Updated Glibc to a 2.8 snapshot taken on 9/29/2008, the tarball of this snapshot includes the libidn data that previously was separately packaged

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8567 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@
 -->
 
     <listitem>
-      <para>Date</para>
+      <para>2008-10-05</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated Glibc to a 2.8 snapshot taken on
+          9/29/2008. The tarball of this snapshot includes the libidn
+          data that previously was separately packaged.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Added the GMP and MPFR packages to the list of
           packages in Chapter 3. Thanks to Lefteris Dimitroulakis for

chapter01/whatsnew.xml

@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@
       <para>GMP-&gmp-version;</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch;</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch;</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>&grep-debian-patch;</para>
     </listitem>

chapter03/packages.xml

@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
-    <varlistentry>
+    <!-- <varlistentry>
       <term>Glibc LibIDN add-on (&glibc-libidn-version;) - <token>&glibc-libidn-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
         <para>Home page: <ulink url="&glibc-libidn-home;"/></para>
         <para>Download: <ulink url="&glibc-libidn-url;"/></para>
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&glibc-libidn-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
+    </varlistentry> -->
 
     <varlistentry>
       <term>GMP (&gmp-version;) - <token>&gmp-size;</token>:</term>

chapter03/patches.xml

@@ -91,7 +91,23 @@
     </varlistentry>
 
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Grep Debian Patch - <token>&grep-debian-patch-size;</token>;</term>
+      <term>Glibc Iconv Test Fixes Patch - <token>&glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch;"/></para>
+	<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Glibc Ildoubl Test Fix Patch - <token>&glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch;"/></para>
+	<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Grep Debian Patch - <token>&grep-debian-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
 	<para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&grep-debian-patch;"/></para>
 	<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&grep-debian-patch-md5;</literal></para>

chapter05/glibc.xml

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
 
+    <para>Though not mandatory in this chapter, if you plan on running the test
+    suite, you should apply the following patches:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i &glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch; &amp;&amp;
+patch -Np1 -i &glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
     directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 

chapter06/glibc.xml

@@ -61,23 +61,23 @@
     Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal
     of achieving a clean build.</para>
 
-    <para>The glibc-libidn tarball adds support for internationalized domain
+    <!-- <para>The glibc-libidn tarball adds support for internationalized domain
     names (IDN) to Glibc. Many programs that support IDN require the full
     <filename class="libraryfile">libidn</filename> library, not this add-on (see
     <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/general/libidn.html"/>).
     Unpack the tarball from within the Glibc source directory:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xvf ../glibc-libidn-&glibc-version;.tar.bz2
-mv glibc-libidn-&glibc-version; libidn</userinput></screen>
+mv glibc-libidn-&glibc-version; libidn</userinput></screen>-->
 
-    <para>In the vi_VN.TCVN locale, <command>bash</command> enters an infinite loop
+    <!-- <para>In the vi_VN.TCVN locale, <command>bash</command> enters an infinite loop
     at startup. It is unknown whether this is a <command>bash</command> bug or a
     Glibc problem. Disable installation of this locale in order to avoid the
     problem:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/vi_VN.TCVN/d' localedata/SUPPORTED</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/vi_VN.TCVN/d' localedata/SUPPORTED</userinput></screen> -->
 
-    <para>When running <command>make install</command>, a script called
+    <!-- <para>When running <command>make install</command>, a script called
     <filename>test-installation.pl</filename> performs a small sanity test on
     our newly installed Glibc. However, because our toolchain still points to
     the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory, the sanity
@@ -86,7 +86,14 @@ mv glibc-libidn-&glibc-version; libidn</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i \
 's|libs -o|libs -L/usr/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o|' \
-        scripts/test-installation.pl</userinput></screen>
+        scripts/test-installation.pl</userinput></screen> -->
+
+    <para>First apply two patches which correct failures in the test
+    suite:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i &glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch; &amp;&amp;
+patch -Np1 -i &glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
 
     <para>The <command>ldd</command> shell script contains Bash-specific
     syntax. Change its default program interpreter to <command>/bin/bash</command>
@@ -136,9 +143,12 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
       Do not skip it under any circumstance.</para>
     </important>
 
-    <para>Test the results:</para>
+    <para>Before running the tests, copy a file from the source tree into our
+    build tree to prevent a couple of test failures, then test the
+    results:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee glibc-check-log
+<screen><userinput remap="test">cp -v ../glibc-&glibc-version;/iconvdata/gconv-modules iconvdata &amp;&amp;
+make -k check 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee glibc-check-log
 grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>You will probably see an expected (ignored) failure in the
@@ -230,7 +240,7 @@ localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen>
     <para>Then use the <command>localedef</command> command to create and
     install locales not listed in the
     <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file
-    in the unlikely case if you need them.</para>
+    in the unlikely case you need them.</para>
     <!-- The Live CD patches the localedata/SUPPORTED file instead of
     running localedef, the results are equivalent -->
 

packages.ent

@@ -192,15 +192,15 @@
 <!ENTITY gettext-ch6-du "65 MB">
 <!ENTITY gettext-ch6-sbu "1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY glibc-version "2.7">
-<!ENTITY glibc-size "15,602 KB">
-<!ENTITY glibc-url "&gnu;glibc/glibc-&glibc-version;.tar.bz2">
-<!ENTITY glibc-md5 "065c5952b439deba40083ccd67bcc8f7">
+<!ENTITY glibc-version "2.8-20080929">
+<!ENTITY glibc-size "16,231 KB">
+<!ENTITY glibc-url "ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/glibc/snapshots/glibc-&glibc-version;.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY glibc-md5 "ef223822e84f38dc6b3762bcf3bd6c5e">
 <!ENTITY glibc-home "&gnu-software;libc/">
-<!ENTITY glibc-ch5-du "342 MB">
-<!ENTITY glibc-ch5-sbu "7 SBU">
-<!ENTITY glibc-ch6-du "556 MB testsuite included">
-<!ENTITY glibc-ch6-sbu "19.5 SBU testsuite included">
+<!ENTITY glibc-ch5-du "407 MB">
+<!ENTITY glibc-ch5-sbu "7.6 SBU">
+<!ENTITY glibc-ch6-du "801 MB testsuite included">
+<!ENTITY glibc-ch6-sbu "17.7 SBU testsuite included">
 <!ENTITY glibc-libidn-version "&glibc-version;">
 <!ENTITY glibc-libidn-size "100 KB">
 <!ENTITY glibc-libidn-url "&gnu;glibc/glibc-libidn-&glibc-libidn-version;.tar.bz2">

patches.ent

@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
 <!ENTITY expect-spawn-patch-size "6.8 KB">
 
 
+<!ENTITY glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch "glibc-&glibc-version;-iconv_tests-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch-md5 "cc5e95e418e0b2f8a54b14cf90c7c3b2">
+<!ENTITY glibc-iconv-test-fixes-patch-size "1.7 KB">
+
+<!ENTITY glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch "glibc-&glibc-version;-ildoubl_test-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch-md5 "4dc864a487eee8426413542591d19edb">
+<!ENTITY glibc-ildoubl-test-fix-patch-size "1.0 KB">
+
+
 <!ENTITY grep-debian-patch "grep-&grep-version;-debian_fixes-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY grep-debian-patch-md5 "337d017202d7e3b08d428a89da3ee572">
 <!ENTITY grep-debian-patch-size "27 KB">