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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index d36c0145f..e901a2949 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> - <para>To test the results, issue:</para> + <para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test + suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run + the Coreutils test suite anyway, issue the following command:</para> <screen><userinput remap="test">make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></screen> @@ -84,11 +86,11 @@ <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> <para>The above command refuses to install <filename>su</filename> - because it cannot install it setuid root as a non-privileged user. By - manually installing it with a different name, we can use it for running - tests in the final system as a non-privileged user and we keep a possibly - useful <command>su</command> from our host first place in our PATH. Install - it with:</para> + because the program cannot be installed setuid root as a non-privileged + user. By manually installing it with a different name, we can use it for + running tests in the final system as a non-privileged user and we keep a + possibly useful <command>su</command> from our host first in our PATH. + Install it with:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v src/su /tools/bin/su-tools</userinput></screen> |