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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 737a44d462..e0433d459b 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ patches, although we try to avoid this. Specific advice for GNU/Linux systems ===================================== -If you are installing the GNU C Library on a GNU/Linux system, you need +If you are installing the GNU C Library on GNU/Linux systems, you need to have the header files from a 2.6.19.1 or newer kernel around for reference. These headers must be installed using `make headers_install'; the headers present in the kernel source directory @@ -370,11 +370,12 @@ required if not compiling programs using those interfaces. You do not need to copy kernel headers if you did not specify an alternate kernel header source using `--with-headers'. - GNU/Linux expects some components of the GNU C Library installation -to be in `/lib' and some in `/usr/lib'. This is handled automatically -if you configure the GNU C Library with `--prefix=/usr'. If you set -some other prefix or allow it to default to `/usr/local', then all the -components are installed there. + The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard for GNU/Linux systems expects some +components of the GNU C Library installation to be in `/lib' and some +in `/usr/lib'. This is handled automatically if you configure the GNU +C Library with `--prefix=/usr'. If you set some other prefix or allow +it to default to `/usr/local', then all the components are installed +there. You cannot use `nscd' with 2.0 kernels, due to bugs in the kernel-side thread support. `nscd' happens to hit these bugs |