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authorgnucode <gnucode@web>2026-01-17 23:43:58 +0100
committerGNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org>2026-01-17 23:43:58 +0100
commite27f51ef8921a7dac83cf65ea3800d237ad7d2f8 (patch)
treedf2b15b5896f3bc3245db06c6f743ae84536d45b
parent3c15694251008a88dd72258c2134f80eafa32a28 (diff)
I mentioned that one should not run # make install from upstream glibc.
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@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ One can run tests with the new libc by hand:
One can build by hand some target with e.g.:
$ make $PWD/htl/libpthread.so -C ../htl subdir=htl objdir=$PWD ..=../
+
+# glibc gotcha
+
+Please note, that if you `git clone` glibc from upstream, and run
+
+ $ make
+ # make install
+
+**You will crash your hurd install**. Don't run `# make install` from upstream glibc.