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diff --git a/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn b/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn
index bfda0f74..43b8314f 100644
--- a/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/glibc_madvise_vs_static_linking.mdwn
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
[[!tag open_issue_glibc]]
+[[!sourceware_bug 4822]].
+
$ echo 'int main() {}' | gcc -o /dev/null -static -x c -
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-gnu/4.4.5/../../../libcrt.a(malloc.o): In function `_int_free':
(.text+0xdc3): warning: warning: madvise is not implemented and will always fail
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ case of MADV_DONTNEED), but may influence its performance. The kernel is free
to ignore the advice.* (`man madvise`), so we may simply want to turn it into a
no-op in glibc, avoiding the link-time warning.
-2011-07: This is what Samuel has done for Debian glibc.
+2011-07: This is what Samuel has [done for Debian
+glibc](http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-glibc/glibc-package/trunk/debian/patches/hurd-i386/local-madvise_warn.diff).
GCC c5db973fdab3db3e13db575e5650c0bcfd3630f4 (2011-10-17) makes use of this.
As we now export the symbol (and `MADV_DONTNEED`, too), GCC will no longer