gronod/lfs
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://git.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs.git synced 2025-06-18 19:29:21 +01:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Making the test suites in chapter 5 more clearly optional.

Browse Source 
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3248 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
This commit is contained in:
Alex Gronenwoud 2004-02-11 22:02:10 +00:00
parent 5cd6caad33
commit c91dd5bfd0
17 changed files with 83 additions and 137 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

2
appendixa/expect-shortdesc.xml
View File

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<para><emphasis>Installed program</emphasis>: expect</para>
<para><emphasis>Installed library</emphasis>: libexpect5.39.a</para>
<para><emphasis>Installed library</emphasis>: libexpect&expect-version;.a</para>
</sect2>

51
chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml
View File

@ -5,37 +5,36 @@
<para>Most packages provide a test suite. Running the test suite for a newly
built package is generally a good idea, as it can provide a nice sanity check
that everything compiled correctly. A test suite that passes its set of checks
usually proves that the package is functioning mostly as the developer
intended. It does not, however, guarantee that the package is totally bug
free.</para>
usually proves that the package is functioning as the developer intended. It
does not, however, guarantee that the package is totally bug free.</para>
<para>Some test suites are more important than others. For example, the test
suites for the core toolchain packages -- GCC, Binutils, and Glibc (the C
library) -- are of the utmost importance due to their central role in a
properly functioning system. But be warned, the test suites for GCC and Glibc
can take a very long time to complete, especially on slower hardware.</para>
suites for the core toolchain packages -- GCC, Binutils, and Glibc -- are of
the utmost importance due to their central role in a properly functioning
system. But be warned, the test suites for GCC and Glibc can take a very long
time to complete, especially on slower hardware.</para>
<para>Experience has shown us that there is little to be gained from running
the test suites in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>. There can be no escaping the
fact that the host system always exerts influence on the tests in that chapter,
often causing weird and inexplicable failures. Not only that, the tools built
in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> are temporary and eventually discarded. For the
average reader of this book we recommend <emphasis>not</emphasis> to run the
test suites in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>. The instructions for running those
test suites are still provided for the benefit of testers and developers, but
they are strictly optional for everyone else.</para>
<note><para>Experience has shown us that there is little to be gained from running
the test suites in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>. There can be no
escaping the fact that the host system always exerts some influence on the
tests in that chapter, often causing weird and inexplicable failures. Not only
that, the tools built in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> are
temporary and eventually discarded. For the average reader of this book we
recommend <emphasis>not</emphasis> to run the test suites in <xref
linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>. The instructions for running those test
suites are still provided for the benefit of testers and developers, but they
are strictly optional for everyone else.</para></note>
<para>As you progress through the book and encounter the commands to run the
various test suites, we'll guide you on the relative importance of the test
suite in question, so that you can decide for yourself whether to run that one
or not.</para>
<note><para>A common problem when running the test suites for Binutils and GCC
is running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs for short). The symptom is an
unusually high number of failing tests. This can happen for a number of
reasons. Most likely is that the host system doesn't have the
<para>A common problem when running the test suites for Binutils and GCC is
running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs for short). The symptom is a very high
number of failing tests. This can happen for several reasons, but the most
likely cause is that the host system doesn't have the
<emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file system set up correctly. We'll discuss this in
more detail later on in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>.</para></note>
more detail later on in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>.</para>
<para>Sometimes package test suites will give false failures. You can
consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to verify that these
failures are normal. This applies to all tests throughout the book.</para>
</sect1>

2
chapter04/chapter04.xml
View File

@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ M4 (&m4-version;) - &m4-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnum4/"/>
Make (&make-version;) - &make-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnumake"/>
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnumake/"/>
Make_devices (&makedev-version;) - &makedev-size;:
<ulink url="&lfs-root;~alex/make_devices-&makedev-version;.bz2"/>

7
chapter05/bash.xml
View File

@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ patch:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Bash test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make tests</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make tests</userinput>.)</para>
<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

36
chapter05/coreutils.xml
View File

@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ And for the patch:
<title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
<para>Coreutils has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;.
Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities (head, tail, sort etc)
will reject their traditional syntax which has been in use for approximately 30
years. The old syntax is so pervasive that compatibility must be preserved until
the many places where it is used can be updated. More details are provided in
the comments inside the patch itself. Use of this patch is by no means
compulsory but opting not to use it means you'll have deal with the consequences
yourself, i.e. patch the many software packages that use the old syntax. Apply
the patch:</para>
Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities
(<command>head</command>, <command>tail</command>, <command>sort</command>,
and others) will reject their traditional syntax which has been in use for
approximately 30 years. This old syntax is so pervasive that compatibility
should be preserved until the many places where it is used can be updated.
More details on this are provided in the comments inside the patch itself. Use
of this patch is by no means compulsory, but not using it means you'll have to
deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that use the old
syntax. Therefore, better apply the patch:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-posixver-patch;</userinput></screen>
@ -37,20 +38,11 @@ the patch:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Coreutils
test suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></screen>
<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes</userinput>: This tells the
test suite to run several additional tests that are considered relatively
expensive on some platforms. However, they are generally not a problem on
Linux.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput>. The
<emphasis>RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes</emphasis> parameter tells the test suite to
run several additional tests that are considered relatively expensive on some
platforms but generally are not a problem on Linux.)</para>
<para>And install the package:</para>

