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diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml index 4d1d30767..7f8cd7c9e 100644 --- a/chapter06/tar.xml +++ b/chapter06/tar.xml @@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar</title> + <para os="a">One of the tests in the testsuite (number 12, exclude) fails, + at least on recent linux systems, because the output needs to be sorted + before it is diffed. If you are going to run the testsuite, fix this by + applying the following patch before you configure: </para> + +<screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-sort-exclude-test-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen> |