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diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml
index eb83563bb..cf1c4f895 100644
--- a/chapter08/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml
@@ -41,29 +41,6 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Binutils</title>
- <para>Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot
- environment by performing a simple test:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>This command should output the following:</para>
-
-<screen><computeroutput>spawn ls</computeroutput></screen>
-
- <para>If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the environment
- is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved before
- running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:</para>
-
-<screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
-Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
-<!-- Fixed in binutils-2.39
- <para>
- Now make a fix identified upstream that affects building some packages:
- </para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/R_386_TLS_LE /i \ || (TYPE) == R_386_TLS_IE \\' \
- -i ./bfd/elfxx-x86.h</userinput></screen>
--->
<para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils
in a dedicated build directory:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/expect.xml b/chapter08/expect.xml
index 6286d9033..7b6dac354 100644
--- a/chapter08/expect.xml
+++ b/chapter08/expect.xml
@@ -82,10 +82,27 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+ <important>
+ <para>The test suite for Expect is considered critical.
+ Do not skip it under any circumstances.</para>
+ </important>
+
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
+ <para>If any test fails with the message
+ <quote><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system
+ administrator to create more</computeroutput></quote>, it indicates
+ you've not mounted the
+ <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> file system
+ correctly. You need to exit from the chroot environment, read
+ <xref linkend='ch-tools-kernfs'/> again, and ensure the
+ <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> file system (and
+ other virtual kernel file systems) mounted correctly. Then reenter
+ the chroot environment following <xref linkend='ch-tools-chroot'/>.
+ This issue needs to be resolved before continuing.</para>
+
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install