Index: BOOK/final-system/common/glibc.xml
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--- BOOK/final-system/common/glibc.xml (revision 1ac4889a7639ee6560a65b530c95de304ae70362)
+++ BOOK/final-system/common/glibc.xml (revision 10b285062a6a4a7049ad191ddfb2fe3692313e8e)
@@ -105,8 +105,13 @@
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:
+ the host system, in particular the kernel. The posix/annexc test normally fails
+ and you should see Error 1 (ignored) 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 Error 2 - for these, the contents of the corresponding
+ .out file, e.g. posix/annexc.out may be
+ informative. Here is a list of the most common issues:
@@ -114,7 +119,6 @@
The math tests, at least on i686, fail in
the test-double and test-idouble
- tests with gcc-&gcc-version;, the grep command will
- also report an expected (ignored) failure in posix/annexc
- . 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
Index: BOOK/final-system/multilib/glibc-64bit.xml
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--- BOOK/final-system/multilib/glibc-64bit.xml (revision 1ac4889a7639ee6560a65b530c95de304ae70362)
+++ BOOK/final-system/multilib/glibc-64bit.xml (revision 10b285062a6a4a7049ad191ddfb2fe3692313e8e)
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@
xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='n'])"/>
- 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:
+