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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2010-06-27 03:43:05 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2010-06-27 03:43:05 +0000
commit1d20dae970541dc7fc03995d550fbb5b47bbdcaf (patch)
tree89a9bbecf6f550714c0be159a14d4039355c0d2b
parent9d42ad9ce19c456fffaa98886fc998d5c19bb6f9 (diff)
Updated explanation of glibc timeout errors
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9314 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml6
-rw-r--r--chapter06/glibc.xml5
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 78915757e..56017f97b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
<para>2010-06-27</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Updated explanation of glibc timeout
+ errors and added TIMEOUTFACTOR as a possible solution.
+ Fixes
+ <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2683">#2683</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Update installed programs lists.
Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes
<ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2678">#2678</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 3227e5865..a21555caa 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under
- load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para>
+ load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.
+ Modifying the make check command to set a TIMEOUTFACTOR is reported help
+ eliminate these errors (e.g. <command>TIMEOUTFACTOR=16
+ make -k check</command>).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>