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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-02-04 03:52:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-02-04 03:52:17 +0000 |
| commit | 31435cae54451e90dd29c14bed3464f9a381e0b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fcfa17c2340662d58d918df037d1ce58b530071 | |
| parent | e5c5f0191d29e4867be7a29b5ebfe8f91863a7e2 (diff) | |
updated fileutils patch explanation
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2422 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/ed-inst.xml | 15 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml index 489415328..93768f8f8 100644 --- a/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml @@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ <sect2> <title>Installation of Fileutils</title> -<para>The programs from a statically linked Fileutils package may cause -segmentation faults on certain systems, if your distribution has -Glibc-2.2.3 installed. It seems to happen mostly on machines -powered by an AMD CPU, but there is a case or two where an Intel system -is affected as well. If your system falls in this category, apply the -patch.</para> +<para>There is a documented (see +<ulink url="http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-glibc/2001-May/003149.html"/>) +bug with the atexit() function in glibc-2.2.3 when it is compiled with +gcc-2.95.3. This bug only occurs on some systems (primarily AMD, but not +exclusively). This bug causes segmentation faults in fileutils-4.1 when it +is compiled statically. This patch causes on_exit() to be called instead of +atexit().</para> <para>Note that in some cases using this patch will result in not being able to compile this package at all, even when your system has an AMD CPU diff --git a/chapter06/ed-inst.xml b/chapter06/ed-inst.xml index fa2e62e03..64c4e10bd 100644 --- a/chapter06/ed-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/ed-inst.xml @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ days.</para></note> <para>Ed uses mktemp to create temporary files in <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>, but this function has a security -vulnerability (see section on Temporary Files in -<ulink url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-race.html"/>). -This patch makes Ed use mkstemp instead, which is the recommended way to -create temporary files.</para> +vulnerability (see section on Temporary Files in <ulink +url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-race.html"/>). This +patch makes Ed use mkstemp instead, which is the recommended way to create +temporary files.</para> <para>Apply the patch:</para> @@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ create temporary files.</para> <para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para> <para>We need to move the Ed binaries to the <filename -class="directory">/bin</filename> directory so they may be used in -the event that the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> -partition is unavailable.</para> +class="directory">/bin</filename> directory so they may be used in the event +that the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> partition is +unavailable.</para> <para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{ed,red} /bin</userinput></screen></para> </sect2> - |