Comment 67 for bug 124987

(In reply to comment #5)
> Martin, Ulrich: Due to unexpected side effects of the patch, we ask you to
> revert it. Software, which caused the initial visible error, was replaced in
> system, but other do suffer from the patch.

Dmitry, the controversial change you are talking about was proposed two years ago, and it was finally applied in 2011, thus making this particular bug report closed.

If you suggest to revert the change, please file a separate bug report with all necessary references supporting your proposal.

Personally, I concur the change was erroneous, and I certainly reverted it in the glibc package I maintain as soon as I saw its ugly results. But the original bug report should remain in the "fixed" state nevertheless.