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| author | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2023-02-03 01:27:40 +0800 |
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| committer | Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> | 2023-02-03 01:33:10 +0800 |
| commit | 5f8b7fe1ab81a53c79c936dee9d4713455c7b1e3 (patch) | |
| tree | f16da1929ac7469eec5571895e6237f0f6760fbf | |
| parent | 19f4e4d6ea6b907d625fb0da4a59e3f40750b5ce (diff) | |
bash: Add the explanation of test output, and document a known failure
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/bash.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml index 5eb49505a..a8bf2b871 100644 --- a/chapter08/bash.xml +++ b/chapter08/bash.xml @@ -87,6 +87,19 @@ lassign [wait] _ _ _ value exit $value EOF</userinput></screen> + <para>The test suite uses <command>diff</command> to detect the + difference between test script output and the expected output. Any + output from <command>diff</command> (prefixed with + <computeroutput><</computeroutput> and + <computeroutput>></computeroutput>) indicates a test failure, unless + there is a message saying the difference can be ignored. + <!-- Some host distros set core file size hard limit < 1000, then the + test "ulimit -c -S 1000" attempts to set soft limit > hard limit + and fail. --> + One test named <filename>run-builtins</filename> is known to fail on + some host distros with a difference on the first line of the + output.</para> + <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> |