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@@ -36,14 +36,24 @@ username to userid resolving isn't working yet, so a
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if you use the numeric IDs (such as <userinput>chown 0
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file</userinput>).</para></listitem>
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-<listitem><para>Lastly, the patch also fixes a problem that causes
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-statically linked binaries to crash that were linked against Glibc-2.2
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-libraries. This patch is only needed temporarily because we have static
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-programs in <filename class="directory">/static/bin</filename> that might
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-be linked against an older Glibc version (the one from the host
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-distribution). We will install Glibc again at the end of this chapter to
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-remove this patch so you'll have a pristine Glibc as the developers
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-intended it.</para></listitem>
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+<listitem><para>It fixes a problem that causes statically linked binaries
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+to crash that were linked against Glibc-2.2 libraries. Even though static
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+binaries have all the necessary parts of Glibc built-in, they still rely
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+on one external library: Glibc's NSS libraries. These libraries, among
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+other things, tell programs where the system's password database is
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+(/etc/password, or NIS, or whatever other scheme has been
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+configured).</para>
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+
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+<para>Glibc has undergone some changes since version
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+2.2.x and the new NSS code is incompatible with the old one. So when Glibc
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+is installed, it will install its new NSS libraries and static programs
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+will load these new NSS libraries and start to abort with
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+<emphasis>segmentation faults</emphasis>. This patch undoes a few of the
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+changes to overcome the problem.</para>
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+
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+<para>We will install Glibc again at the end of this chapter to remove this
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+patch so you'll have a pristine Glibc as the developers intended
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+it.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-&glibc-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
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Gerard Beekmans