Commit 24df6849 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Refine note about strftime test failure (it's fixed in Linux glibc 6).

parent 14777f87
...@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@ produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages about ...@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@ produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages about
skipped tests due to an optional feature that can't be imported (if skipped tests due to an optional feature that can't be imported (if
you want to test those modules, edit Modules/Setup to configure them). you want to test those modules, edit Modules/Setup to configure them).
If a messages is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core If a messages is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core
dump is produced, something's wrong. On some systems, test_strftime dump is produced, something's wrong. On some Linux systems (those
fails due to a non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C that are not yet using glibc 6), test_strftime fails due to a
library. This can be ignored (or you can complain to your vendor). non-standard-compliant implementation of strftime() in the C library.
Please ignore this, or upgrade to glibc version 6.
IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report, IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report,
*don't* include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the *don't* include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the
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