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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-09 22:08:41 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-09 22:08:41 +0000 |
| commit | ec77758bec648897bb46f25845b99b6c39d13094 (patch) | |
| tree | 38a0d9f3be44c43412ea3881b89e16a336d18864 /doc/guide | |
| parent | bf486336c3e1003c8e9c3b6794f787a4a008dcae (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-ec77758bec648897bb46f25845b99b6c39d13094.tar.gz | |
Some package's self-tests require a lot of high-quality random data, so
the bulk build may seem to hang on otherwise idle machines.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/binary.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/binary.xml b/doc/guide/files/binary.xml index d3ec0b82775..90e43322601 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/binary.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/binary.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: binary.xml,v 1.26 2006/09/10 19:51:49 wiz Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: binary.xml,v 1.27 2006/10/09 22:08:41 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="binary"> <title>Creating binary packages</title> @@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ <quote>#!</quote>-scripts will find their interpreter.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><varname>PKGSRC_RUN_TEST</varname> can be set + to <quote><literal>yes</literal></quote> to run each package's + self-test before installing it. Note that some packages make + heavy use of <quote>good</quote> random numbers, so you need + to assure that the machine you are doing the bulk builds is + not completely idle. Otherwise some test programs will seem to + hang, while they are just waiting for new random data to be + available.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect3> |