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| author | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-09-21 07:10:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-09-21 07:10:45 +0000 |
| commit | ebd8ee20fa777a1a2bea193b36310bcef25e5e2d (patch) | |
| tree | 654427fe9daf92e4f7e045ffc5f33b497439cc9f | |
| parent | 76d113f6f28b54f0b2b96104b2dcec94eeb1bcac (diff) | |
Add note about devpts relating to the test suites.
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml | 9 |
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diff --git a/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml b/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml index 0d74fbf6a..9cf6b3a9e 100644 --- a/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml +++ b/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ free.</para> <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 hardware.</para> @@ -21,5 +21,12 @@ run the various test suites, we'll guide you on the relative importance of the test suite in question so that you can decide for yourself whether to 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> |