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authorGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-02 04:51:57 +0000
committerGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-02 04:51:57 +0000
commit53315193788755aae6f2be447a47e87260b5c0a0 (patch)
tree70351617c32b6d5fab0a7746425964ca3d42b5cb /chapter05
parent318e3c85876b968f02389f4e102131fe231cfe1c (diff)
Yet more clarifying text re test suites.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2916 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter05')
-rw-r--r--chapter05/binutils-pass2-inst.xml6
-rw-r--r--chapter05/creatingstage1dir.xml5
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2-inst.xml
index d4c4bae67..35bdae13d 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2-inst.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ failures are fine):</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to view the test results summary like
+there was for the previous GCC package. However, if a failure occurs here, it
+should be easy to spot. The output shown will contain something like:</para>
+
+<blockquote><screen>make[1]: *** [check-binutils] Error 2</screen></blockquote>
+
<para>And install the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
diff --git a/chapter05/creatingstage1dir.xml b/chapter05/creatingstage1dir.xml
index 0d466c034..0bae60f15 100644
--- a/chapter05/creatingstage1dir.xml
+++ b/chapter05/creatingstage1dir.xml
@@ -29,5 +29,10 @@ and linker will work both in this chapter (when we are still using some tools
from the host) <emphasis>and</emphasis> in the next (when we are chrooted to
the LFS partition).</para>
+<note><para>Study the above command closely. It can be confusing at first
+glance. The <userinput>ln</userinput> command has several syntax variations so
+be sure to check the ln man page before reporting what you may think is an
+error.</para></note>
+
</sect1>