[Clfs-support] Locale errors during SVN pure64 glibc check

[Ken Moffat]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 09:32:21PM +0100, Mark McCorkell wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:18:45 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote:
> 
>   I've no idea what the fix is - please try copying
> > gconv-modules and see if it fixes the failures.
> > 
> > ĸen
> 
> Copying gconv-modules to the build dir just before running 'make check'
> eliminated all the locale test errors. My Linux knowledge isn't at the
> stage yet where I can decipher enough of the build scripts for glibc to
> figure out why this needed to be done (but trying was fun in a
> headache-inducing way). Hopefully it's just an issue with the tests and
> won't cause any problems to crop up with later compiles in the CLFS
> build.
> 
> --
> Mark
> * apologies if this reply isn't threaded, my mbox experienced a user
> error
> 
 Mark, thanks for that.  I've only built x86_64-64 recently, so I
don't know if this is needed on other arches.  Being cynical, I
suspect nobody cares - maybe I'm wrong and the other arches all have
perfect glibc test results and provide ponies for their users.

ĸen
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