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@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ touch Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><envar>FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1</envar></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This environment variable allows the package to be
+ built as the root user.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from
@@ -112,6 +121,9 @@ touch Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash \
-c "PATH=$PATH make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
+ <para>The stty-pairs test is known to fail on a virtual console, but
+ passes if run in a X terminal.</para>
+
<para>Remove the temporary group:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/group</userinput></screen>