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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-02-11 22:02:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-02-11 22:02:10 +0000 |
| commit | c91dd5bfd04b3188fd81bfe9c93d4a6985fdc0d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8fdf4b8561cfe487ad20fa5198f3d01228f41fed /chapter05/tcl.xml | |
| parent | 5cd6caad33aed7430be8c2f1612a053d8d51ffe4 (diff) | |
Making the test suites in chapter 5 more clearly optional.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3248 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/tcl.xml b/chapter05/tcl.xml index 1668a895d..4d51cb53c 100644 --- a/chapter05/tcl.xml +++ b/chapter05/tcl.xml @@ -32,28 +32,15 @@ chapter.</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the -temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Tcl test -suite anyway, the following command will do so. However, you should be aware -that the Tcl test suite is sometimes known to experience failures under certain -host conditions that are not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures -here are not surprising, but are not considered critical:</para> - -<screen><userinput>TZ=UTC make test</userinput></screen> - -<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para><userinput>TZ=UTC</userinput>: This sets the time zone to -Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but -only for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures the clock tests are -exercised correctly. More information on the TZ environment variable will be -given later on in <xref linkend="chapter-bootscripts"/>.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Sometimes package test suites will give false failures. You can -consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to verify that these -failures are normal. This applies to all tests throughout the book.</para> +<para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue: +<userinput>TZ=UTC make test</userinput>. However, the Tcl test suite is known +to experience failures under certain host conditions that are not fully +understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising, and are not +considered critical. The <emphasis>TZ=UTC</emphasis> parameter sets the time +zone to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) also known as Greenwich Mean Time +(GMT), but only for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures the clock +tests are exercised correctly. More information on the TZ environment variable +will be given later on in <xref linkend="chapter-bootscripts"/>.)</para> <para>Install the package:</para> @@ -69,7 +56,7 @@ will need its internal headers.</para></warning> <!-- HACK - Force some whitespace to appease tidy --> <literallayout></literallayout> -<para>Make a necessary symbolic link:</para> +<para>And make a necessary symbolic link:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen> |