Changeset 0498d9ca

Timestamp:

Aug 19, 2006, 2:37:19 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@…>

Children:

97c123bb

Parents:

d6d5866

Message:

Add details of where to look if glibc tests fail, and move posix/annexc out of the paragraph on math tests.

Location:

final-system

Files:

• common/glibc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• multilib/glibc-64bit.xml (modified) (1 diff)

final-system/common/glibc.xml

@@ -105 +105 @@
 
     <para os="o">The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
-    the host system, in particular the kernel. In general, the Glibc test
-    suite is always expected to pass. However, in certain circumstances,
-    some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common
-    issues:</para>
+    the host system, in particular the kernel. The posix/annexc test normally fails
+    and you should see <literal>Error 1 (ignored)</literal> in the output. Apart
+    from this, the Glibc test suite is always expected to pass. However, in certain
+    circumstances, some failures are unavoidable. If a test fails because of a missing
+    program (or missing symbolic link), or a segfault, you will see an error code
+    greater than 127 and the details will be in the log. More commonly, tests will
+    fail with <literal>Error 2</literal> - for these, the contents of the corresponding
+    <filename>.out</filename> file, e.g. <filename>posix/annexc.out</filename> may be
+    informative. Here is a list of the most common issues:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist os="p">
@@ -114 +119 @@
         <para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests, at least on i686, fail in
         the <emphasis>test-double</emphasis> and <emphasis>test-idouble</emphasis>
-        tests with gcc-&gcc-version;, the <command>grep</command> command will
-        also report an expected (ignored) failure in <emphasis>posix/annexc
-        </emphasis>. These two failures in the math tests appear to be harmless.
+        tests with gcc-&gcc-version;
+        . These two failures in the math tests appear to be harmless.
         The math tests may also fail on systems where the CPU is not a relatively
         new genuine Intel or authentic AMD. Certain optimization settings are

final-system/multilib/glibc-64bit.xml

@@ -106 +106 @@
     xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='n'])"/>
 
-    <para os="o">The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of
-    the host system, in particular the kernel. In general, the Glibc test
-    suite is always expected to pass. However, in certain circumstances,
-    some failures are unavoidable. This is a list of the most common
-    issues:</para>
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
+    href="glibc.xml"
+    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='o'])"/>
 
     <itemizedlist os="p">