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+[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2002, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+
+[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable
+id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled
+[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+We are currently finishing the transition from a stdio-based GNU C
+Library (glibc) to a libio-based one.  This is the result of about
+five months of work we put into getting the system ready and, of
+course, the work that the glibc developers did to make glibc what it
+is.
+<P>
+This change will have various advantages, for example libio has been
+tested more extensively, as it is also used by most GNU/Linux systems
+for some time now.  However, it also means a change in the Application
+Binary Interface (ABI) of glibc, thus you will need to reinstall an
+existing Debian GNU/Hurd system.  Upgrading has not been tested at
+all, so better do not expect it to work.  Also note that you will need
+to get some of the Debian packages from <A
+HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-libio/">alpha.gnu.org</A>.
+Please read the recent mailing list archives for details.
+<P>
+<B>Important Note:</B> As another temporary complication, the current
+installation tarball is available at <A
+HREF="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-staging/">a different place</A>
+than usual.