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r9860952 r5da8aa0 11 11 <title>About the Test Suites</title> 12 12 13 <para>TO BE REWRITTEN (and maybe moved to final-system chapter)</para>14 15 13 <para>Most packages provide a test suite. Running the test suite for a 16 14 newly built package is a good idea because it can provide a <quote>sanity … … 20 18 that the package is totally bug free.</para> 21 19 22 <para>Some test suites are more important than others. For example, 23 the test suites for the core toolchain packages—GCC, Binutils, and 24 Glibc—are of the utmost importance due to their central role in a 25 properly functioning system. The test suites for GCC and Glibc can 26 take a very long time to complete, especially on slower hardware, but 27 are strongly recommended.</para> 28 29 <note> 30 <para>It is not possible to run testsuites when cross-compiling, so there 31 are no instructions given for running testsuites until 32 <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para> 33 </note> 34 35 <para>A common issue with running the test suites for Binutils and GCC 36 is running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs). This can result in a high 37 number of failing tests. This may happen for several reasons, but the 38 most likely cause is that the host system does not have the 39 <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> file system set up 40 correctly. This issue is discussed in greater detail at 41 <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html#no-ptys"/>.</para> 42 43 <para>Sometimes package test suites will fail, but for reasons which the 44 developers are aware of and have deemed non-critical. Consult the logs located 45 at <ulink url="&test-results;"/> to verify whether or not these failures are 46 expected. This site is valid for all tests throughout this book.</para> 20 <para>It is not possible to run testsuites when cross-compiling, so package installation instructions do not explain how to run testsuites until <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para> 47 21 48 22 </sect1>
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