diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 80d1b1ce8..31e3876fb 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-08-16</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - LFS-12.4-rc1 released.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2025-08-15</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 1d2d0ee97..989772264 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <!-- Editing  up to the line of ==== should be enough
      to generate a book for development, release, or rc-->
-<!ENTITY % development "INCLUDE"><!-- set to INCLUDE for development,
+<!ENTITY % development "IGNORE"><!-- set to INCLUDE for development,
                                       set to IGNORE for release or rc -->
 <!ENTITY % release     "IGNORE"> <!-- set to INCLUDE for release,
                                       set to IGNORE for development or rc -->
-<!ENTITY % rc          "IGNORE"> <!-- set to INCLUDE for rc,
+<!ENTITY % rc          "INCLUDE"> <!-- set to INCLUDE for rc,
                                       set to IGNORE for development or
                                        release -->
-<!ENTITY % relnum "12.3"><!-- must be given for release or rc -->
-<!ENTITY % reldate "March 5th, 2025"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
+<!ENTITY % relnum "12.4"><!-- must be given for release or rc -->
+<!ENTITY % reldate "August 16th, 2025"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
 <!ENTITY % crdate "1999-2025"><!-- must ve given for release or rc -->
-<!ENTITY % rcnum  "0"><!-- must be given only for rc -->
+<!ENTITY % rcnum  "1"><!-- must be given only for rc -->
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 <!-- Do not change anything below unless the www or book layouts change -->
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index a943a3968..de262d8dc 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -374,11 +374,11 @@
 <!ENTITY less-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-version "20240825">      <!-- Scripts depend on this format -->
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "BOOTSCRIPTS-SIZE KB">
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-size "34 KB">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-url "&downloads-root;lfs-bootscripts-&lfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "BOOTSCRIPTS-MD5SUM">
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-md5 "7b078c594a77e0f9cd53a0027471c3bc">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-home " ">
-<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-du "BOOTSCRIPTS-INSTALL-KB KB">
+<!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-du "248 KB">
 <!ENTITY lfs-bootscripts-cfg-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY libcap-version "2.76">