Updated glibc text concerning potential test failures

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7673 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

4 files changed, 27 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 4fbb93a8c..12ce498bc 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>July 15, 2006</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated text concerning test failures in 
+          glibc to describe the most recent results.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>July 13, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index b520de640..eb39a12e9 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -128,27 +128,22 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
 <screen><userinput>make -k check 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee glibc-check-log
 grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>On at least i686 you can expect to see failures in the
-    <emphasis>test-double </emphasis> and <emphasis>test-idouble</emphasis>
-    math tests with gcc-&gcc-version;, as well as an expected (ignored)
-    failure in <emphasis> posix/annexc</emphasis>.  These two failures in
-    the math tests appear to be harmless.</para>
-
-    <para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
-    the host system, in particular the kernel. In certain circumstances,
-    some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common
-    issues:</para>
+    <para>You will probably see an expected (ignored) failure in the
+    <emphasis>posix/annexc</emphasis> test.  In addition the Glibc test suite
+    is somewhat dependent on the host system.  This is a list of the most
+    common issues:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
-        <para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail in other
-        tests when running on systems where the CPU is not a relatively
-        new genuine Intel or authentic AMD. Certain optimization settings
-        are also known to be a factor here.</para>
+        <para>The <emphasis>nptl/tst-clock2</emphasis> and 
+        <emphasis>tst-attr3</emphasis> tests sometimes 
+        fail.  The reason is not completely understood, but indications
+        are that a heavy system load can trigger these failures.</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-        <para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to
-        host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para>
+        <para>The math tests sometimes fail when running on
+        systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or
+        authentic AMD processor.</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the
@@ -157,8 +152,8 @@ grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
         use the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-        <para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests
-        can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para>
+        <para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under
+        load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 361b10f5f..818b7e8b6 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060713">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "July 13, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060715">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "July 15, 2006">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 9c153554a..5743c0159 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@
 <!ENTITY udev-ch6-du "6.8 MB">
 <!ENTITY udev-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY udev-config "udev-config-20060712">
+<!ENTITY udev-config "udev-config-20060715">
 <!ENTITY udev-config-size "4 KB">
 <!ENTITY udev-config-url "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/development/&udev-config;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY udev-config-md5 "43817b01e0ae8de3cec31e8c395c6a00">
+<!ENTITY udev-config-md5 "TBD-udev-config-md5">
 <!ENTITY udev-config-home " ">
 
 <!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12r">