--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: How do you interpet gcc test results? > To: "LFS Support List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 9:49 AM > brown wrap wrote: > > My last email was regarding the test results of GCC. > From my first > > run of the test I thought the output had indicated the > gcc had > > failed. I was told to proceed, which I did. Then I > started the "make > > -k check" and it took so long I thought my machine was > hung and its a > > quad core with 3 gigs of memory. I ran the summary > which I have > > attached and it contained a number of errors, so many > I thought > > something was wrong, but I was able to continue and > compile Sed in > > Chapter 6. So I am asking, what do the test results > mean? Yes, there > > were a number of errors, so many that I something was > seriously > > wrong, but they don't seem to make any difference. > > Try reading the book. > > "Results can be compared with those located at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/6.6-rc1/ > and > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/. > > A few unexpected failures cannot always be avoided. The GCC > developers > are usually aware of these issues, but have not resolved > them yet. In > particular, the libmudflap tests are known be particularly > problematic > as a result of a bug in GCC > (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20003). > Unless the test > results are vastly different from those at the above URL, > it is safe to > continue." > > You have exactly 6 failures out of about 90000. > That's not "so many". > > -- Bruce > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > Yeah I read that prior to asking. Thanks for the insight. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
