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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2009-03-12 21:06:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2009-03-12 21:06:41 +0000 |
| commit | 4d86da9286eaa05a0d80a69d0c3646317c66f309 (patch) | |
| tree | e2aca26d9e509b021fb805ff25ef5ef1836c53c6 | |
| parent | da09a82a350b0b4709d809fece1a39233dc03ff5 (diff) | |
Improve the explanation of the Expect/PTY test in Binutils' instructions. Fixes #2365.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8838 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/binutils.xml | 15 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 1498f1454..815b83e5d 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ <para>2009-03-12</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[matthew] - Reword the explanation of the Expect tests in Binutils' + instructions to clarify what the expected test output is. Thanks to Chris + Staub for the report and patch. Fixes + <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2365">#2365</ulink>.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[matthew] - Reorder the contents of chapter 7 to flow better. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and suggested order. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2366">#2366</ulink>.</para> diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml index 3f3fed95f..19e693415 100644 --- a/chapter06/binutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml @@ -42,20 +42,21 @@ <title>Installation of Binutils</title> <para>Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot - environment. Check that everything is set up correctly by performing a - simple test:</para> + environment by performing a simple test:</para> <screen><userinput remap="test">expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen> - <para>If the following message shows up, the chroot environment is not - set up for proper PTY operation:</para> + <para>This command should output the following:</para> + +<screen><computeroutput>spawn ls</computeroutput></screen> + + <para>If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the environment + is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved before + running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:</para> <screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen> - <para>This issue needs to be resolved before running the test suites - for Binutils and GCC.</para> - <para>Suppress the installation of an outdated <filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later on in the Autoconf instructions:</para> |