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<para>Prepare Grep for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
+ --bindir=/bin \
+ --without-included-regex</userinput></screen>
+
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure switch:</title>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--without-included-regex</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The configure check for glibc's regex library is broken when
+ building against glibc-2.8. This switch forces the use of glibc's
+ regex library.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
<para>Compile the package:</para>