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<listitem><para>January 21st, 2004 [alex]: Chapters 2 and 6 - Making a few
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extra cross references.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>January 19th, 2004 [greg]: Upgraded to Glibc-2.3.3, Kbd-1.12,
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Perl-5.8.3 and Shadow-4.0.4.1.</para></listitem>
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(abbreviated to <emphasis>SBU</emphasis>).</para>
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<para>It works like this: the first package you compile in this book is the
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statically linked Binutils in Chapter 5, and the time it takes to compile this
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package is what we call the "Static Binutils Unit" or "SBU". All other compile
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times will be expressed relative to this time.</para>
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statically linked Binutils in<xref linkend="chapter05"/>, and the time it
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takes to compile this package is what we call the "Static Binutils Unit" or
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"SBU". All other compile times will be expressed relative to this time.</para>
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<para>For example, the time it takes to build the static version of GCC is
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&gcc-time-tools-pass1;s. This means that if on your system it took 10 minutes
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<?dbhtml filename="abouttestsuites.html" dir="chapter02"?>
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<para>Most packages provide a test suite. Running the test suite for a newly
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built package is generally a good idea as it can provide a nice sanity check
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that everything compiled correctly. A test suite that passes its set of
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checks usually proves that the package is functioning mostly as the developer
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built package is generally a good idea, as it can provide a nice sanity check
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that everything compiled correctly. A test suite that passes its set of checks
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usually proves that the package is functioning mostly as the developer
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intended. It does not, however, guarantee that the package is totally bug
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free.</para>
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suites for the core toolchain packages -- GCC, Binutils, and Glibc (the C
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library) -- are of the utmost importance due to their central role in a
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properly functioning system. But be warned, the test suites for GCC and Glibc
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can take a very long period of time to complete, especially on slower
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hardware.</para>
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can take a very long time to complete, especially on slower hardware.</para>
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<para>Experience has shown us that there is little to be gained from running
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the test suites in Chapter 5. There can be no escaping the fact that the host
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system always exerts influence on the Chapter 5 tests, often causing weird and
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inexplicable failures. Not only that, the tools built in Chapter 5 are
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temporary and eventually discarded. For the average reader of this book we
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recommend not to run the Chapter 5 test suites. The instructions for running
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the Chapter 5 test suites are still provided for the benefit of testers and
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developers but they are strictly optional for everyone else.</para>
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the test suites in <xref linkend="chapter05"/>. There can be no escaping the
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fact that the host system always exerts influence on the tests in that chapter,
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often causing weird and inexplicable failures. Not only that, the tools built
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in <xref linkend="chapter05"/> are temporary and eventually discarded. For the
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average reader of this book we recommend <emphasis>not</emphasis> to run the
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test suites in <xref linkend="chapter05"/>. The instructions for running those
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test suites are still provided for the benefit of testers and developers, but
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they are strictly optional for everyone else.</para>
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<para>As you progress through the book and encounter the build commands to
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run the various test suites, we'll guide you on the relative importance of
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the test suite in question so that you can decide for yourself whether to
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run it or not.</para>
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<para>As you progress through the book and encounter the commands to run the
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various test suites, we'll guide you on the relative importance of the test
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suite in question, so that you can decide for yourself whether to run that one
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or not.</para>
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<note><para>A common problem when running the test suites for Binutils and GCC
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is running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs for short). The symptom is an unusually
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high number of failing tests. This can happen for any number of reasons. Most
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likely is that the host system doesn't have the <emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file
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system set up correctly. We'll discuss this in more detail later on in Chapter
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5.</para></note>
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is running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs for short). The symptom is an
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unusually high number of failing tests. This can happen for a number of
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reasons. Most likely is that the host system doesn't have the
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<emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file system set up correctly. We'll discuss this in
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more detail later on in <xref linkend="chapter05"/>.</para></note>
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</sect1>
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freely by the user, as well-written packages don't depend on GID numbers but
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use the group's name.</para>
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<para>Lastly, we re-login to the chroot environment. User name and group name
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resolution will start working immediately after the
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<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files are
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created, because we installed a full Glibc in Chapter 5. This will get rid of
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the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt.</para>
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<para>To get rid of the "I have no name!" prompt, we will start a new shell.
