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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | packages.ent | 4 |
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 4fbb93a8c..12ce498bc 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ </listitem> --> <listitem> + <para>July 15, 2006</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Updated text concerning test failures in + glibc to describe the most recent results.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>July 13, 2006</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index b520de640..eb39a12e9 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -128,27 +128,22 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> - <para>On at least i686 you can expect to see failures in the - <emphasis>test-double </emphasis> and <emphasis>test-idouble</emphasis> - math tests with gcc-&gcc-version;, as well as an expected (ignored) - failure in <emphasis> posix/annexc</emphasis>. These two failures in - the math tests appear to be harmless.</para> - - <para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of - the host system, in particular the kernel. In certain circumstances, - some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common - issues:</para> + <para>You will probably see an expected (ignored) failure in the + <emphasis>posix/annexc</emphasis> test. In addition the Glibc test suite + is somewhat dependent on the host system. This is a list of the most + common issues:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail in other - tests when running on systems where the CPU is not a relatively - new genuine Intel or authentic AMD. Certain optimization settings - are also known to be a factor here.</para> + <para>The <emphasis>nptl/tst-clock2</emphasis> and + <emphasis>tst-attr3</emphasis> tests sometimes + fail. The reason is not completely understood, but indications + are that a heavy system load can trigger these failures.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to - host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para> + <para>The math tests sometimes fail when running on + systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or + authentic AMD processor.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the @@ -157,8 +152,8 @@ grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> use the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests - can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para> + <para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under + load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 361b10f5f..818b7e8b6 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060713"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "July 13, 2006"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060715"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "July 15, 2006"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.2"> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent index 9c153554a..5743c0159 100644 --- a/packages.ent +++ b/packages.ent @@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ <!ENTITY udev-ch6-du "6.8 MB"> <!ENTITY udev-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU"> -<!ENTITY udev-config "udev-config-20060712"> +<!ENTITY udev-config "udev-config-20060715"> <!ENTITY udev-config-size "4 KB"> <!ENTITY udev-config-url "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/development/&udev-config;.tar.bz2"> -<!ENTITY udev-config-md5 "43817b01e0ae8de3cec31e8c395c6a00"> +<!ENTITY udev-config-md5 "TBD-udev-config-md5"> <!ENTITY udev-config-home " "> <!ENTITY util-linux-version "2.12r"> |