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diff --git a/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml b/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml index 9cf6b3a9e..1403629c3 100644 --- a/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml +++ b/chapter02/abouttestsuites.xml @@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ properly functioning system. But be warned, the test suites for GCC and Glibc can take a very long period of time to complete, especially on slower hardware.</para> +<para>Experience has shown us that there is little to be gained from running +the test suites in Chapter 5. There can be no escaping the fact that the host +system always exerts influence on the Chapter 5 tests, often causing weird and +inexplicable failures. Not only that, the tools built in Chapter 5 are +temporary and eventually discarded. For the average reader of this book we +recommend not to run the Chapter 5 test suites. The instructions for running +the Chapter 5 test suites are still provided for the benefit of testers and +developers but they are strictly optional for everyone else.</para> + <para>As you progress through the book and encounter the build commands to run the various test suites, we'll guide you on the relative importance of the test suite in question so that you can decide for yourself whether to |