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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-09 20:59:10 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-09 20:59:10 +0000
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Added some notes regarding failed tests
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@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ would require you to regenerate the binary files.</para>
make check
make install</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>The glibc make check process is highly dependent on certain functions
+of your host operating system. The most common is a host that fails to mount
+a tmpfs filesystem at /dev/shm, which may cause glibc tests to fail.</para>
+
<para>The locales (used by Glibc to make your Linux system respond in a
different language) weren't installed when you ran the previous command,
so we have to do that ourselves now:</para>