Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ general.ent	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "04">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "06">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "05">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2015">
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "May 4th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "May 6th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
Index: general/prog/openjdk.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/openjdk.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ general/prog/openjdk.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -442,5 +442,5 @@
       There are a few failures, the number of which depends on various
       conditions, like whether the computer is connected to network. Also, some
-      test may timeout if the machine is under load.
+      tests may timeout if the machine is under load.
     </para>
 
Index: gnome/applications/epiphany.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/applications/epiphany.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ gnome/applications/epiphany.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
     </para>
 
-    &lfs77_checked;
+    &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: multimedia/audioutils/freetts.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/audioutils/freetts.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ multimedia/audioutils/freetts.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
     </para>
 
-    &lfs77_checked;
+    &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: postlfs/editors/emacs.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/editors/emacs.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ postlfs/editors/emacs.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
     customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.</para>
 
-    &lfs77_checked;
+    &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -102,5 +102,7 @@
             --without-gnutls     \
             --localstatedir=/var &amp;&amp;
-make bootstrap</userinput></screen>
+make</userinput></screen>
+<!-- make bootstrap only necessary for development versions obtained with git
+-->
 
     <para>
Index: pst/scanning/sane.xml
===================================================================
--- pst/scanning/sane.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ pst/scanning/sane.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@
     front ends are user interfaces to access the backends.</para>
 
-    &lfs77_checked;
+    &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
 
     <!-- The upstream web site has the md5sums for the tarballs:
Index: pst/scanning/xsane.xml
===================================================================
--- pst/scanning/xsane.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ pst/scanning/xsane.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
     quality and ease of use compared to <command>xscanimage</command>.</para>
 
-    &lfs77_checked;
+    &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: server/databases/db.xml
===================================================================
--- server/databases/db.xml	(revision b199507fd4f8f6be3b94e8c82dc47c2773133a95)
+++ server/databases/db.xml	(revision ca8bcae98a26cd252b66a4b934a7d8b600966bbd)
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
     <para role="optional">
       <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
-      <xref linkend="openjdk"/><!-- or <xref linkend="jdk"/> -->, and
-      <xref linkend="sharutils"/> (for the <command>uudecode</command> command)
+      <xref linkend="openjdk"/> (the Java bindings are currently broken with
+      JDK8)<!-- or <xref linkend="jdk"/> -->, and
+      <xref linkend="sharutils"/> (for the <command>uudecode</command> command
+      - Java bindings are required)
     </para>
 
@@ -242,7 +244,8 @@
 
     <para>
-      <option>--enable-java</option>: Enables
-      <application>Java</application> support in DB and creates the
+      <option>--enable-java</option>: Enables <application>Java</application>
+      support in DB and creates the
       <filename class="libraryfile">libdb_java</filename> libraries.
+      The Java bindings are currently broken with JDK8.
     </para>
   </sect2>
