[lfs] branch trunk updated: glibc: reword for the patch update

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     new d235207a6 glibc: reword for the patch update
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commit d235207a6dfaa102509f8147963167cb91bde505
Author: Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue May 19 10:35:47 2026 +0800

    glibc: reword for the patch update
    
    Remove a sed conflicting with the patch (it's actually doing the same
    thing as a part of the patch).
---
 chapter05/glibc.xml |  6 +++++-
 chapter08/glibc.xml | 10 +++-------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index 9c61ac31d..a13e6d423 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-fhs-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Now fix glibc to build against Linux 7.</para>
+    <para>Now fix glibc to build against Linux 7:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>The patch applied above also contains fixes of some security
+    vulnerabilities.  The fix is not needed but also harmless for a temporary
+    glibc installation.</para>
+
     <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc
     in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index fc6ff3b58..b910d3d4b 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
 
-    <para>First, apply a fix to DNS processing from upstream:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/while..ancount/c\  for (; ancount > 0; --ancount)'  \
-    -e '/binary_hnok..expected/s/expected_name/name_buffer/' \
-    -i resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS compliant
     <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store
     their runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs
@@ -56,7 +50,9 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-fhs-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Now add some fixes to address building and testing with Linux 7:</para>
+    <para>Now add some fixes to address building and testing with Linux 7,
+    and fix 5 security vulnerabilities found after the glibc-2.43
+    release:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
 

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