>>> I think I neglected to shut down the networking on the host system - so the >>> posix tests did not fail. I did not realise that network isolation was a >>> requirement. I do not have that machine with me here at work - so I will >>> check later. >>> >> >> That is interesting. And very puzzling. For me, I don't shut down >> networking on the host (why would anyone do that ?), but I think that >> test has always failed for me since it was introduced - it's fairly >> recent. > >Right. The issue is that all the needed files are not yest installed in >chroot at the time glibc is built for the resolver to work. If >building/testing in a full environment, the test passes. > >There is no need ot disable networking on the host.
I was wrong. The posix test failures are there further back in the log. As Mr. Dubbs implied, the build had actually succeeded and installed cleanly. I have now moved on to the later stages. Many thanks for the help, R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
