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diff --git a/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml b/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index c70070bf5..000000000 --- a/chapter05/tcl-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of Tcl</title> - -<para>This package and the next two are only installed to be able to run the -test suites for GCC and Binutils. Installing three packages just for testing -purposes may seem like overkill, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, -to know that our most important tools are working properly.</para> - -<para>Prepare Tcl to be compiled:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cd unix -./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> - -<para>Build the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> - -<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of -checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Tcl test suite in this -chapter is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that are -not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising, -but are not considered critical. Should you choose to run the test suite, the -following command will do so:</para> - -<screen><userinput>TZ=UTC make test</userinput></screen> - -<para>The meaning of the make option:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para><userinput>TZ=UTC</userinput>: This sets the time zone to -Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but -only for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures the clock tests are -exercised correctly. More information on the TZ environment variable is -available later on in <xref linkend="chapter07"/>.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Sometimes, package test suites 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> - -<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> - -<important><para><emphasis>Do not remove</emphasis> the -<filename>tcl&tcl-version;</filename> source directory yet, as the next package -will need its internal headers.</para></important> - -<para>Make a necessary symbolic link:</para> - -<screen><userinput>ln -s tclsh8.4 /tools/bin/tclsh</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - |