From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 04:32:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Refine note about strftime test failure (it's fixed in Linux glibc 6).
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Refine note about strftime test failure (it's fixed in Linux glibc 6).
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 45a05c4f5d..222f551566 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@ produces some output.  You can generally ignore the messages about
 skipped tests due to an optional feature that can't be imported (if
 you want to test those modules, edit Modules/Setup to configure them).
 If a messages is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core
-dump is produced, something's wrong.  On some systems, test_strftime
-fails due to a non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C
-library.  This can be ignored (or you can complain to your vendor).
+dump is produced, something's wrong.  On some Linux systems (those
+that are not yet using glibc 6), test_strftime fails due to a
+non-standard-compliant implementation of strftime() in the C library.
+Please ignore this, or upgrade to glibc version 6.
 
 IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report,
 *don't* include the output of "make test".  It is useless.  Run the