Changes in chapter08/autoconf.xml [7152faa:3864d23]

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chapter08/autoconf.xml

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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
@@ -42 +42 @@
     <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
 
+    <para>First, fix several problems with the tests caused by bash-5.2 and later:</para>
+
+    <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e 's/SECONDS|/&amp;SHLVL|/'               \
+    -e '/BASH_ARGV=/a\        /^SHLVL=/ d' \
+    -i.orig tests/local.at</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
 
@@ -56 +62 @@
  -->
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+<!--
+    <para>This takes a long time, about &autoconf-fin-sbu-tests; SBUs. In addition,
+    several tests are skipped that use Automake. For full test coverage,
+    Autoconf can be re-tested after Automake has been installed.  In addition,
+    two tests fail due to changes in libtool-2.4.3 and later.</para>
+-->
+    <note><para>The test time for autoconf can be reduced significantly on a
+    system with multiple cores.  To do this, append
+    <command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j&lt;N&gt;</command> to the line above.  For
+    instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
+    percent.</para></note>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>