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diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 5afb969b2..0b25d61cb 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the
Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal
of achieving a clean build.</para>
-
+<!--
<para>Now fix a build problem that affects i386 systems:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
<para>Finally, update some recent changes from the upstream repository:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-upstream-patch2;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
<para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc
in a dedicated build directory:</para>
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis>posix/tst-getaddrinfo4</emphasis> will always fail due
- to not having the necessary networking applications when the tests are
+ <para><emphasis>posix/tst-getaddrinfo4</emphasis> and
+ <emphasis>posix/tst-getaddrinfo5</emphasis> will always fail due
+ to not having the necessary networking applications when the tests are
run.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -129,16 +130,16 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<listitem>
<para>The math tests sometimes fail when running on
- systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or
- authentic AMD processor.</para>
+ systems where the CPU is not a relatively new Intel or
+ AMD processor.</para>
</listitem>
-
+<!--
<listitem>
<para>The <emphasis>elf/tst-protected1a</emphasis> and
<emphasis>elf/tst-protected1b</emphasis> tests are known to
fail with the current stable version of binutils.</para>
</listitem>
-<!--
+
<listitem>
<para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under
load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.