On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 07:43:34PM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote:
> 
> > What is your host and how might you have
> > deviated from the book?
> 
> Host (if you mean what I built LFS on) is a LFS SVN of 11/30/05
> vintage. Deviations are as follows:

Actually, in the case the host would be the LFS version used to build
mysql, which you already answered (and I snipped). That is the host I
was concerned about.

> I disagree, unless you can convince me that the second pass which
> uses different parameters to the test script doesn't matter. And
> if somehow you try to explain that it is the same, why do the
> developers use different commands in the two invocations?

Well, here's convincing: If the test fails in pass one, the developers
don't make any attempt to run the pass 2 tests. The pass 2 tests only
*further* test a build that passed "initial" testing.

> It is not proven to me. Ever, not once, in several *years*. And I
> am a BLFS editor. One who is diligent and as careful as anybody.
> The tests consistently fail. Would you like to see logs? Please
> go back in the LFS archives and see how long I've been mentioning
> these test suite failures. It has been years.

You just never entered data in a form that was similar to the test case
that failed. If you had, you would have corrupted data, pure and simple.
However, one cannot assume how a reader my use mysqld. Non-ASCII,
extensive data comparison, etc. That's what the tests are for.

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