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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml index 1b52c5e8b..ad17757ee 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml @@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ the problem by installing it now:</para> <screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen> <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of -checks to ensure it built correctly. However, this particular test suite makes -some assumptions that aren't quite valid at this early stage of Chapter 6. We -therefore make a few adjustments to allow the tests to run properly. Should you -choose not to run the test suite, skip down to "Install the package". The -following commands will prepare us for the test suite. Create two dummy groups -and a dummy user name:</para> +checks to ensure it built correctly. However, this particular test suite +makes some assumptions with regards to the presence of non-root users and +groups that don't apply this early into the LFS build. We therefore create +a dummy system user and two dummy groups to allow the tests to run +properly. Should you choose not to run the test suite, skip down to +"Install the package". The following commands will prepare us for the test +suite. Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para> <screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000" >> /etc/group echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group |