Dear List, I've found the problem: the testsuite simply *assumes* that '.' is in the path. This is true during the LFS build, but wasn't when I returned to it with my 'running' set-up. This may be thought worth a note, as it's easily got wrong and the output is quite exceptionally unhelpful!
Bernard Leak -- Before they made me, they broke the mould -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page