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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.