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-rw-r--r--chapter01/conventions.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter05/expect-inst.xml7
-rw-r--r--chapter05/gettext-inst.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter05/tcl-inst.xml9
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/conventions.xml b/chapter01/conventions.xml
index fc9a4054a..7f56ad5f0 100644
--- a/chapter01/conventions.xml
+++ b/chapter01/conventions.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bin:x:1:
</screen>
<blockquote><para>This type of section is used mainly when creating
-configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create
+configuration files. The first command tells the system to create
the file $LFS/etc/group from whatever is typed on the following lines until
the sequence EOF is encountered. Therefore, this whole section is generally
typed as seen.</para></blockquote>
diff --git a/chapter05/expect-inst.xml b/chapter05/expect-inst.xml
index 6c861558b..2f6387ef9 100644
--- a/chapter05/expect-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/expect-inst.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ libraries, both of which may possibly reside on the host system.</para></listite
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<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. However, the Expect test suite here in
+Chapter 5 is 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. Should you choose to run the test
+suite, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml b/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml
index 75919481b..0d6c1f9da 100644
--- a/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gettext-inst.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Gettext test suite here in
-Chapter 5 is known to cause problems if for instance it finds a Java compiler
-on the host. It also takes a very long time to run and is considered not
-critical to the success of the overall build. We therefore recommend not to run
-it here. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:</para>
+Chapter 5 is known to experience failures under certain host conditions -- for
+example, if it finds a Java compiler on the host. The Gettext test suite takes
+a very long time to run and is not considered critical. Therefore, we don't
+recommend running it here. Should you choose to run it, the following command
+will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml b/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml
index 5d93829ee..b20a2c173 100644
--- a/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ to know that our most important tools are working properly.</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-<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>
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Tcl test suite here in
+Chapter 5 is 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. Should you choose to run the test
+suite, the following command will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>TZ=UTC make test</userinput></screen>