Changeset 5f8b7fe for chapter08/bash.xml

Timestamp:

02/02/2023 05:33:10 PM (16 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

f7b295d

Parents:

19f4e4d

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (02/02/2023 05:27:40 PM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (02/02/2023 05:33:10 PM)

Message:

bash: Add the explanation of test output, and document a known failure

File:

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

chapter08/bash.xml

@@ -88 +88 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>The test suite uses <command>diff</command> to detect the
+    difference between test script output and the expected output.  Any
+    output from <command>diff</command> (prefixed with
+    <computeroutput>&lt;</computeroutput> and
+    <computeroutput>&gt;</computeroutput>) indicates a test failure, unless
+    there is a message saying the difference can be ignored.
+    <!-- Some host distros set core file size hard limit < 1000, then the
+         test "ulimit -c -S 1000" attempts to set soft limit > hard limit
+         and fail.  -->
+    One test named <filename>run-builtins</filename> is known to fail on
+    some host distros with a difference on the first line of the
+    output.</para>
+
     <para>Install the package:</para>