From e27f51ef8921a7dac83cf65ea3800d237ad7d2f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gnucode <gnucode@web>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:43:58 +0100
Subject: I mentioned that one should not run # make install from upstream
 glibc.

---
 hurd/glibc.mdwn | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hurd/glibc.mdwn b/hurd/glibc.mdwn
index 736cc099..12d84e42 100644
--- a/hurd/glibc.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/glibc.mdwn
@@ -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.
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