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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 |