diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
index 3f5698438..c81ec9b1c 100644
--- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
ln -sv /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
+ Create a basic /etc/hosts file to be
+ referenced in some test suites, and in one of Perl's configuration files
+ as well:
+
+echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts
+
In order for user root to be
able to login and for the name root
to be recognized, there
must be relevant entries in the /etc/passwd and
diff --git a/chapter08/chapter08.xml b/chapter08/chapter08.xml
index cbdb39963..2e2bc799e 100644
--- a/chapter08/chapter08.xml
+++ b/chapter08/chapter08.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
+
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
-
diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
index f771c135d..6aaf633da 100644
--- a/chapter08/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml
@@ -124,10 +124,11 @@ su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"
Six tests related to get_time are known to fail. These are
apparently related to the en_HK locale.
+
A few unexpected failures cannot always be avoided. The GCC developers
are usually aware of these issues, but have not resolved them yet.
Unless the test results are vastly different from those at the above URL,
diff --git a/chapter08/perl.xml b/chapter08/perl.xml
index 1841b819e..fd5e07f06 100644
--- a/chapter08/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter08/perl.xml
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@
Installation of Perl
- First create a basic /etc/hosts file to be
- referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as the optional
- test suite:
-
-echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts
-
This version of Perl now builds the Compress::Raw::Zlib and
Compress::Raw::BZip2 modules. By
default Perl will use an internal copy of the sources for the build.
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index b0cb1e91f..c5845df39 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+