Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 09:30:55PM +0200, Wolfgang Messingschlager wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> my host Linux system (AMD Athlon 2000 Hz) is a debian etch system with
>>
>> - gcc 4.1.1-15
>> - kernel 2.6.18-5-686
>> - libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5
>>
>> I tried to build a LFS system from the LFS 6.3 book. However during page
>> 6.9 (Installation of Glibc) the test suite for Glibc is considered
>> critical. Unfortunaely I got the following error after
>> make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> package glibc:/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build> grep Error glibc-check-log
>> make[2]: [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/posix/annexc.out] Error 1 (ignored)
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-mutex8.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-mutexpi8.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cond8.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cancel24.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cancelx4.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cancelx5.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cancelx16.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cancelx20.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cancelx21.out] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/glibc/glibc-build/nptl/tst-cleanupx4.out] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [nptl/tests] Error 2
>> make: *** [check] Error 2
>> ====================================================================
>>
>> However in ../glibc-2.5.1/nptl/tst-mutex8.c is mentioned
>>
>> /* This test checks behavior not required by POSIX. */
>>
>> So I am not sure if I did something wrong or if I can continue
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Messingschlager Wolfgang
> I don't think I've ever seen quite that many failures in an x86
> build (in particular, mutexpi8 and cleanupx4 don't ring any bells -
> the cancel variants are "not uncommon" in the list archives). But,
> the failures are only Error{1,2} ( if Error 127 or higher numbers
> ever show up, something is missing or broken ).
>
> My personal experience with glibc (particularly on other
> architectures), and with test suites in general, leads me to suggest
> you shouldn't worry too much about these failures. In particular,
> your kernel appears to be quite a bit older than your LFS headers (I
> say 'appears' because I've no idea what patches and backports it
> contains). I'd hazard a guess that either the running kernel or the
> particular processor architecture you are running on is causing at
> least some of these tests to fail.
>
> If you build frequently and the test results suddenly diverge, that
> points a finger at something in the change (new kernel, different
> book instructions, version upgrade somewhere). In other cases, it
> can be hard to interpret if the differences matter.
>
> Certainly, there have been various reports of nptl test failures in
> the past. I don't think anybody ever noted a problem in the
> resulting systems that could be associated with this.
>
> But, as someone building from debian, please make sure that your
> 'awk' is gawk, ISTR the glibc install will fail if you are using
> e.g. mawk. A symlink to gawk should be fine. So, as long as 'awk
> --version' reports gawk >= 3.0 you are probably ok. Perhaps I'm
> unnecessarily doubting the book's 'host requirements' (which says to
> run 'gawk --version').
>
> Actually, a quick google for mutexpi8 found a report from someone
> building HLFS in i686 from debian etch. Maybe something in debian
> causes these tests to fail, but I doubt it will be a problem.
>
> ĸen
Thanks Ken,
for your detailed answer. So in summary you think that I have should
have a problem. the problem is more to trust the glibc checks.
I use gawk, because
$ awk --version | head -1
GNU Awk 3.1.5
Perhaps it is important. My Compiler switches are
$ env|grep ^C
CXXFLAGS=-O3 -march=athlon-xp
CFLAGS=-O3 -march=athlon-xp
So I will proceed with LSF installation. Or shall I change CFLAGS /
CXXFLAGS ?
Thanks
Wolfgang Messingschlager
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