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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index df3261170d..936d41b68a 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -566,10 +566,11 @@ prefix to something like /usr/local/glibc2 which is not used for anything.) The dangers when installing glibc in /usr are twofold: * glibc will overwrite the headers in /usr/include. Other C libraries - install a different but overlapping set of headers there, so the - effect will probably be that you can't compile anything. You need to - rename /usr/include out of the way first. (Do not throw it away; you - will then lose the ability to compile programs against your old libc.) + install a different but overlapping set of headers there, so the effect + will probably be that you can't compile anything. You need to rename + /usr/include out of the way before running `make install'. (Do not throw + it away; you will then lose the ability to compile programs against your + old libc.) * None of your old libraries, static or shared, can be used with a different C library major version. For shared libraries this is not a |