Index: chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter01/changelog.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter01/changelog.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -44,4 +44,55 @@
        -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>2019-12-01</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Add upstream fixes patch for bash.
+          Also add a note about possible problems when changing
+          to the lfs user.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.1.2361. Updates
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4500">#4500</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to meson-0.52.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4555">#4555</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to elfutils-0.178. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4553">#4553</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-5.4.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4551">#4551</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4550">#4550</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.10. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4549">#4549</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-5.04. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4548">#4548</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.30.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4547">#4547</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-5.4.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4546">#4546</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bc-2.3.2. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;4545">#4545</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>2019-11-08</para>
       <itemizedlist>
Index: chapter01/whatsnew.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter01/whatsnew.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter01/whatsnew.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@
       <para>Libcap-&libcap-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Libelf-&elfutils-version; (from elfutils)</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+      <para>Libffi-&libffi-version;</para>
+   </listitem>
    <!--<listitem>
       <para>Libpipeline-&libpipeline-version;</para>
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@
       <para>Patch-&patch-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
-   <!--<listitem>
+   <listitem>
       <para>Perl-&perl-version;</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+   </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Pkg-config-&pkgconfig-version;</para>
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@
       <para>Tar-&tar-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
-   <!--<listitem>
+   <listitem>
       <para>Tcl-&tcl-version;</para>
-   </listitem>-->
+   </listitem>
    <listitem>
       <para>Texinfo-&texinfo-version;</para>
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@
       <para>Util-Linux-&util-linux-version;</para>
    </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Vim-&vim-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>XML-Parser-&xml-parser-version;</para>
Index: chapter03/patches.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter03/patches.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter03/patches.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 
   <variablelist role="materials">
-<!--
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&bash-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
--->
+
 <!--
     <varlistentry>
Index: chapter04/addinguser.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter04/addinguser.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter04/addinguser.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -89,4 +89,9 @@
 <screen><userinput>chown -v lfs $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
 
+  <note><para>In some host systems, the following command does not complete
+  properly and suspends the login to the lfs user to the background.  If the
+  prompt "lfs:~$" does not appear immediately, entering the
+  <command>fg</command> command will fix the issue.</para></note>
+
   <para>Next, login as user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>.
   This can be done via a virtual console, through a display manager, or with
Index: chapter06/bash.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/bash.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter06/bash.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
-<!--
+
     <para>Incorporate some upstream fixes:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
--->
+
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
Index: chapter06/libelf.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/libelf.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter06/libelf.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@
     <para>Prepare Libelf for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-debuginfod</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>One test, run-elfclassify.sh, is known to fail.</para>
+
     <para>Install only Libelf:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make -C libelf install
-install -vm644 config/libelf.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig</userinput></screen>
+install -vm644 config/libelf.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig
+rm /usr/lib/libelf.a</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
Index: chapter06/libffi.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter06/libffi.xml	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ chapter06/libffi.xml	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@
       Illegal Operation Errors.</para>
     </note>
-
+<!--
     <para>Modify the Makefile to install headers into the standard
     <filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename> directory instead of
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@
     -e 's/^Cflags: -I${includedir}/Cflags:/' \
     -i libffi.pc.in</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
     <para>Prepare libffi for compilation:</para>
 
@@ -92,4 +92,6 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Six tests, all related to test-callback.c, are known to fail.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ general.ent	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20191108">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20191201">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20191108-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20191201-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "November 8th, 2019">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "December 1st, 2019">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2019"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ packages.ent	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 <!ENTITY bash-ch6-sbu "2.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY bc-version "2.2.0">
