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diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml index ab61b8c9b..1f178dd15 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml @@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ into the <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;</filename> directory and unpack Glibc-linuxthreads in that directory, not in the directory where you usually unpack all the sources.</para> -<note><para>We are going to run the test suite for Glibc in this chapter. -However, it's worth pointing out that running the Glibc test suite here -is considered not as important as running it in -<xref linkend="chapter06"/>.</para></note> - <para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options). Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override @@ -88,7 +83,10 @@ running the test suite.</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>Run the test suite:</para> +<para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, we don't recommend +running the test suites for the temporary system here in this chapter. If you +still want to run the Glibc test suite anyway, the following command will do +so:</para> <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen> @@ -149,7 +147,14 @@ touch /tools/etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen> communicate. These conventions range from very simple ones, such as the format for representing dates and times, to very complex ones, such as the language spoken. The "internationalization" of GNU programs works by means of -<emphasis>locales</emphasis>. We'll install the Glibc locales now:</para> +<emphasis>locales</emphasis>.</para> + +<note><para>If you are not running the test suites here in this chapter as per +our recommendation, there is little point in installing the locales now. We'll +be installing the locales in the next chapter.</para></note> + +<para>If you still want to install the Glibc locales anyway, the following +command will do so:</para> <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen> |