Changeset 31b2ae6 for chapter02

Timestamp:

01/16/2004 10:15:49 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Greg Schafer <greg@…>

Branches:

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Children:

b05a831

Parents:

0b43834

Message:

First stage towards Bug 719. Making the Chapter 5 test suites
strictly optional.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3170 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml

@@ -17 +17 @@
 hardware.</para>
 
+<para>Experience has shown us that there is little to be gained from running
+the test suites in Chapter 5. There can be no escaping the fact that the host
+system always exerts influence on the Chapter 5 tests, often causing weird and
+inexplicable failures. Not only that, the tools built in Chapter 5 are
+temporary and eventually discarded. For the average reader of this book we
+recommend not to run the Chapter 5 test suites. The instructions for running
+the Chapter 5 test suites are still provided for the benefit of testers and
+developers but they are strictly optional for everyone else.</para>
+
 <para>As you progress through the book and encounter the build commands to
 run the various test suites, we'll guide you on the relative importance of