From 5ed37b354c07cafe913e7a4dba2b87c4e44dfe7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 18:34:34 -0500
Subject: Remove python tests in Chapter 8

---
 chapter01/changelog.xml |  6 ++++++
 chapter08/python.xml    | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7c2847310..b239a4384 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2021-05-12</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Removed instructions for running tests
+          in Python due to an idefinite hang in the partial
+          LFS envrionment.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Moved LFS to a merged-/usr configuration. Thanks
           goes to Xi Ruoyao for doing almost all of the work. Fixes
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 4a6fe1bd5..ddcaa17d2 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr       \
-            --enable-shared     \
-            --with-system-expat \
-            --with-system-ffi   \
-            --with-ensurepip=yes</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr        \
+            --enable-shared      \
+            --with-system-expat  \
+            --with-system-ffi    \
+            --with-ensurepip=yes \
+            --enable-optimizations</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
@@ -77,20 +78,24 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term><parameter>--enable-optimizations</parameter></term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>This switch enables stable, but expensive, optimizations.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results, issue:</para> 
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Some tests requiring a network connection or additional packages are
-    skipped. The tests test_unicodedata and test_curses tests are known to fail. For
-    more comprehensive results, the tests can be rerun when Python 3 is 
-    reinstalled in BLFS.</para>
+    <para>Running the tests at this point is not recommended.  The
+    tests are known to hang indefinitely in the partial LFS environment.
+    If desired, the tests can be rerun at the end of this chapter or
+    when Python 3 is reinstalled in BLFS.  To run the tests anyway,
+    issue <command>make test</command>.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
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