Index: general/prog/cmake.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/cmake.xml	(revision 322b688f861983fa270772c9781dd748a6f3ab1f)
+++ general/prog/cmake.xml	(revision ecbf490109aef4e15cde1ce2946ef3ef0b3ca48d)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
   <!ENTITY cmake-download-http "https://cmake.org/files/v&cmake-major-version;/cmake-&cmake-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY cmake-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY cmake-md5sum        "6e7c550cfa1c2e216b35903dc70d80af">
+  <!ENTITY cmake-md5sum        "bcece031abd7f197ecc057a9b55e76bc">
   <!ENTITY cmake-size          "8.0 MB">
   <!ENTITY cmake-buildsize     "399 MB (add 458 MB for tests)">
Index: general/prog/mercurial.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/mercurial.xml	(revision 322b688f861983fa270772c9781dd748a6f3ab1f)
+++ general/prog/mercurial.xml	(revision ecbf490109aef4e15cde1ce2946ef3ef0b3ca48d)
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
   <!ENTITY mercurial-download-http "https://www.mercurial-scm.org/release/mercurial-&mercurial-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY mercurial-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY mercurial-md5sum        "7fda7b8fb1e06e2cb37cf4f15e3e69a3">
+  <!ENTITY mercurial-md5sum        "7a6701f78ce4ce62a16c9921c7903eed">
   <!ENTITY mercurial-size          "6.2 MB">
   <!ENTITY mercurial-buildsize     "63 MB (add 590 MB for tests)">
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 322b688f861983fa270772c9781dd748a6f3ab1f)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision ecbf490109aef4e15cde1ce2946ef3ef0b3ca48d)
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>October 7th, 2018</para>
-      <itemizedlist>
+      <para>October 9th, 2018</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mariadb-10.3.10. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11214">#11214</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to cmake-3.12.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11206">#11206</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mercurial-4.7.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11201">#11201</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Install a lightdm support file with fixes
+          to ensure the system environment matches the environment
+          when starting the graphical interface from the command line.
+          Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11154">#11154</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Update texlive patch (security fix) and allow it to
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 322b688f861983fa270772c9781dd748a6f3ab1f)
+++ packages.ent	(revision ecbf490109aef4e15cde1ce2946ef3ef0b3ca48d)
@@ -310,5 +310,5 @@
 <!ENTITY clisp-version                "2.49">
 <!ENTITY cmake-major-version          "3.12">
-<!ENTITY cmake-minor-version          "2">
+<!ENTITY cmake-minor-version          "3">
 <!ENTITY cmake-version                "&cmake-major-version;.&cmake-minor-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY cvs-version                  "1.11.23">-->
@@ -327,5 +327,5 @@
 <!ENTITY llvm-old-version             "3.9.1">
 <!ENTITY lua-version                  "5.3.5">
-<!ENTITY mercurial-version            "4.7.1">
+<!ENTITY mercurial-version            "4.7.2">
 <!ENTITY nasm-version                 "2.13.03">
 <!ENTITY ninja-version                "1.8.2">
@@ -521,5 +521,5 @@
 <!ENTITY db-version                   "5.3.28">
 <!ENTITY lmdb-version                 "0.9.22">
-<!ENTITY mariadb-version              "10.3.9">
+<!ENTITY mariadb-version              "10.3.10">
 <!ENTITY postgresql-version           "10.5">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-version               "3.25.2">
Index: server/databases/mariadb.xml
===================================================================
--- server/databases/mariadb.xml	(revision 322b688f861983fa270772c9781dd748a6f3ab1f)
+++ server/databases/mariadb.xml	(revision ecbf490109aef4e15cde1ce2946ef3ef0b3ca48d)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   <!ENTITY mariadb-download-http "https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-&mariadb-version;/source/mariadb-&mariadb-version;.tar.gz"> 
   <!ENTITY mariadb-download-ftp  "ftp://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/mariadb/mariadb-&mariadb-version;/source/mariadb-&mariadb-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-md5sum        "39c871e65134aabbc12c856691912435">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-size          "69 MB">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-md5sum        "a63e00179d5e09b63bf71860a19a5507">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-size          "67 MB">
   <!ENTITY mariadb-buildsize     "1.4 GB">
-  <!ENTITY mariadb-time          "12 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.5 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mariadb-time          "11 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.4 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
Index: x/dm/lightdm.xml
===================================================================
--- x/dm/lightdm.xml	(revision 322b688f861983fa270772c9781dd748a6f3ab1f)
+++ x/dm/lightdm.xml	(revision ecbf490109aef4e15cde1ce2946ef3ef0b3ca48d)
@@ -201,5 +201,5 @@
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install                                                  &amp;&amp;
 cp tests/src/lightdm-session /usr/bin                         &amp;&amp;
-chmod a+x /usr/bin/lightdm-session                            &amp;&amp;
+sed -i '1 s/sh/bash --login/' /usr/bin/lightdm-session        &amp;&amp;
 rm -rf /etc/init                                              &amp;&amp;
 install -v -dm755 -o lightdm -g lightdm /var/lib/lightdm      &amp;&amp;
@@ -234,8 +234,15 @@
 
   </sect2>
-<!--
+
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
+    <para>
+
+      <command>sed ... /usr/bin/lightdm-session</command>: 
+      This command ensures that the initial login via the greeter sources
+      /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile.  Without this, commands that depend on
+      different environment variables may not work as expected.  
+    </para>
+<!--
     <para>
       <parameter>ITSTOOL=/bin/true</parameter>: although
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@
       system. This parameter prevents the error.
     </para>
-
+-->
   </sect2>
--->
+
   <sect2 role="configuration">
     <title>Configuring lightdm</title>
