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@@ -458,10 +458,13 @@ are listed below:
@item mingw-runtime 3.15
@end itemize
+You will also need to pass @code{-fno-common} to the compiler to work around
+a GCC bug (see @url{http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37216}).
+
Within the MSYS shell, configure and make with:
@example
-./configure --enable-memalign-hack
+./configure --enable-memalign-hack --extra-cflags=-fno-common
make
make install
@end example