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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
+<para>Util-Linux has a coding problem that causes mis-compilation of the sfdisk
+program. This patch fixes the problem:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../util-linux-&util-linux-version;-sfdisk-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>