Changeset 8f1042af

Timestamp:

07/01/2005 10:05:31 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

6.1, 6.1.1

Children:

fd96303

Parents:

9ff62fda

Message:

Merging of various wording changes from r6215-r6217

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6297 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/askforhelp.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter06/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter01/askforhelp.xml

@@ -104 +104 @@
 </sect2>
 
-<sect2>
-<title>Test Suite Problems</title>
-
-<para>Many packages provide a test suite which, depending on the
-importance of the package, should be run. Sometimes packages will
-generate false or expected failures. If these errors are encountered,
-check the LFS Wiki page at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to see if we have
-noted and investigated these issues. If these issues are noted and
-addressed, there is no need to be concerned.</para>
-</sect2>
-
 </sect1>
 

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -98 +98 @@
 
 <listitem><para>June 28th, 2005 [archaic]: Switched from mounting /dev on a
+<listitem><para>June 27th, 2005 [matthew]: Removed mention of test suite
+problems from chapter 1 as more comprehensive information is given in
+chapter 5 (archaic).</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>June 27th, 2005 [matthew]: Reworded description of the glibc
+atime failure case, and removed the description of the shm test failure as we
+already mount a tmpfs (archaic).</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>June 27th, 2005 [archaic]: Switched from mounting /dev on a
 ramfs to a tmpfs.</para></listitem>
 

chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml

@@ -51 +51 @@
 </note>
 
-<para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized
-as a swap partition by using the command below. If you are using an existing
-swap partition, there is no need to format it.</para>
+<para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized for use by
+issuing the command below. If you are using an existing swap partition, there is
+no need to format it.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>

chapter06/glibc.xml

@@ -110 +110 @@
 host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>The <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test sometimes fails
-when the LFS partition is mounted with the
-<parameter>noatime</parameter> option.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>The <emphasis>shm</emphasis> test can fail when the
-host system is using the <systemitem
-class="filesystem">devfs</systemitem> file system but does not have
-the <systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> file system
-mounted at <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename>.  This
-occurs because of a lack of support for <systemitem 
-class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> in the
-kernel.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the
+<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis>
+test will fail.  This is not critical.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests