Improve the explanation of the Expect/PTY test in Binutils' instructions. Fixes #2365.

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<para>2009-03-12</para>
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<para>[matthew] - Reword the explanation of the Expect tests in Binutils'
instructions to clarify what the expected test output is. Thanks to Chris
Staub for the report and patch. Fixes
<ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2365">#2365</ulink>.</para>
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<para>[matthew] - Reorder the contents of chapter 7 to flow better. Thanks to
Chris Staub for the report and suggested order. Fixes

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<title>Installation of Binutils</title>
<para>Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot
environment. Check that everything is set up correctly by performing a
simple test:</para>
environment by performing a simple test:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
<para>If the following message shows up, the chroot environment is not
set up for proper PTY operation:</para>
<para>This command should output the following:</para>
<screen><computeroutput>spawn ls</computeroutput></screen>
<para>If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the environment
is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved before
running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:</para>
<screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
<para>This issue needs to be resolved before running the test suites
for Binutils and GCC.</para>
<para>Suppress the installation of an outdated
<filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later
on in the Autoconf instructions:</para>