Author: bdubbs
Date: Fri May 29 15:05:38 2020
New Revision: 11868

Log:
Tweak additions and deletion of tester user.
Explain test filures in bash.

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/chapter06/bash.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter06/createfiles.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/bash.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/bash.xml       Fri May 29 06:26:19 2020        (r11867)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/bash.xml       Fri May 29 15:05:38 2020        (r11868)
@@ -81,15 +81,13 @@
     class="username">tester</systemitem> user:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make 
tests"</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-    <para>The <command>su</command> command above is slightly different from
-    other places in the book. The
-    reason is that the <option>-c</option> option runs the command without
-    a controlling terminal, while the bash test suite needs one.</para>
--->
+
     <para>The <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem>
     user does not have enough permissions for all the tests to pass. This shows
-    up in some <quote>diff</quote> output in four test results.</para>
+    up in some <quote>diff</quote> output in four test results. Portions of 
the 
+    run-execscript, run-lastpipe, run-read, and run-test programs
+    are known to fail in the LFS chroot environment, but pass if the tests
+    are run in a full system.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package and move the main executable to
     <filename class='directory'>/bin</filename>:</para>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/createfiles.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/createfiles.xml        Fri May 29 06:26:19 2020        
(r11867)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/createfiles.xml        Fri May 29 15:05:38 2020        
(r11868)
@@ -345,8 +345,9 @@
   <para>Some tests later in the chapter need a regular user. We add this
   user here and delete this account at the end of the chapter.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo "tester:x:101:101::/tmp:/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd
-echo "tester:x:101:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>echo "tester:x:101:101::/home/tester:/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; 
/etc/passwd
+echo "tester:x:101:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
+install -o tester -d /home/tester</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new
   shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml      Fri May 29 06:26:19 2020        
(r11867)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml      Fri May 29 15:05:38 2020        
(r11868)
@@ -73,5 +73,6 @@
    <para>Finally, remove the temporary 'tester' usr account created at the 
    beginning of this chapter.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/tester/d' /etc/passwd 
/etc/group</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/tester/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group
+rm -rf /home/tester</userinput></screen>
 </sect1>
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