Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision 5f9e42c90c9caafb5e91b6d608cb65306b98bb32)
+++ general.ent	(revision caee7667e3a94e843df2e83a5e3833f30db25fc0)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "28">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "29">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "09">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2017">
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "September 28th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "September 29th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
Index: general/prog/ninja.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/ninja.xml	(revision 5f9e42c90c9caafb5e91b6d608cb65306b98bb32)
+++ general/prog/ninja.xml	(revision caee7667e3a94e843df2e83a5e3833f30db25fc0)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY ninja-download-http "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v&ninja-version;/ninja-&ninja-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY ninja-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY ninja-md5sum        "7b482218757acbaeac4d4d54a3cd94e1">
-  <!ENTITY ninja-size          "176 KB">
-  <!ENTITY ninja-buildsize     "58.0 MB">
+  <!ENTITY ninja-md5sum        "5fdb04461cc7f5d02536b3bfc0300166">
+  <!ENTITY ninja-size          "184 KB">
+  <!ENTITY ninja-buildsize     "48 MB">
   <!ENTITY ninja-time          "0.2 SBU">
 ]>
@@ -35,4 +35,11 @@
     </para>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>This package was installed as a part of the base LFS 
+      system.  The only reason to reinstall is to use the optional
+      dependencies for additional support files or documentaiton.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
     &lfs81_checked;
 
@@ -44,9 +51,9 @@
         </para>
       </listitem>
-<!--      <listitem>
+      <listitem>
         <para>
           Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ninja-download-ftp;"/>
         </para>
-      </listitem> -->
+      </listitem> 
       <listitem>
         <para>
@@ -75,13 +82,14 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required">
-      <xref linkend="python2"/>
+      <xref linkend="python3"/>
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="asciidoc"/> (to build the manual), 
+      <xref linkend="emacs"/> (to generate lisp files), 
+      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation), and 
       <ulink url="http://re2c.sourceforge.net/">re2c</ulink>
-      (only needed to modify the build), <xref linkend="emacs"/> (to generate
-      lisp files), <xref linkend="asciidoc"/> (to build the manual), and
-      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build API documentation)
+          (only needed to modify the build)
     </para>
 
@@ -100,5 +108,5 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure.py --bootstrap</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>python3 configure.py --bootstrap</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>If Emacs is installed and you wish to build lisp files:</para>
@@ -110,6 +118,6 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure.py &amp;&amp;
-./ninja ninja_test &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>python3 configure.py &amp;&amp;
+./ninja ninja_test   &amp;&amp;
 ./ninja_test --gtest_filter=-SubprocessTest.SetWithLots</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -124,6 +132,5 @@
                 /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ninja &amp;&amp;
 install -vDm644 misc/zsh-completion \
-                /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ninja
-</userinput></screen>
+                /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
Index: general/prog/perl-modules.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/perl-modules.xml	(revision 5f9e42c90c9caafb5e91b6d608cb65306b98bb32)
+++ general/prog/perl-modules.xml	(revision caee7667e3a94e843df2e83a5e3833f30db25fc0)
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@
 
   <!ENTITY libwww-perl-download-http "&perl_authors;/id/O/OA/OALDERS/libwww-perl-&LWP-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY libwww-perl-md5sum "457bf4a4f40af3e2f43653329a9c6ab7">
+  <!ENTITY libwww-perl-md5sum "3eff719cfaddb6c52b9096550a425d5f">
 
   <!ENTITY Lingua-Translit-download-http "&perl_authors;/id/A/AL/ALINKE/Lingua-Translit-&Lingua-Translit-version;.tar.gz">
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 5f9e42c90c9caafb5e91b6d608cb65306b98bb32)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision caee7667e3a94e843df2e83a5e3833f30db25fc0)
@@ -43,4 +43,23 @@
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>September 29th, 2017</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libwww-perl-6.27 (perl-module). Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9802">#9802</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ninja-1.8.2. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9793">#9793</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update /etc/profile script to accomodate
+          systemd. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9790">#9790</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>September 28th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 5f9e42c90c9caafb5e91b6d608cb65306b98bb32)
+++ packages.ent	(revision caee7667e3a94e843df2e83a5e3833f30db25fc0)
@@ -315,5 +315,5 @@
 <!ENTITY mercurial-version            "4.3.2">
 <!ENTITY nasm-version                 "2.13.01">
-<!ENTITY ninja-version                "1.7.2">
+<!ENTITY ninja-version                "1.8.2">
 <!ENTITY npapi-sdk-version            "0.27.2">
 <!ENTITY php-version                  "7.1.9">
@@ -368,5 +368,5 @@
 <!ENTITY List-MoreUtils-version       "0.425">
 <!ENTITY Log-Log4perl-version         "1.49">
-<!ENTITY LWP-version                  "6.26">
+<!ENTITY LWP-version                  "6.27">
 <!ENTITY LWP-Protocol-https-version   "6.06">
 <!ENTITY Module-Build-version         "0.4224">
Index: postlfs/config/profile.xml
===================================================================
--- postlfs/config/profile.xml	(revision 5f9e42c90c9caafb5e91b6d608cb65306b98bb32)
+++ postlfs/config/profile.xml	(revision caee7667e3a94e843df2e83a5e3833f30db25fc0)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
 # Set some defaults for graphical systems
-export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/
-export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/
-export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/xdg-$USER
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS=${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/share/}
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg/}
+export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp/xdg-$USER}
 
 # Setup a red prompt for root and a green one for users.
