Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ general.ent	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "19">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "21">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "10">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2017">
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "October 19th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "October 21st, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
Index: general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml
===================================================================
--- general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
            "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-&harfbuzz-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "9bd1ad423825caec4a7d494ba1c7a414">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "1.5 MB">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "925338b9ee562c4851b63eb210ef7b7b">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "1.6 MB">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "30 MB (add 21 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.3 SBU (add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.3 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -44,4 +44,26 @@
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>October 30th, 2017</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-17.2.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9907">#9907</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libXfont 1.5.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9904">#9904</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.9.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9897">#9897</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to harfbuzz-1.6.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9883">#9883</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>October 19th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ packages.ent	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -197,5 +197,5 @@
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.1.4">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.10">
-<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.5.1">
+<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.6.0">
 <!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "2.0.14">
@@ -519,5 +519,5 @@
 <!ENTITY xcursor-themes-version       "1.0.4">
 <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-version     "2.22">
-<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "17.2.2">
+<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "17.2.3">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-version             "0.4.0">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-image-version       "0.4.0">
Index: x/installing/libinput.xml
===================================================================
--- x/installing/libinput.xml	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ x/installing/libinput.xml	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.8.3">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.9.0">
 
   <!ENTITY libinput-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-&libinput-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY libinput-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum        "5265244853ad7cf41232b0d3ee805ab9">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-size          "920 KB">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize     "16 MB (add 8 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY libinput-time          "0.1 SBU (add 14 minutes for tests, not CPU dependent)">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum        "b33b5505f639bf01a6e2e3a01892e91f">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-size          "448 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize     "9.2 MB (add 8 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libinput-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (add 14 minutes for tests, not CPU dependent)">
 ]>
 
@@ -107,15 +107,17 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG            \
-            --disable-libwacom      \
-            --disable-debug-gui     \
-            --disable-tests         \
-            --disable-documentation \
-            --with-udev-dir=/lib/udev &amp;&amp;
-make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>meson --prefix $XORG_PREFIX \
+      -Dudev-dir=/lib/udev  \
+      -Ddebug-gui=false     \
+      -Dtests=false         \
+      -Ddocumentation=false \
+      -Dlibwacom=false      \
+      build &amp;&amp;
+cd build    &amp;&amp;
+ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <note>
-      <para>If you want to run the tests, remove --disable-tests from the
-      <command>configure</command> command above. The external
+      <para>If you want to run the tests, remove -Dtests from the
+      <command>meson</command> command above. The external
       library, libunwind, must be installed.</para>
 
@@ -144,5 +146,5 @@
       tests can be run as the <systemitem
       class="username">root</systemitem> user with
-      <userinput>make check</userinput>. Note that depending on
+      <userinput>ninja check</userinput>. Note that depending on
       the system configuration and hardware, some tests may fail.
     </para>
@@ -152,5 +154,5 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -170,10 +172,10 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--disable-libwacom</parameter>: Remove this 
-      option if you have the external library libwacom installed.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      <parameter>--disable-debug-gui</parameter>: This switch
+      <option>-Dudev-dir=/lib/udev</option>: This switch
+      specifies where UDev rules and hwdb files will be installed.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>-Ddebug-gui=false</option>: This switch
       disables creation of a visual debug helper for libinput. Remove
       if you want it, and you have <xref linkend="gtk3"/> installed.
@@ -181,5 +183,5 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--disable-tests</parameter>: This switch disables compilation
+      <option>-Dtests=false</option>: This switch disables compilation
       of tests. Remove if you want to run the tests, and you have the external
       library, libunwind, installed.
@@ -187,5 +189,5 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--disable-documentation</parameter>: This switch disables
+      <option>-Ddocumentation=false</option>: This switch disables
       generation of the documentation. Remove if you want to generate it, and
       you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and <xref linkend="graphviz"/>
@@ -194,6 +196,6 @@
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--with-udev-dir=/lib/udev</parameter>: This switch
-      specifies where UDev rules and hwdb files will be installed.
+      <option>-Dlibwacom=false</option>: Remove this 
+      option if you have the external library libwacom installed.
     </para>
 
Index: x/installing/mesa.xml
===================================================================
--- x/installing/mesa.xml	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ x/installing/mesa.xml	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-http "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "1a157b5baefb5adf9f4fbb8a6632d74c">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "a7dca71afbc7294cb7d505067fd44ef6">
   <!ENTITY mesa-size          "9.9 MB">
   <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "348 MB (with demos and docs, add 53 MB for tests)">
Index: x/installing/x7legacy.xml
===================================================================
--- x/installing/x7legacy.xml	(revision 9ac88cc51d42a9a22c73f57152f640ba039c5d9d)
+++ x/installing/x7legacy.xml	(revision c28df1a91eccbd52f740b0c0933ba7480b657ad9)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   <!ENTITY x7legacy-time          "0.4 SBU">
 
-  <!ENTITY libXfont-version                "1.5.2">
-  <!ENTITY libXfont-md5sum                 "254ee42bd178d18ebc7a73aacfde7f79">
+  <!ENTITY libXfont-version                "1.5.3">
+  <!ENTITY libXfont-md5sum                 "9ba75bf38ba62a6ad52550ab716da9b3">
 
   <!ENTITY bdftopcf-version                "1.0.5">
