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@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ The following are the changes from calc version 2.14.1.2 to date:
     for example, a Big Engian file position size of 128 (assuming that
     128/BASEB is is an integer).
 
+    Temporary workaround for musl libc systems such as gentoo Linux that
+    allows them to compile calc and successfully run the regression test.
+
 
 The following are the changes from calc version 2.14.1.1 to 2.14.1.1: