diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
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--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-$Id: history.txt,v 1.371 2005/12/27 08:20:55 jrandom Exp $
+$Id: history.txt,v 1.372 2005/12/29 08:07:22 jrandom Exp $
+
+2005-12-30  jrandom
+    * Replaced the bundled linux jcpuid (written in C++) with scintilla's
+      jcpuid (written in C), removing the libg++.so.5 dependency that has bit
+      some distros (e.g. mandriva)
 
 2005-12-29  jrandom
     * Minor fix to the new ERR-ClockSkew to deal with people whose clocks are
diff --git a/installer/lib/jbigi/README.txt b/installer/lib/jbigi/README.txt
index 5cf475cbe..5065b2bc9 100644
--- a/installer/lib/jbigi/README.txt
+++ b/installer/lib/jbigi/README.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ with GMP-4.1.4.
 
 On Nov 29, 2005, the libjbigi-osx-none.jnilib was added back to
 jbigi.jar after being mistakenly removed in the Sep 18 update (d'oh!)
+
+On Dec 30, 2005, the libjcpuid-x86-linux.so was updated to use the 
+(year old) C version of jcpuid, rather than the C++ version.  This removes
+the libg++.so.5 dependency that has been a problem for a few linux distros.
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