Changeset ebd8ee2 for chapter02

Timestamp:

09/21/2003 07:10:45 AM (21 years ago)

Author:

Greg Schafer <greg@…>

Branches:

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Children:

39dbad2

Parents:

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Message:

Add note about devpts relating to the test suites.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2855 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml

@@ -12 +12 @@
 <para>Some test suites are more important than others. For example, the test
 suites for the core toolchain packages -- GCC, Binutils, and Glibc (the C
-library) -- are of the utmost importance due to their central positioning in a
+library) -- are of the utmost importance due to their central role in a
 properly functioning system. But be warned, the test suites for GCC and Glibc
 can take a very long period of time to complete, especially on slower
@@ -22 +22 @@
 run it or not.</para>
 
+<note><para>A common problem when running the test suites for Binutils and GCC
+is running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs for short). The symptom is an unusually
+high number of failing tests. This can happen for any number of reasons. Most
+likely is that the host system doesn't have the <emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file
+system set up correctly. We'll discuss this in more detail later on in Chapter
+5.</para></note>
+
 </sect1>