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diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml index 23255dfa2..e6738437f 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml @@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Glibc</title> + <!-- This sed can be removed for any glibc newer than 2.10.1 (along with the + matching sed in chapter 6). See glibc bug 10262. --> + <para>Fix an error in the constants that get passed to the futex system + call in some cases, causing certain pthread_mutex operations to fail:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">cp nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/lowlevellock.S{,.orig} +sed -e 's/FUTEX_WAIT\( | FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME, reg\)/FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET\1/' \ + <nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/lowlevellock.S.orig \ + >nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/lowlevellock.S</userinput></screen> + <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> |