Changeset cd0c92d6

Timestamp:

02/22/2004 07:05:53 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Alex Gronenwoud <alex@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

b157558

Parents:

9da62ab

Message:

Adding a touch of mtab before the running of Coreutils test suite.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3257 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter06/coreutils.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter06/shadow.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• index.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -6 +6 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
+
+<listitem><para>February 22nd, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Coreutils and
+E2fsprogs: Clarified the prerequisites for running the tests.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>February 19th, 2004 [alex]: Chapter 5 - Stripping: Removed

chapter06/coreutils.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The <command>su</command> program from Coreutils wasn't installed in
-<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> because it needed
-<emphasis>root</emphasis> privilege to do so. We're going to need it in a few
-moments for the test suite. Therefore we install it now:</para>
+<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence
+of files and users that aren't valid yet this early in the LFS build. We will
+therefore have to set up a few things before being able to run the tests. If
+you choose not to run these tests, skip down to "Install the package".</para>
+
+<para>To be able to run the full test suite, the <command>su</command> program
+needs to be installed. We didn't bother to install this little program in
+<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> because it requires root privileges,
+so do it now:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The test suite of this package
-makes some assumptions with regards to the presence of non-root users and
-groups that don't apply this early into the LFS build. We therefore create
-a dummy system user and two dummy groups to allow the tests to run
-properly. Should you choose not to run the test suite, skip down to
-"Install the package". The following commands will prepare us for the test
-suite. Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para>
+<para>Create a 'table of mounted filesystems' file with:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000" >> /etc/group
-echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group
-echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Some tests are meant to run as <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para>
+<para>And create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
+echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
+echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Now you're all set to run the test suite. First run the few tests that
+are meant to be run as <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make check-root</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The remainder of the tests are run as the <emphasis>dummy</emphasis>
+<para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the <emphasis>dummy</emphasis>
 user:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Remove the dummy groups and user name:</para>
+<para>When you're done testing, remove the dummy user and groups:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>sed -i.bak '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
@@ -91 +95 @@
 <screen><userinput>rm /usr/bin/kill</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Finally, create a few necessary symlinks:</para>
+<para>Finally, create two symlinks to be FHS-compliant:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>ln -s test /bin/[

chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml

@@ -50 +50 @@
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>To have the results tested, issue:
-<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
+<para>If you wish to have the results tested, first make sure an mtab file
+exists with <userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput> to prevent some sixty tests
+from failing, and (if it doesn't already exist) fake the presence of an old
+pager with <userinput>ln -s /tools/bin/cat /bin/more</userinput> to prevent one
+test from failing, then issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
 
 <para>Install most of the package:</para>

chapter06/shadow.xml

@@ -35 +35 @@
 working:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo '#define HAVE_SETLOCALE 1' >> config.h</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>echo '#define HAVE_SETLOCALE 1' &gt;&gt; config.h</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>

index.xml

@@ -3 +3 @@
                         "/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [
 
-<!ENTITY version "CVS-2004-02-19">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "February 19th, 2004">
+<!ENTITY version "CVS-2004-02-22">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "February 22nd, 2004">
 <!ENTITY milestone "5.2">
 <!ENTITY nbsp " ">