diff --git a/appendices/dependencies.xml b/appendices/dependencies.xml
index 1ae31f3d2..1e0f0203e 100644
--- a/appendices/dependencies.xml
+++ b/appendices/dependencies.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <segmentedlist id="acl-depends">
         <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
         <seglistitem>
-          <seg>Attr, Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Grep, M4, Make,
+          <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Grep, M4, Make,
           Perl, Sed, and Texinfo</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       <segmentedlist id="acl-rundeps">
         <segtitle>&runtime;</segtitle>
         <seglistitem>
-          <seg>Attr and Glibc</seg>
+          <seg>Glibc</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index e5e4031f9..62bdebc16 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,64 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2026-07-01</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Add tar-1.35-acl_fix-1.patch. Addresses issue 
+          arising from acl-2.4.0.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Add Python3-3.14.6 consolidated fixes (Security patch). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5961">#5961</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to attr-2.6.0 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5967">#5967</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to acl-2.4.0 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5966">#5966</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to expat-2.8.2 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5964">#5964</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iana-etc-20260617. Addresses
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5006">#5006</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-7.1.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5954">#5954</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libffi-3.6.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5958">#5958</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-7.1.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5953">#5953</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3.53.3. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5965">#5965</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to systemd-261. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5959">#5959</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.42.2 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5955">#5955</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vim-9.2.0752 (Security Update). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;5956">#5956</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2026-06-15</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 6c42caa91..4d27834d8 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
     <!--<listitem>
     <para>None</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Acl-&acl-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Attr-&attr-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</para>
     </listitem>
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Libelf from Elfutils-&elfutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Libffi-&libffi-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Libpipeline-&libpipeline-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@
     <title>Added:</title>
     <!--    <listitem><para></para></listitem> -->  <!-- satisfy build -->
     <listitem><para>glibc-2.43-linux7_fixes-1.patch</para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>Python-3.14.6-openssl_4-1.patch</para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>systemd-260.1-buildfix-1.patch</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>tar-1.35-acl_fix-1.patch</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Python-3.14.6-consolidated_fixes-1.patch</para></listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 0640929f4..1c0781237 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@
     </varlistentry>
 -->
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Python OpenSSL 4 Patch - <token>&python-openssl4-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <term>Python Consolidated Patch - <token>&python-consolidated-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&python-openssl4-fixes-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&python-openssl4-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&python-consolidated-fixes-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&python-consolidated-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 -->
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Tar Upstream Patch - <token>&tar-aclfix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&tar-aclfix-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&tar-aclfix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
 <!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Xz Upstream Fix Patch - <token>&xz-upstream-fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 5b62b6f7a..2a44817e4 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     <para>First, apply a patch for compatibility with OpenSSL 4:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&python-openssl4-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&python-consolidated-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/systemd.xml b/chapter08/systemd.xml
index 049d0ed66..850464c49 100644
--- a/chapter08/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/systemd.xml
@@ -236,13 +236,19 @@ unshare -m ninja test</userinput></screen>
 
     <!-- test-namespace needs /run/systemd/inaccessible/sock, which only exists
          after initializing the system with systemd.  -->
-    <para>One test named <literal>systemd:core / test-namespace</literal>
-    is known to fail in the LFS chroot environment.  Some other tests may
-    fail because they depend on various kernel configuration options.
-    The test named <literal>systemd:test / test-copy</literal> may time out
-    due to an I/O congestion with a large parallel job number, but it
-    would pass if running alone with
-    <command>meson test test-copy</command>.</para>
+    <para>
+      Three tests are known to fail in the LFS chroot environment but
+      pass in a full installation: 
+       <literal>core - systemd:test-namespace</literal>,
+       <literal>test - systemd:test-chase</literal>, and
+       <literal>tmpfiles - systemd:test-systemd-tmpfiles</literal>.
+      Some additional tests may fail because they depend on various 
+      kernel configuration options. The test named 
+       <literal>test - systemd:test-copy</literal> 
+      may time out due to I/O congestion with a large parallel job 
+      number, but will pass if running alone with
+        <command>meson test test-copy</command>.
+    </para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/tar.xml b/chapter08/tar.xml
index 1d51203ba..4a1e36f01 100644
--- a/chapter08/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter08/tar.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Tar</title>
 
+    <para>First fix the package to build with acl-2.4.0:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../tar-1.35-acl_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1  \
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index f2573c545..64824a582 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@
      *-knl-*     Package info for Kernel stuff
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY acl-version "2.3.2">
-<!ENTITY acl-size "363 KB">
+<!ENTITY acl-version "2.4.0">
+<!ENTITY acl-size "376 KB">
 <!ENTITY acl-url "&savannah;/releases/acl/acl-&acl-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY acl-md5 "590765dee95907dbc3c856f7255bd669">
+<!ENTITY acl-md5 "e289f370161698a96f50b2a3fdadf411">
 <!ENTITY acl-home "&savannah-nongnu;/projects/acl">
 <!ENTITY acl-fin-du "6.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY acl-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY attr-version "2.5.2">
-<!ENTITY attr-size "484 KB">
+<!ENTITY attr-version "2.6.0">
+<!ENTITY attr-size "495 KB">
 <!ENTITY attr-url "&savannah;/releases/attr/attr-&attr-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY attr-md5 "227043ec2f6ca03c0948df5517f9c927">
+<!ENTITY attr-md5 "910a09c3ae0a211569d180586371cf7e">
 <!ENTITY attr-home "&savannah-nongnu;/projects/attr">
 <!ENTITY attr-fin-du "4.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY attr-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@
 <!ENTITY elfutils-fin-du "41 MB">
 <!ENTITY elfutils-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY expat-version "2.8.1">
-<!ENTITY expat-dl-version "2_8_1">
+<!ENTITY expat-version "2.8.2">
+<!ENTITY expat-dl-version "2_8_2">
 <!ENTITY expat-size "504 KB">
 <!ENTITY expat-url "&github;/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_&expat-dl-version;/expat-&expat-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY expat-md5 "ee5ce823fae282d5d9dadc3b4831a883">
+<!ENTITY expat-md5 "849c7049b4ea160fdcc60b109ee654da">
 <!ENTITY expat-home "https://libexpat.github.io/">
 <!ENTITY expat-fin-du "14 MB">
 <!ENTITY expat-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-du "21 MB">
 <!ENTITY gzip-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20260529">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-version "20260617">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-size "596 KB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-url "https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/&iana-etc-version;/iana-etc-&iana-etc-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "18ac80f525eb0222c03d2b8d3f38e9a0">
+<!ENTITY iana-etc-md5 "ab6eb1647e80b3d4c89e50ab993cf8bc">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-home "https://www.iana.org/protocols">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-du "4.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY iana-etc-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@
 <!ENTITY intltool-fin-du "1.5 MB">
 <!ENTITY intltool-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY iproute2-version "7.0.0">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-size "940 KB">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-version "7.1.0">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-size "943 KB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-url "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-&iproute2-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "20154826ff692100e09533879831b5c6">
+<!ENTITY iproute2-md5 "4f322144fb9a0877c5f9ef71b2f11180">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-home "&kernel;linux/utils/net/iproute2/">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-fin-du "17 MB">
 <!ENTITY iproute2-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@
 <!ENTITY libcap-fin-du "3.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY libcap-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY libffi-version "3.5.2">
-<!ENTITY libffi-size "1,390 KB">
+<!ENTITY libffi-version "3.6.0">
+<!ENTITY libffi-size "1,441 KB">
 <!ENTITY libffi-url "https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/download/v&libffi-version;/libffi-&libffi-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY libffi-md5 "92af9efad4ba398995abf44835c5d9e9">
+<!ENTITY libffi-md5 "380c44141b89b6c82ea0943c026d35c9">
 <!ENTITY libffi-home "https://sourceware.org/libffi/">
 <!ENTITY libffi-fin-du "10 MB">
 <!ENTITY libffi-fin-sbu "1.7 SBU">
@@ -423,14 +423,14 @@
 <!ENTITY libxcrypt-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "7">
-<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "0">
+<!ENTITY linux-minor-version "1">
 <!ENTITY linux-majmin-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "12">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "2">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
-<!ENTITY linux-size "153,556 KB">
+<!ENTITY linux-size "154,613 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "0e510b924210c2f4a8429dce4ee7bb4c">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "cb5642ab41dcc2d93d32b3989637b320">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "https://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 6.10.1 / gcc-14.1.0 on x86_64 with -j4 : 
  minimum is allnoconfig 
@@ -664,19 +664,19 @@
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-du "115 MB">
 <!ENTITY shadow-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY sqlite-version "3530200">
-<!ENTITY sqlite-short-version "3.53.2">
+<!ENTITY sqlite-version "3530300">
+<!ENTITY sqlite-short-version "3.53.3">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-year "2026">
-<!ENTITY sqlite-size "3,204 KB">
+<!ENTITY sqlite-size "3,206 KB">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-url "https://sqlite.org/&sqlite-year;/sqlite-autoconf-&sqlite-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY sqlite-md5 "a86a69e9c35dcf886e2ab4ccc6062ac2">
+<!ENTITY sqlite-md5 "6629d5b2597aeb2233ba50dbcca9cc1a">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-home "https://sqlite.org">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-fin-du "124 MB">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-fin-sbu "0.4 SBU">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-doc-version "&sqlite-version;">
-<!ENTITY sqlite-doc-size "6,175 KB">
+<!ENTITY sqlite-doc-size "6,076 KB">
 <!ENTITY sqlite-doc-url  "&anduin-sources;/sqlite-doc-&sqlite-doc-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY sqlite-doc-md5  "44a7cb532169ed7cf3b6e5ffe19c7806">
+<!ENTITY sqlite-doc-md5  "b24922dba38ab10cbf1c805c00539f27">
 
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-version "2.7.2">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-size "474 KB">
@@ -686,21 +686,21 @@
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fin-du "3.9 MB">
 <!ENTITY sysklogd-fin-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY systemd-version  "260.2">
+<!ENTITY systemd-version  "261.1">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-stable   "6b4878d">-->
 <!-- The above entity is used whenever we move to a stable backport branch. 
      In the event of a critical problem or kernel change that is incompatible, 
      we will switch to the backport branch until the next stable release. -->
-<!ENTITY systemd-size     "17,250 KB">
+<!ENTITY systemd-size     "17,975 KB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-url      "&github;/systemd/systemd/archive/v&systemd-version;/systemd-&systemd-version;.tar.gz">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-url      "&anduin-sources;/systemd-&systemd-version;-&systemd-stable;.tar.xz">-->
-<!ENTITY systemd-md5      "9f066cdb9c32177830add1e21d13c4f6">
+<!ENTITY systemd-md5      "e8c18dba4d0b12dfbffa1ec2a75ae83b">
 <!ENTITY systemd-home     "https://systemd.io">
-<!ENTITY systemd-man-version "260.2">
-<!ENTITY systemd-man-size "778 KB">
+<!ENTITY systemd-man-version "261.1">
+<!ENTITY systemd-man-size "802 KB">
 <!--<!ENTITY systemd-man-url  "&anduin-sources;/systemd-man-pages-&systemd-version;-&systemd-stable;.tar.xz">-->
 <!ENTITY systemd-man-url  "&anduin-sources;/systemd-man-pages-&systemd-man-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY systemd-man-md5  "baf51361bbadd88e7148ffd270bdfa22">
+<!ENTITY systemd-man-md5  "28f09e8ea44375bf6d598f9ca33b0d40">
 <!ENTITY systemd-fin-du   "349 MB">
 <!ENTITY systemd-fin-sbu  "1.1 SBU">
 
@@ -759,19 +759,19 @@
 <!ENTITY udev-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
 <!ENTITY util-linux-minor "2.42">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.42.1"> <!-- 2.41.x -->
-<!ENTITY util-linux-size "10,391 KB">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.42.2"> <!-- 2.41.x -->
+<!ENTITY util-linux-size "10,409 KB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-url "&kernel;linux/utils/util-linux/v&util-linux-minor;/util-linux-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY util-linux-md5 "575bf65577d9bd0e65aeb073e8f61343">
+<!ENTITY util-linux-md5 "1d70131b70abda3dec3b37e282a20c96">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-home "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-tmp-du "192 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-tmp-sbu "0.2 SBU">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-du "346 MB">
 <!ENTITY util-linux-fin-sbu "0.5 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY vim-version "9.2.0640">
+<!ENTITY vim-version "9.2.0752">
 <!ENTITY vim-docdir "vim/vim92">
-<!ENTITY vim-size "19,683 KB">
+<!ENTITY vim-size "19,446 KB">
 <!ENTITY vim-url "https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v&vim-version;/vim-&vim-version;.tar.gz">
 <!-- N.B. LFS 9.0 uses
      https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v8.1.1846/vim-8.1.1846.tar.gz
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
      release.  The "Next" button just sets "after=" in the URL.  For
      example, https://github.com/vim/vim/tags?after=v8.1.1847 will show
      us v8.1.1846. -->
-<!ENTITY vim-md5 "6a5ddc247f0e17b66a0172f06924b719">
+<!ENTITY vim-md5 "22dc79645c939b02cd9b74b4cb8142bb">
 <!ENTITY vim-home "https://www.vim.org">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-du "217 MB">
 <!ENTITY vim-fin-sbu "3.2 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 6c1c391a6..210ef8387 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
 <!ENTITY perl-upstream-fix-patch-size "13 KB">
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY python-openssl4-fixes-patch "Python-&python-version;-openssl_4-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY python-openssl4-fixes-patch-md5 "597d7737df1b4ea4e184c193da523050">
-<!ENTITY python-openssl4-fixes-patch-size "38 KB">
+<!ENTITY python-consolidated-fixes-patch "Python-&python-version;-consolidated_fixes-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY python-consolidated-fixes-patch-md5 "263746d5e08aa2c9f2d9d7060435dec4">
+<!ENTITY python-consolidated-fixes-patch-size "37 KB">
 
 <!--
 <!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch "readline-&readline-version;-upstream_fixes-3.patch">
@@ -54,8 +54,14 @@
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch "sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;-consolidated-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "3af8fd8e13cad481eeeaa48be4247445">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size "2.5 KB">
+
 <!--
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch "systemd-&systemd-version;-buildfix-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch-md5 "f08b5f6d1337ac9b0ed06ff9fa4226af">
 <!ENTITY systemd-upstream-patch-size "4.2 KB">
 -->
+
+<!ENTITY tar-aclfix-patch "tar-&tar-version;-acl_fix-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY tar-aclfix-patch-md5 "dbab49e317105539611866dac5dd54f6">
+<!ENTITY tar-aclfix-patch-size "4.3 KB">
+