-<!ENTITY bc-size "236 KB">
+<!ENTITY bc-version "2.3.2">
+<!ENTITY bc-size "242 KB">
 <!ENTITY bc-url "https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/archive/&bc-version;/bc-&bc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY bc-md5 "0de4a7b7592e1d7e12f9f601477fe081">
+<!ENTITY bc-md5 "89e9063e852b3f84b010b836f815f88f">
 <!ENTITY bc-home "https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc">
 <!ENTITY bc-ch6-du "2.8 MB">
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@
 <!ENTITY e2fsprogs-ch6-sbu "3.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY elfutils-version "0.177">
-<!ENTITY elfutils-size "8,645 KB">
+<!ENTITY elfutils-version "0.178">
+<!ENTITY elfutils-size "8,797 KB">
 <!ENTITY elfutils-url "https://sourceware.org/ftp/elfutils/&elfutils-version;/elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY elfutils-md5 "0b583722f911e1632544718d502aab87">
+<!ENTITY elfutils-md5 "5480d0b7174446aba13a6adde107287f">
 <!ENTITY elfutils-home "https://sourceware.org/ftp/elfutils/">
 <!ENTITY elfutils-ch6-du "95 MB">
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@
 <!ENTITY intltool-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "5.3.0">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "726 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "5.4.0">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "724 KB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-url "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "227404413c8d6db649d6188ead1e5a6e">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "54d86cadb4cd1d19fd7114b4e53adf51">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-home "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-ch6-du "13 MB">
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@
 <!ENTITY libcap-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY libffi-version "3.2.1">
-<!ENTITY libffi-size "920 KB">
+<!ENTITY libffi-version "3.3">
+<!ENTITY libffi-size "1,275 KB">
 <!ENTITY libffi-url "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-&libffi-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY libffi-md5 "83b89587607e3eb65c70d361f13bab43">
+<!ENTITY libffi-md5 "6313289e32f1d38a9df4770b014a2ca7">
 <!ENTITY libffi-home "https://sourceware.org/libffi/">
 <!ENTITY libffi-ch6-du "7.6 MB">
@@ -422,11 +422,11 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "5">
-<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "3">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "9">
+<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "4">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "1">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "106,036 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "106,871 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "56ebdb30b6816b0cf29ba18f06c89836">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "1e62d81b5da8df7c45f6ca159edeeb17">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 4.8.3 / gcc-6.2.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
@@ -469,16 +469,16 @@
 <!ENTITY man-db-ch6-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-pages-version "5.03">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,639 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-version "5.04">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,645 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-url "&kernel;linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-&man-pages-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "4a85d16759c883048a1d27c741dadf17">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "4eb98f597b629f81993c7b71ecab0ab0">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-home "https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-ch6-du "31 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY meson-version "0.52.0">
-<!ENTITY meson-size "1,472 KB">
+<!ENTITY meson-version "0.52.1">
+<!ENTITY meson-size "1,473 KB">
 <!ENTITY meson-url "&github;/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/&meson-version;/meson-&meson-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY meson-md5 "7ea7772414dda8ae11072244bf7ba991">
+<!ENTITY meson-md5 "a5f0c99567d772508f649a28ded7f8ad">
 <!ENTITY meson-home "https://mesonbuild.com">
 <!ENTITY meson-ch6-du "28 MB">
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@
 <!ENTITY patch-ch6-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY perl-version "5.30.0">
-<!ENTITY perl-size "12,129 KB">
+<!ENTITY perl-version "5.30.1">
+<!ENTITY perl-size "12,078 KB">
 <!ENTITY perl-url "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-&perl-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY perl-md5 "037c35000550bdcb47552ad0f6d3064d">
+<!ENTITY perl-md5 "f399f3aaee90ddcff5eadd3bccdaacc0">
 <!ENTITY perl-home "https://www.perl.org/">
 <!ENTITY perl-ch5-du "275 MB">
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@
 <!ENTITY tar-ch6-sbu "2.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY tcl-version "8.6.9">
+<!ENTITY tcl-version "8.6.10">
 <!ENTITY tcl-major-version "8.6">
-<!ENTITY tcl-size "9,772 KB">
+<!ENTITY tcl-size "9,907 KB">
 <!ENTITY tcl-url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl&tcl-version;-src.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY tcl-md5 "aa0a121d95a0e7b73a036f26028538d4">
+<!ENTITY tcl-md5 "97c55573f8520bcab74e21bfd8d0aadc">
 <!ENTITY tcl-home "http://tcl.sourceforge.net/">
 <!ENTITY tcl-ch5-du "71 MB">
@@ -698,10 +698,10 @@
 <!ENTITY util-linux-ch6-sbu "1.2 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "8.1.1846">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "8.1.2361">
 <!ENTITY vim-majmin "81">
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim81">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "14,078 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "14,267 KB">
 <!ENTITY vim-url "https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v&vim-version;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "4f129a05254d93c739fcede843df87df">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "7813b45901af53f81abeaf3c67ae9b34">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "https://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-ch6-du "190 MB">
Index: patches.ent
===================================================================
--- patches.ent	(revision 123c0152d12b6969248c86f7f6240cc34b2d615e)
+++ patches.ent	(revision bec76acde9be4ec7517bb207063380ed5e3cb720)
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
-<!--
+
 <!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch "bash-&bash-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "e3d5bf23a4e5628680893d46e6ff286e">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "17 KB">
--->
+<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "c1545da2ad7d78574b52c465ec077ed9">
+<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "22 KB">
+
 <!--
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch "bc-&bc-version;-memory_leak-1.patch">
