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diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index ab854be82..0420f91bc 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ Certain optimization settings are also known to be a factor here.</para></listit host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the -<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> -test will fail. This is not critical.</para></listitem> +<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test will +fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="space-mounting"/>, do not use the +<parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para></listitem> @@ -189,10 +190,10 @@ on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well):</para> <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm> <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary></indexterm> -<para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be -created because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is -missing or corrupt, the Glibc defaults do not work well with -networking. The time zone also needs to be set up.</para> +<para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created +because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, +the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone +also needs to be configured.</para> <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the following:</para> @@ -228,8 +229,8 @@ running:</para> <screen><userinput>cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \ /etc/localtime</userinput></screen> -<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone that the -<command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para> +<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone +that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para> <para>The meaning of the cp option:</para> |