Index: chapter01/changelog.xml
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--- chapter01/changelog.xml	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ chapter01/changelog.xml	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -40,4 +40,8 @@
       <para>Febraury 19, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Perl-5.8.8, removing the now unneeded
+          vulnerability and DB module patches.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Add the verbose parameter to a couple of commands in
Index: chapter01/whatsnew.xml
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--- chapter01/whatsnew.xml	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ chapter01/whatsnew.xml	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -233,7 +233,4 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>&perl-db_file-patch;</para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
       <para>&perl-libc-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
Index: chapter03/packages.xml
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--- chapter03/packages.xml	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ chapter03/packages.xml	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -343,5 +343,5 @@
 
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Perl (&perl-version;) - 9,628 KB:</term>
+      <term>Perl (&perl-version;) - 9,886 KB:</term>
       <listitem>
         <para><ulink url="http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/CPAN/src/"/></para>
Index: chapter03/patches.xml
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--- chapter03/patches.xml	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ chapter03/patches.xml	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -169,21 +169,7 @@
 
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Perl DB_File Module Update patch - 6 KB:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><ulink url="&patches-root;&perl-db_file-patch;"/></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry>
       <term>Perl Libc Patch - 1 KB:</term>
       <listitem>
         <para><ulink url="&patches-root;&perl-libc-patch;"/></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Perl Sprintf Vulnerability Patch - 9 KB:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><ulink url="&patches-root;&perl-sprintf-patch;"/></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
Index: chapter06/perl.xml
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--- chapter06/perl.xml	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ chapter06/perl.xml	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -44,15 +44,4 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Perl</title>
-
-    <para>A security vulnerability exists in Perl's sprintf function. Apply the
-    following patch to fix it.</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-sprintf-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>The DB_File module that comes with Perl-&perl-version; is incompatible
-    with Berkeley DB-&db-version; (the testsuite fails if this module gets built).
-    Apply the following patch in order to update the DB_File module:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-db_file-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be
Index: general.ent
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--- general.ent	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ general.ent	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@
 <!-- <!ENTITY ncurses-date "20050319"> -->
 <!ENTITY patch-version "2.5.4">
-<!ENTITY perl-version "5.8.7">
+<!ENTITY perl-version "5.8.8">
 <!ENTITY procps-version "3.2.6">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-version "22.1">
Index: patches.ent
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--- patches.ent	(revision e178a8e0d3bbf7cebbaf7c01f4382292d380e33e)
+++ patches.ent	(revision c4aba10f0f68f6f2c857c1917976646e48d37a52)
@@ -38,7 +38,5 @@
 <!-- <!ENTITY ncurses-rollup-patch "ncurses-&ncurses-version;-&ncurses-date;-patch.sh.bz2"> -->
 
-<!ENTITY perl-db_file-patch "perl-&perl-version;-update_db_file-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY perl-libc-patch "perl-&perl-version;-libc-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY perl-sprintf-patch "perl-&perl-version;-sprintf_vulnerability-1.patch">
 
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-8bit-patch "sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;-8bit-1.patch">
