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-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter05/dejagnu.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter05/gettext.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter06/file.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/groff.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/gzip.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/hotplug.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/iana-etc.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/inetutils.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/iproute2.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/kbd.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/less.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/man.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/mktemp.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/procps.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/psmisc.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/readline.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/shadow.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/sysklogd.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/sysvinit.xml2
-rw-r--r--general.ent4
21 files changed, 49 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f5eeb8a50..2defa0c1b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+<listitem><para>December 7, 2005 [matt]: Mention the testsuites (or lack of
+them) for all packages (fixes bug 1664). Thanks to Chris Staub for the
+report and analysis of affected packages.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>November 26, 2005 [matt]: Don't install the Linuxthreads man
pages, the POSIX threading API is documented in the man3p section provided by
the man-pages package (fixes bug 1660).</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/dejagnu.xml b/chapter05/dejagnu.xml
index c2c6a0057..b185c3365 100644
--- a/chapter05/dejagnu.xml
+++ b/chapter05/dejagnu.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
+
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter05/gettext.xml b/chapter05/gettext.xml
index 20ef68519..030c9c2c3 100644
--- a/chapter05/gettext.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gettext.xml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--disable-shared</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>We do not need to install any of the shared gettext libraries at this
-time, therefore, no need to build them.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>We do not need to install any of the shared gettext libraries at
+this time, therefore there is no need to build them.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ time, therefore, no need to build them.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make -C lib
make -C src msgfmt</userinput></screen>
+<para>As only one binary has been compiled, it is not possible to run the
+testsuite without compiling additional support libraries from the Gettext
+package. It is therefore not recommended to attempt to run the testsuite at
+this stage.</para>
+
<para>Install the <command>msgfmt</command> binary:</para>
<screen><userinput>cp -v src/msgfmt /tools/bin</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/file.xml b/chapter06/file.xml
index 5f3948bf2..f89f7674b 100644
--- a/chapter06/file.xml
+++ b/chapter06/file.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Zlib</seg></seglistitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/groff.xml b/chapter06/groff.xml
index 59dd8c90d..a2d8cb7e2 100644
--- a/chapter06/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter06/groff.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ to contain the default paper size. For users in the United States,
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/gzip.xml b/chapter06/gzip.xml
index 1730df998..74d7d7bf9 100644
--- a/chapter06/gzip.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gzip.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ that the new location gets placed into the script:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
index 8e6cd6368..bbc9cfe95 100644
--- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml
+++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ running kernel.</para>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Hotplug</title>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the Hotplug package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/iana-etc.xml b/chapter06/iana-etc.xml
index 54b653bd2..38ac0b8de 100644
--- a/chapter06/iana-etc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iana-etc.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ correct formats for the <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> and
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils.xml b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
index abba0f217..dabe959d6 100644
--- a/chapter06/inetutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ servers.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 1aea0339d..66d1ea86c 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+ <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml
index 4e28dba9c..52e8a734c 100644
--- a/chapter06/kbd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ when compiling with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/less.xml b/chapter06/less.xml
index a47709ee4..817a6c67e 100644
--- a/chapter06/less.xml
+++ b/chapter06/less.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/man.xml b/chapter06/man.xml
index efc322f64..371985d2e 100644
--- a/chapter06/man.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class="directory">/etc</filename> directory.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/mktemp.xml b/chapter06/mktemp.xml
index 7dcd5d1f5..ee47463e6 100644
--- a/chapter06/mktemp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/mktemp.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ functions from the system C library.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install
diff --git a/chapter06/procps.xml b/chapter06/procps.xml
index 7969900f0..4973a7955 100644
--- a/chapter06/procps.xml
+++ b/chapter06/procps.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Make, and Ncurses</seg></seglistitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/psmisc.xml b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
index f09f726b1..ae50c7575 100644
--- a/chapter06/psmisc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ package.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 53ca9dbd0..970ff05d5 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.</para>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index 2124e55b0..810c90c19 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ find man -name Makefile -exec sed -i '/groups/d' {} \;</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
index 8c3db5c12..fb422e1c8 100644
--- a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml
index 5e0accc4d..a322e69ec 100644
--- a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml
+++ b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ instead:</para>
<screen><userinput>make -C src</userinput></screen>
+<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make -C src install</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 18807ad97..3b3ad8365 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20051127">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 27, 2005">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20051207">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "December 7, 2005">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->