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@@ -566,10 +566,11 @@ prefix to something like /usr/local/glibc2 which is not used for anything.)
The dangers when installing glibc in /usr are twofold:
* glibc will overwrite the headers in /usr/include. Other C libraries
- install a different but overlapping set of headers there, so the
- effect will probably be that you can't compile anything. You need to
- rename /usr/include out of the way first. (Do not throw it away; you
- will then lose the ability to compile programs against your old libc.)
+ install a different but overlapping set of headers there, so the effect
+ will probably be that you can't compile anything. You need to rename
+ /usr/include out of the way before running `make install'. (Do not throw
+ it away; you will then lose the ability to compile programs against your
+ old libc.)
* None of your old libraries, static or shared, can be used with a
different C library major version. For shared libraries this is not a