Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 07/30/05 11:47 CST: > Noted in the Chapter 5 instructions for Tar in the GCC-4 book is > an instruction to install a patch (gcc4_fix_tests). The text describing > this patch is inaccurate because this patch is not required to build > or install the package. > > The patch is only required if you run the test-suite. Perhaps the > note should be changed to reflect this, and, do like the Glibc > instructions where it says you only need to install the patch if you > are running the test suite. > > The Chapter 6 text should also be changed to reflect a more accurate > description of the patch as well.
Attached is a patch to reword the text. Use it if you like it. :-) -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 12:23:00 up 119 days, 11:56, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.51, 0.60
Index: chapter05/tar.xml =================================================================== --- chapter05/tar.xml (revision 6602) +++ chapter05/tar.xml (working copy) @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar</title> -<para>Apply a patch to Tar to enable it to compile with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para> +<para>If you wish to run the test suite, you'll need to apply a patch to fix +some issues with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-gcc4_fix-patch;</userinput></screen> Index: chapter06/tar.xml =================================================================== --- chapter06/tar.xml (revision 6602) +++ chapter06/tar.xml (working copy) @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar</title> -<para>Apply a patch to Tar to enable it to compile with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para> +<para>Apply a patch to fix some issues with the test suite when using +GCC-&gcc-version;:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-gcc4_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
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