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@@ -13,20 +13,29 @@ essential, to know that our most important tools are working properly.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cd unix
./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Build, test, and install the package:</para>
+<para>Build, the package:</para>
-<para><screen><userinput>make
-make -k test
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Note that several of the tests may fail (for exmple the clock test).
-This is, however, not a problem: the program will work well enough to be able
-to run the GCC and Binutils test suites.</para>
+<para>This package has a testsuite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
+following command will do so:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>TZ=UTC make -k test</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Sometimes, package testsuites will give false failures. You can
+consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org"/>
+to verify that these failures are normal. This applies to all tests
+throughout the book.</para>
+
+<para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Make a link:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen></para>
-<caution><para><emphasis>Do not remove</emphasis> the
+<caution><para>Do not remove the
<filename>tcl&tcl-version;</filename> source directory yet, as the next package
will need its internal headers.</para></caution>