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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter02/mounting.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/glibc.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 34 |
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index e1964cced..b7ed025f4 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ <para>2012-08-22</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Update glibc text removing noatime mount + caution and text regarding test issues.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[bdubbs] - Fix packaging for udev-lfs tarball.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> diff --git a/chapter02/mounting.xml b/chapter02/mounting.xml index a3dfcc689..09378afc8 100644 --- a/chapter02/mounting.xml +++ b/chapter02/mounting.xml @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ mount -v -t ext3 /dev/<replaceable><yyy></replaceable> $LFS/usr</userinput <replaceable><yyy></replaceable> with the appropriate partition names.</para> - <para>Ensure that this new partition is not mounted with permissions that - are too restrictive (such as the <option>nosuid</option>, <option>nodev</option>, - or <option>noatime</option> options). Run the <command>mount</command> command + <para>Ensure that this new partition is not mounted with permissions that are + too restrictive (such as the <option>nosuid</option> or + <option>nodev</option> options). Run the <command>mount</command> command without any parameters to see what options are set for the mounted LFS partition. If <option>nosuid</option>, <option>nodev</option>, and/or <option>noatime</option> are set, the partition will need to be diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml index 05607b344..5f90ad46a 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v ../glibc-build cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> - +<!-- <para>Because Glibc no longer supports i386, its developers say to use the compiler flag <parameter>-march=i486</parameter> when building it for x86 machines. There are several ways to accomplish that, but testing shows that @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="configure">case `uname -m` in i?86) echo "CFLAGS += -march=i486 -mtune=native" > configparms ;; esac</userinput></screen> - +--> <para>Fix an issue when building Glibc-&glibc-version; with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/ -lgcc_s//' ../glibc-&glibc-version;/Makeconfig</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index 20da07e9d..c9aa82bec 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ unset DL</userinput></screen>--> <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v ../glibc-build cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> - +<!-- <para>As in Chapter 5, add the needed compiler flags to CFLAGS for x86 machines. Here, the optimization of the library is also set for the gcc compiler to enhance compilation speed (-pipe) and package performance (-O3).</para> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="configure">case `uname -m` in i?86) echo "CFLAGS += -march=i486 -mtune=native -O3 -pipe" > configparms ;; esac</userinput></screen> - +--> <para>Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput remap="configure">../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure \ @@ -150,18 +150,19 @@ esac</userinput></screen> Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para> </important> - <para>Before running the tests, copy a file from the source tree into our - build tree to prevent a couple of test failures, then test the - results:</para> + <para>Generally a few tests do not pass, but you can generally ignore + any of the test failures listed below. Now test the build results:</para> + +<!-- cp -v ../glibc-&glibc-version;/iconvdata/gconv-modules iconvdata --> -<screen><userinput remap="test">cp -v ../glibc-&glibc-version;/iconvdata/gconv-modules iconvdata -make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log +<screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> <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> + <emphasis>posix/annexc</emphasis> and + <emphasis>conform/run-conformtest</emphasis> tests. In addition the Glibc + test suite is somewhat dependent on the host system. This is a list of the + most common issues:</para> <itemizedlist> <!-- Check again after updating from gcc-4.1.x --> @@ -170,27 +171,32 @@ grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> using the 4.1 series of GCC.</para> </listitem> --> <!-- Was true in glibc-2.3.6, rt/tst-cpuclock2 in glibc-2.11.1 --> - <listitem> + <listitem> <para>The <emphasis>nptl/tst-clock2</emphasis>, - <emphasis>nptl/tst-attr3</emphasis>, and + <emphasis>nptl/tst-attr3</emphasis>, + <emphasis>tst/tst-cputimer1</emphasis>, and <emphasis>rt/tst-cpuclock2</emphasis> tests have been known to fail. The reason is not completely understood, but indications are that minor timing issues can trigger these failures.</para> - </listitem> + <listitem> <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 <parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test will fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="space-mounting"/>, do not use the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para> </listitem> + --> + <listitem> <para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded. @@ -198,10 +204,12 @@ grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> help eliminate these errors (e.g. <command>TIMEOUTFACTOR=16 make -k check</command>).</para> </listitem> + <listitem> <para>Other tests known to fail on some architectures are posix/bug-regex32, misc/tst-writev, elf/check-textrel, nptl/tst-getpid2, and stdio-common/bug22.</para> </listitem> + </itemizedlist> <para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will |