Fix security issue in Chapter 8 glibc.

Add a sed to glibc in Chapter 8 to fix a critical security issue.
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<para>[bdubbs] - Add a sed to glibc in Chapter 8 to fix a
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Glibc</title>
<para>First, fix a security problem identified upstream:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/NOTIFY_REMOVED)/s/)/ \&amp;\&amp; data.attr != NULL)/' \
-i sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.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