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<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+ <note><para>The test time for libtool can ibe reduced significantly on a
+ system with multiple cores. To do this, append
+ <command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j&lt;N&gt;</command> to the line above. For
+ instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
+ percent.</para></note>
+
<para>Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build environment due
to a circular dependency, but all tests pass if rechecked after
automake is installed.</para>