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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-09 22:35:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-09 22:35:55 +0000 |
| commit | 51c7e26fb0ed51914d4e2843e82d4a87ed98478a (patch) | |
| tree | cb9bfa97c52d70cc4d381ba4d8376767571b8fd8 /chapter06/perl-inst.xml | |
| parent | c1e4223cca7f15f1f1fedd8a088ec196e3c7657b (diff) | |
Minor brush-ups, and splitting the basic-net section.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2956 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06/perl-inst.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/perl-inst.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/perl-inst.xml b/chapter06/perl-inst.xml index 26d418747..3b8788879 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl-inst.xml @@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ above.</para> <para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para> <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of -checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the -following command will do so:</para> +checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, you first +have to create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, needed by a +couple of tests to resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen></para> |