Author: matthew
Date: 2009-03-12 15:06:41 -0600 (Thu, 12 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 8838
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml
Log:
Improve the explanation of the Expect/PTY test in Binutils' instructions. Fixes
#2365.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2009-03-12 21:04:31 UTC (rev 8837)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2009-03-12 21:06:41 UTC (rev 8838)
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
<para>2009-03-12</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[matthew] - Reword the explanation of the Expect tests in
Binutils'
+ instructions to clarify what the expected test output is. Thanks to
Chris
+ Staub for the report and patch. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2365">#2365</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[matthew] - Reorder the contents of chapter 7 to flow better.
Thanks to
Chris Staub for the report and suggested order. Fixes
<ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2366">#2366</ulink>.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml 2009-03-12 21:04:31 UTC (rev 8837)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml 2009-03-12 21:06:41 UTC (rev 8838)
@@ -42,20 +42,21 @@
<title>Installation of Binutils</title>
<para>Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot
- environment. Check that everything is set up correctly by performing a
- simple test:</para>
+ environment by performing a simple test:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
- <para>If the following message shows up, the chroot environment is not
- set up for proper PTY operation:</para>
+ <para>This command should output the following:</para>
+<screen><computeroutput>spawn ls</computeroutput></screen>
+
+ <para>If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the
environment
+ is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved
before
+ running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:</para>
+
<screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
- <para>This issue needs to be resolved before running the test suites
- for Binutils and GCC.</para>
-
<para>Suppress the installation of an outdated
<filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later
on in the Autoconf instructions:</para>
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