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<para>The Findutils package is quite old and it has problems compiling
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against newer Glibc versions (Glibc-2.0.x and up). You need to apply the
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-patch which fixes the following issues:</para>
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+patch, which fixes the following issues:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Findutils declares a function called basename, but this
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@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ function name is already used by the C standard libraries. This patch
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changes the Findutils version of basename function so that it is called
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basename2 instead.</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>Findutils uses an incorrect way to use library files. It
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+<listitem><para>Findutils uses library files in an incorrect way. It
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declares library functions, to tell the compiler what the name of the
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function will be when the libraries are linked in. This syntax is invalid
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and causes compiler warnings/errors. This patch removes this improper
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syntax.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Every GNU package is supposed use a macro called _GNU_SOURCE.
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-This macro enables declarations of GNU library extension functions and so the
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+This macro enables declarations of GNU library extension functions so the
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compiler will be able to detect name conflicts between functions more easily.
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This patch adds this macro to the source code.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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