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as root, where @code{nnnn} is the pid of the shell whose priority
limit you wish to raise.
+Sun has released kernel patches for this race condition. Apply patch
+117171-11 for sparc, or patch 117172-11 for x86. Later revisions of
+the patches should also work. It is not necessary to run ``make
+check'' from a shell with elevated priority limits once the patch has
+been applied.
+
@node SGI Irix 5.X, Ultrix 4.2/3, Solaris 9, OS Incompatibilities
@subsection SGI Irix 5.X