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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-07-01 22:05:31 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-07-01 22:05:31 +0000
commit8f1042af1015d48eee06a82fe1123a5eda15f71b (patch)
treea7dd01fc2cec09540e5bd08e26cb19c37cc08f5e
parent9ff62fda2efdf6c702354aa8b2687ade5afb6315 (diff)
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
-rw-r--r--chapter01/askforhelp.xml11
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml6
-rw-r--r--chapter06/glibc.xml15
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
index 63e06eba9..26bb3b30b 100644
--- a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
+++ b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
@@ -103,16 +103,5 @@ follow the hints in this document to increase the likelihood of getting
the help you need.</para>
</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>
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 1d34bbbae..4e90d1c12 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ chapters 1 - 5 (matt).</para></listitem>
the preface section of the book.</para></listitem>
<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>
<listitem><para>June 27th, 2005 [archaic]: Filled in text for errata page.
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index 57f21c59f..6b27472a0 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ cd /tmp
rm -rf e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
</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>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 246215d4a..c67072690 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -109,18 +109,9 @@ Certain optimization settings are also known to be a factor here.</para></listit
<listitem><para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to
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
can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para></listitem>