Changeset f991b54

Timestamp:

01/02/2003 09:03:15 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

b7cea6e

Parents:

ada6eeb

Message:

updated patch explanation

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2267 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/glibc-inst.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/glibc-inst.xml

@@ -37 +37 @@
 file</userinput>).</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>Lastly, the patch also fixes a problem that causes
-statically linked binaries to crash that were linked against Glibc-2.2
-libraries. This patch is only needed temporarily because we have static
-programs in <filename class="directory">/static/bin</filename> that might
-be linked against an older Glibc version (the one from the host
-distribution). We will install Glibc again at the end of this chapter to
-remove this patch so you'll have a pristine Glibc as the developers
-intended it.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>It fixes a problem that causes statically linked binaries
+to crash that were linked against Glibc-2.2 libraries. Even though static
+binaries have all the necessary parts of Glibc built-in, they still rely
+on one external library: Glibc's NSS libraries. These libraries, among
+other things, tell programs where the system's password database is
+(/etc/password, or NIS, or whatever other scheme has been
+configured).</para>
+
+<para>Glibc has undergone some changes since version
+2.2.x and the new NSS code is incompatible with the old one. So when Glibc
+is installed, it will install its new NSS libraries and static programs
+will load these new NSS libraries and start to abort with
+<emphasis>segmentation faults</emphasis>. This patch undoes a few of the
+changes to overcome the problem.</para>
+
+<para>We will install Glibc again at the end of this chapter to remove this
+patch so you'll have a pristine Glibc as the developers intended
+it.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>