From 1b62790af7915536db6f92ccbf7b111e88360124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Schafer Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:44:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add clarifying notes for Chapter 5 test suites of Tcl, Expect and Gettext. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2973 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter01/conventions.xml | 2 +- chapter05/expect-inst.xml | 7 +++++-- chapter05/gettext-inst.xml | 9 +++++---- chapter05/tcl-inst.xml | 9 ++++++--- 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter01/conventions.xml b/chapter01/conventions.xml index fc9a4054a..7f56ad5f0 100644 --- a/chapter01/conventions.xml +++ b/chapter01/conventions.xml @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bin:x:1:
This type of section is used mainly when creating -configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create +configuration files. The first command tells the system to create the file $LFS/etc/group from whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence EOF is encountered. Therefore, this whole section is generally typed as seen.
diff --git a/chapter05/expect-inst.xml b/chapter05/expect-inst.xml index 6c861558b..2f6387ef9 100644 --- a/chapter05/expect-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/expect-inst.xml @@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ libraries, both of which may possibly reside on the host system.make This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of -checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the -following command will do so: +checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Expect test suite here in +Chapter 5 is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that +are not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not +surprising, but are not considered critical. Should you choose to run the test +suite, the following command will do so: make test diff --git a/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml b/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml index 75919481b..0d6c1f9da 100644 --- a/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml @@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Gettext test suite here in -Chapter 5 is known to cause problems if for instance it finds a Java compiler -on the host. It also takes a very long time to run and is considered not -critical to the success of the overall build. We therefore recommend not to run -it here. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so: +Chapter 5 is known to experience failures under certain host conditions -- for +example, if it finds a Java compiler on the host. The Gettext test suite takes +a very long time to run and is not considered critical. Therefore, we don't +recommend running it here. Should you choose to run it, the following command +will do so: make check diff --git a/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml b/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml index 5d93829ee..b20a2c173 100644 --- a/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml @@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ to know that our most important tools are working properly. make -This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of -checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the -following command will do so: +This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of +checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Tcl test suite here in +Chapter 5 is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that +are not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not +surprising, but are not considered critical. Should you choose to run the test +suite, the following command will do so: TZ=UTC make test