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<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>By default <filename>/usr/bin/make</filename> is installed setgid
+<para>By default, <filename>/usr/bin/make</filename> is installed setgid
kmem. This is needed on some systems so it can check the load average by
using <filename>/dev/kmem</filename>. However, on Linux systems, setgid
kmem is not needed, so we remove this from our <filename>make</filename>
-binary. This also fixes problems with the <filename>make</filename>
+binary. This also fixes problems with <filename>make</filename>
ignoring certain variables like <emphasis>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</emphasis>.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>chgrp root /usr/bin/make &amp;&amp;