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Since we installed a full Glibc in <xref linkend="chapter05"/>, and have just
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created the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
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<filename>/etc/group</filename> files, user name and group name resolution
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will now work.</para>
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<screen><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>make -C ld INSTALL=/tools/bin/install install</userinput></screen>
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<note><para>If you somehow missed the earlier warning to retain the Binutils
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source and build directories from the second pass in Chapter 5 or otherwise
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accidentally deleted them or just don't have access to them, don't worry, all is
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not lost. Just ignore the above command. The result will be that the next
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package, Binutils, will link against the Glibc libraries in
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<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> rather than
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<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. This is not ideal, however, our
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testing has shown that the resulting Binutils program binaries should be
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source and build directories from the second pass in
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<xref linkend="chapter05"/>, or otherwise accidentally deleted them or just
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don't have access to them, don't worry, all is not lost. Just ignore the above
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command. The result will be that the next package, Binutils, will link against
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the Glibc libraries in <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> rather
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than <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. This is not ideal, however,
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our testing has shown that the resulting Binutils program binaries should be
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identical.</para></note>
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<para>From now on every compiled program will link <emphasis>only</emphasis>
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<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/general/gcc.html"/>.</para>
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<note><para>Be careful <emphasis role="strong">not</emphasis> to apply the GCC
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Specs patch from Chapter 5 here.</para></note>
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Specs patch from <xref linkend="chapter05"/> here.</para></note>
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<para>First apply the No-Fixincludes patch that we also used in the previous
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chapter:</para>
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we performed earlier in this chapter. Refer back to
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<xref linkend="ch06-adjustingtoolchain"/> and repeat the check. If the results
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are wrong, then most likely you erroneously applied the GCC Specs patch from
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Chapter 5.</para></note>
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<xref linkend="chapter05"/>.</para></note>
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</sect2>
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program. Please refer to its man and info pages if you need more
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information.</para>
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<para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in
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the "Mounting the proc and devpts file systems" section, now is the time to
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try the alternatives. If your kernel supports the devfs file system, run the
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following command to mount devfs:</para>
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<para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier
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in <xref linkend="ch06-proc"/>, now is the time to try the alternatives. If
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your kernel supports the devfs file system, run the following command to mount
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devfs:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mount -t devfs devfs /dev</userinput></screen>
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<userinput>cat /proc/filesystems</userinput>. If a file system type named
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<emphasis>devfs</emphasis> is listed there, then we'll be able to work around
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the problem by mounting the host's devfs file system on top of the new
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<filename>/dev</filename> structure which we'll create later on in the
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"Creating devices (Makedev)" section. If devfs was not listed, do not worry
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<filename>/dev</filename> structure which we'll create later on in the section
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on <xref linkend="ch06-MAKEDEV"/>. If devfs was not listed, do not worry
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because there is yet a third way to get PTYs working inside the chroot
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environment. We'll cover this shortly in the aforementioned Makedev
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section.</para>
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environment. We'll cover this shortly in the aforementioned
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<xref linkend="ch06-MAKEDEV"/> section.</para>
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<para>Remember, if for any reason you stop working on your LFS, and start again
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later, it's important to check that these filesystems are still mounted inside
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This chapter will set up the bootscripts that you installed in chapter
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6. Most of these scripts will work without needing to modify them, but a
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few do require additional configuration files set up as they deal with
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hardware dependent information.</para>
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<para>This chapter will set up the bootscripts you installed in the previous
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chapter. Most of these scripts will work without needing to modify them, but a
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few do require additional configuration files, as they deal with hardware
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dependent information.</para>
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</sect1>
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