Changeset 8a5f906


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Timestamp:
02/07/2004 10:48:55 AM (20 years ago)
Author:
Alex Gronenwoud <alex@…>
Branches:
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Children:
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Parents:
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Message:

Making the chapter 6 tests more obviously optional.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3234 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:
chapter06
Files:
21 edited

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  • chapter06/autoconf.xml

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    2424<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2525
    26 <para>This package has a test suite available which performs a number of
    27 checks to ensure it will function correctly. It's worth noting that Autoconf
    28 does not play a critical role in the overall operation of an LFS system. In
    29 addition, the Autoconf test suite runs for quite a long period of time.
    30 Accordingly, the running of the test suite here is not crucial. Should you
    31 choose to run the Autoconf test suite, the following command will do
    32 so:</para>
    33 
    34 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     26<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     27<userinput>make check</userinput>.This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs,
     28and is strictly optional.</para>
    3529
    3630<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/automake.xml

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    2525<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2626
    27 <para>This package has a test suite available which performs a number of
    28 checks to ensure it will function correctly. It's worth noting that Automake
    29 does not play a critical role in the overall operation of an LFS system. In
    30 addition, the Automake test suite runs for quite a long period of time.
    31 Accordingly, the running of the test suite here is not crucial. Should you
    32 choose to run the Automake test suite, the following command will do
    33 so:</para>
    34 
    35 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     27<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     28<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 4 SBUs,
     29and is strictly optional.</para>
    3630
    3731<para>Install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/bash.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    3030<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    3131
    32 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    33 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    34 following command will do so:</para>
    35 
    36 <screen><userinput>make tests</userinput></screen>
     32<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     33<userinput>make tests</userinput>.</para>
    3734
    3835<para>Install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/bison.xml

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    2929<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    3030
    31 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    32 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    33 following command will do so (and takes a long time):</para>
    34 
    35 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     31<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     32<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3633
    3734<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/coreutils.xml

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    4242
    4343<para>The <command>su</command> program from Coreutils wasn't installed in
    44 Chapter 5 because it needed <emphasis>root</emphasis> privilege to do so. We're
    45 going to need it in a few moments for the test suite. Therefore we work around
    46 the problem by installing it now:</para>
     44<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> because it needed
     45<emphasis>root</emphasis> privilege to do so. We're going to need it in a few
     46moments for the test suite. Therefore we install it now:</para>
    4747
    4848<screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen>
    4949
    50 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    51 checks to ensure it built correctly. However, this particular test suite
     50<para>The test suite of this package
    5251makes some assumptions with regards to the presence of non-root users and
    5352groups that don't apply this early into the LFS build. We therefore create

  • chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml

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    5050<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    5151
    52 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    53 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    54 following command will do so:</para>
    55 
    56 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     52<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     53<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    5754
    5855<para>Install most of the package:</para>

  • chapter06/ed.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    4949<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    5050
    51 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    52 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    53 following command will do so:</para>
    54 
    55 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     51<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     52<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    5653
    5754<para>Install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/findutils.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    3131<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    3232
    33 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    34 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    35 following command will do so:</para>
    36 
    37 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     33<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     34<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3835
    3936<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/flex.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2525<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2626
    27 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    28 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    29 following command will do so:</para>
    30 
    31 <screen><userinput>make bigcheck</userinput></screen>
     27<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     28<userinput>make bigcheck</userinput>.</para>
    3229
    3330<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/gawk.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2424<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2525
    26 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    27 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    28 following command will do so:</para>
    29 
    30 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     26<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     27<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3128
    3229<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/gettext.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2626<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2727
    28 <para>This package has a test suite available which performs a number of
    29 checks to ensure it will function correctly. It's worth noting that Gettext
    30 does not play a critical role in the overall operation of an LFS system. In
    31 addition, the Gettext test suite runs for quite a long period of time.
    32 Accordingly, the running of the test suite here is not crucial. Should you
    33 choose to run the Gettext test suite, the following command will do
    34 so:</para>
    35 
    36 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     28<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     29<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a very long time, around
     306 SBUs.</para>
    3731
    3832<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/grep.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2424<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2525
    26 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    27 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    28 following command will do so:</para>
    29 
    30 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     26<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     27<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3128
    3229<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/libtool.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2626<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2727
    28 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    29 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    30 following command will do so:</para>
    31 
    32 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     28<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     29<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3330
    3431<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/m4.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2424<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2525
    26 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    27 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    28 following command will do so:</para>
    29 
    30 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     26<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     27<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3128
    3229<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/make.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2424<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2525
    26 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    27 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    28 following command will do so:</para>
    29 
    30 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     26<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     27<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3128
    3229<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/perl.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    3737<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    3838
    39 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    40 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, you first
    41 have to create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, needed by a
    42 couple of tests to resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
     39<para>If you wish to run the test suite, you first have to create a basic
     40<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, which is needed by a couple of tests to
     41resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
    4342
    4443<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" &gt; /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>

  • chapter06/sed.xml

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    2424<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2525
    26 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    27 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    28 following command will do so:</para>
    29 
    30 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     26<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     27<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3128
    3229<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/tar.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2525<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2626
    27 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    28 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    29 following command will do so:</para>
    30 
    31 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     27<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     28<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3229
    3330<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/texinfo.xml

    rc21999c6 r8a5f906  
    2525<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    2626
    27 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    28 checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the
    29 following command will do so:</para>
    30 
    31 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     27<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     28<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3229
    3330<para>Install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/vim.xml

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    4040<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    4141
    42 <para>This package has a test suite available which performs a number of
    43 checks to ensure it will function correctly. However, the Vim test suite will
    44 output a whole lot of seemingly garbage characters to screen which can
    45 occasionally wreak havoc with the running terminal. Accordingly, the running of
    46 the test suite here is optional. Should you choose to run the Vim test suite,
    47 the following command will do so:</para>
    48 
    49 <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
     42<para>To have the results tested, you can issue:
     43<userinput>make check</userinput>. However, this test suite outputs a lot of
     44seemingly garbage characters to the screen, and this can wreak havoc with the
     45settings of the current terminal. Accordingly, the running of the test suite
     46here is strictly optional.</para>
    5047
    5148<para>And install the package:</para>

  • chapter06/zlib.xml

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    3131<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    3232
    33 <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
    34 checks to ensure it built correctly. The test suite for Zlib is quick and
    35 painless so we recommend it be run. The following command will test the shared
    36 library:</para>
     33<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     34<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3735
    3836<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    4745make</userinput></screen>
    4846
    49 <para>The following command will test the static library:</para>
    50 
    51 <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
     47<para>To have the results tested, issue:
     48<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    5249
    5350<para>Install the static library:</para>
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