15
chapter05/expect.xml
View File

@ -44,16 +44,13 @@ libraries, both of which may possibly reside on the host system.</para></listite
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Expect test
suite anyway, the following command will do so. However, you should be aware
that the Expect test suite is sometimes 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:</para>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make test</userinput>. However, the Expect test suite is known to
experience failures under certain host conditions that are not fully
understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising, and are not
considered critical.)</para>
<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
<para>And install:</para>
<para>And install it:</para>
<screen><userinput>make SCRIPTS="" install</userinput></screen>

7
chapter05/findutils.xml
View File

@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Findutils
test suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>And install the package:</para>

7
chapter05/gawk.xml
View File

@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Gawk test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>And install it:</para>

16
chapter05/gettext.xml
View File

@ -21,16 +21,12 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Gettext test
suite anyway, the following command will do so. However, you should be aware
that the Gettext test suite is known to experience failures under certain host
conditions -- for example, when it finds a Java compiler on the host (Note: an
experimental patch to disable Java is available from the patches project). Not
only that, the Gettext test suite takes an excessive amount of time to run and
is not considered critical:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue: <userinput>make
check</userinput>. This takes a very long time, around 6 SBUs. Moreover, the
Gettext test suite is known to experience failures under certain host
conditions -- for example when it finds a Java compiler on the host (but an
experimental patch to disable Java is available from the LFS Patches
project).)</para>
<para>And install the package:</para>

7
chapter05/grep.xml
View File

@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ use the code from Glibc, which is known to be slightly buggy.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Grep test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>Then install them and their documentation:</para>

2
chapter05/kernelheaders.xml
View File

@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ symlink:</para>
cp include/asm/* /tools/include/asm
cp -R include/asm-generic /tools/include</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the cross-platform kernel header files:</para>
<para>And finally install the cross-platform kernel header files:</para>
<screen><userinput>cp -R include/linux /tools/include</userinput></screen>

7
chapter05/make.xml
View File

@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Make test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

7
chapter05/patch.xml
View File

@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Patch</title>
<para>Prepare Patch for compilation:</para>
<para>Prepare Patch for compilation (the preprocessor flag
<emphasis>-D_GNU_SOURCE</emphasis> is only needed on the PowerPC platform, on
other architectures you can leave it out):</para>
<screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
<para>The preprocessor flag <emphasis>-D_GNU_SOURCE</emphasis> is only needed
on the PowerPC platform. On other architectures you can leave it out.</para>
<para>Compile the program:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

7
chapter05/sed.xml
View File

@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Sed test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

7
chapter05/tar.xml
View File

@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Tar test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>Then install them and their documentation:</para>

33
chapter05/tcl.xml
View File

@ -32,28 +32,15 @@ chapter.</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Tcl test
suite anyway, the following command will do so. However, you should be aware
that the Tcl test suite is sometimes 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:</para>
<screen><userinput>TZ=UTC make test</userinput></screen>
<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>TZ=UTC</userinput>: This sets the time zone to
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but
only for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures the clock tests are
exercised correctly. More information on the TZ environment variable will be
given later on in <xref linkend="chapter-bootscripts"/>.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Sometimes package test suites will give false failures. You can
consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to verify that these
failures are normal. This applies to all tests throughout the book.</para>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>TZ=UTC make test</userinput>. However, the Tcl test suite is known
to experience failures under certain host conditions that are not fully
understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising, and are not
considered critical. The <emphasis>TZ=UTC</emphasis> parameter sets the time
zone to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) also known as Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT), but only for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures the clock
tests are exercised correctly. More information on the TZ environment variable
will be given later on in <xref linkend="chapter-bootscripts"/>.)</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
@ -69,7 +56,7 @@ will need its internal headers.</para></warning>
<!-- HACK - Force some whitespace to appease tidy -->
<literallayout></literallayout>
<para>Make a necessary symbolic link:</para>
<para>And make a necessary symbolic link:</para>
<screen><userinput>ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen>

7
chapter05/texinfo.xml
View File

@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the
temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Texinfo test
suite anyway, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.)</para>
<para>Then install them and their documentation:</para>