ENTITY icu-major                    "57">
@@ -179,5 +179,5 @@
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.1.4">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.8">
-<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.3.0">
+<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.3.1">
 <!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "1.900.1">
@@ -375,5 +375,5 @@
 <!ENTITY pygtk-version                "2.24.0">
 <!ENTITY pyxdg-version                "0.25">
-<!ENTITY PyYAML-version               "3.11">
+<!ENTITY PyYAML-version               "3.12">
 <!ENTITY setuptools-version           "26.1.0">
 <!ENTITY mako-version                 "1.0.4">
@@ -428,5 +428,5 @@
 <!ENTITY libtirpc-version             "1.0.1">
 <!ENTITY neon-version                 "0.30.1">
-<!ENTITY serf-version                 "1.3.8">
+<!ENTITY serf-version                 "1.3.9">
 <!ENTITY uhttpmock-version            "0.5.0">
 
@@ -527,5 +527,5 @@
 <!ENTITY libnotify-version            "0.7.6">
 <!ENTITY libxklavier-version          "5.4">
-<!ENTITY pango-version                "1.40.1">
+<!ENTITY pango-version                "1.40.2">
 <!ENTITY pangomm-version              "2.40.1">
 <!ENTITY qt5-version                  "5.7.0">
@@ -804,5 +804,5 @@
 <!-- Chapter 50 -->
 <!ENTITY cups-version                 "2.1.4">
-<!ENTITY cups-filters-version         "1.11.1">
+<!ENTITY cups-filters-version         "1.11.2">
 <!ENTITY gs-version                   "9.19">
 <!ENTITY gutenprint-version           "5.2.11">
Index: pst/printing/cups-filters.xml
===================================================================
--- pst/printing/cups-filters.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ pst/printing/cups-filters.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   "https://www.openprinting.org/download/cups-filters/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY cups-filters-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY cups-filters-md5sum        "1c2397093639aa728e4ba866bbdc440c">
+  <!ENTITY cups-filters-md5sum        "019d2161df59da33d93b294d934bc14b">
   <!ENTITY cups-filters-size          "1.3 MB">
   <!ENTITY cups-filters-buildsize     "42 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY cups-filters-time          "0.5 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY cups-filters-time          "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: x/lib/pango.xml
===================================================================
--- x/lib/pango.xml	(revision dd6246fb443cd8d5c1968d1046fead6355f4dad9)
+++ x/lib/pango.xml	(revision ba8f1a8dec4bfa8bd61ceb274facb077df02a4b2)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY pango-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/pango/1.40/pango-&pango-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY pango-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/pango/1.40/pango-&pango-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY pango-md5sum        "6fc88c6529890d6c8e03074d57a3eceb">
+  <!ENTITY pango-md5sum        "c4fa70815b0105f876aa9e89b5ae33a5">
   <!ENTITY pango-size          "1 MB">
-  <!ENTITY pango-buildsize     "21 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY pango-time          "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY pango-buildsize     "27 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY pango-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
