Changeset 23f4367 for chapter08

Timestamp:

02/27/2024 12:54:42 PM (7 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.1, 12.2, 12.2-rc1, multilib, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/loongarch-12.2, xry111/mips64el, xry111/multilib

Children:

328eb6f, cf6fe33, ec36fac

Parents:

283f7119

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (02/27/2024 12:53:38 PM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (02/27/2024 12:54:42 PM)

Message:

procps: Add "-k" for make check and document two additional failures

File:

• chapter08/procps.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/procps.xml

@@ -73 +73 @@
     <para> To run the test suite, run:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>One test named
     <literal>ps with output flag bsdtime,cputime,etime,etimes</literal>
     is known to fail if the host kernel is not built with
-    <literal>CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT</literal> enabled.</para>
+    <literal>CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT</literal> enabled.
+    <!-- These two tests just do not work as root but they seem to pass
+         in most time due to some internal hazards of Tcl/Expect/DejaGNU
+         framework.  However the failures have been really observed.
+         TODO: run the test suite as tester after the freeze ends.  -->
+    Two tests named
+    <literal>pmap X with unreachable process</literal> and
+    <literal>pmap XX with unreachable process</literal> are known to
+    fail occasionally.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>