Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 02:11:22PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> robert wrote: >>> working on the Expect build at >>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/expect.html >>> >>> instructions say: >>> "running the test suite is not mandatory ..." >>> >>> I do so anyway. > [...] >>> Should I be concerned ... or just plow on into the future? >> Keep going. It depends on the host system. I just ran it on a >> relatively current lfs-svn and it showed no failed tests. >> >> -- Bruce >> > Running the chapter 5 tests *might* be occasionally useful for > people who follow, or are changing, the development book (and who > have data to show what used to happen). For everyone else, the > tests in chapter 5 are a distraction: they might conceivably > highlight that you did something wrong, or missed a package, but > since almost nobody runs them, it's hard to know. > > ĸen
Yep. Moving ahead. Quite well along beyond Expect build. Those first few, binutils and gcc, were remarkably challenging. Now, I think I got it by the tail on a downhill pull. r. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
