Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ general.ent	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "03">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "08">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "11">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2018">
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "November 4rd, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "November 8th, &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 d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ general/graphlib/harfbuzz.xml	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
            "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-&harfbuzz-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY harfbuzz-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "263a3f1cb014e3ad2e4123c238a9bfc5">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "3.7 MB">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "119 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "1.1 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-md5sum        "246535f1ba011235650b3da8fcca2456">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-size          "4.2 MB">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-buildsize     "147 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY harfbuzz-time          "0.8 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -77,4 +77,7 @@
     <para role="recommended">
       <xref linkend="glib2"/> (required for Pango),
+      <xref role="first" linkend="graphite2"/> (required for building
+        <xref role="nodep" linkend="texlive"/> or 
+        <xref role="nodep" linkend="libreoffice"/> with system harfbuzz),
       <xref linkend="icu"/>, and
       <xref role="first" linkend="freetype2"/>
@@ -88,7 +91,4 @@
       <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
       <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
-      <xref role="first" linkend="graphite2"/> (required for building
-        <xref role="nodep" linkend="texlive"/> or 
-        <xref role="nodep" linkend="libreoffice"/> with system harfbuzz)
       <xref linkend="python2"/> (required for the testsuite), and
       <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/FontTools/">FontTools</ulink> (for
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gobject &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gobject --with-graphite2 &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -43,4 +43,18 @@
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>November 8th, 2018</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to harfbuzz-2.1.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11262">#11262</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to alsa-{lib,plugins,tools,utils}-1.0.7. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11259">#11259</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>November 3rd, 2018</para>
       <itemizedlist>
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-lib.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-lib.xml	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-lib.xml	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-lib-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY alsa-lib-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/lib/alsa-lib-&alsa-lib-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-lib-md5sum        "2f981a8f7897c59ec2ddc44916d33788">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-lib-size          "967 KB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-lib-md5sum        "51ca1283e27e7dc10207ccce33919cf2">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-lib-size          "984 KB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-lib-buildsize     "31 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY alsa-lib-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/plugins/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-md5sum        "8387279e99feeb2ecffaac5f293223d7">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size          "359 KB">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-buildsize     "4.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-md5sum        "c86cd9c069cfec2e8a491aaa7d3c584c">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size          "364 KB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-buildsize     "4.8 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
 ]>
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum        "5ca8c9437ae779997cd62fb2815fef19">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum        "475bdf6457bcf55c8c895d653ee56a54">
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size          "1.7 MB">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize     "24 MB">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time          "0.3 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize     "25 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time          "0.5 SBU">
 ]>
 
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-http " ">
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum        "50ae75567459646b843bed78d916b002">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum        "2b88796c6b05520e59eec6049de02f64">
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size          "1.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize     "9.9 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize     "9.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision d682440250954d3122aaa1c248f05ab714e9cac6)
+++ packages.ent	(revision f62b93bb03a8eaa25e84ad17860a4d07eae0c01d)
@@ -207,5 +207,5 @@
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "5.1.4">
 <!ENTITY graphite2-version            "1.3.12">
-<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "1.9.0">
+<!ENTITY harfbuzz-version             "2.1.1">
 <!ENTITY ijs-version                  "0.35">
 <!ENTITY jasper-version               "2.0.14">
@@ -778,9 +778,9 @@
 <!ENTITY alsa-download-http           "http://alsa.cybermirror.org">
 <!ENTITY alsa-download-ftp            "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub">
-<!ENTITY alsa-version                 "1.1.6">
-<!ENTITY alsa-lib-version             "1.1.6">
-<!ENTITY alsa-plugins-version         "1.1.6">
-<!ENTITY alsa-utils-version           "1.1.6">
-<!ENTITY alsa-tools-version           "1.1.6">
+<!ENTITY alsa-version                 "1.1.7">
+<!ENTITY alsa-lib-version             "1.1.7">
+<!ENTITY alsa-plugins-version         "1.1.7">
+<!ENTITY alsa-utils-version           "1.1.7">
+<!ENTITY alsa-tools-version           "1.1.7">
 <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-version        "1.0.29">
 <!ENTITY alsa-oss-version             "1.1.6">
