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"make check" error when compiling Gawk-4.1.4 (for Linux From Scratch v8.0)

Hello,
Recently I've started working on building a Linux based OS using the book Linux From Scratch (LFS 8.0). I'm currently working on section 5.23, compiling the Gawk-4.1.4 package. So far, I've ran the

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./configure --prefix=/tools

and the

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make

without any problems. When I run the

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make check

command though, I get this error:

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- gawk: mbstr1.awk:2: warning: Invalid multibyte data detected. There may be a mismatch between your data and your locale.

. This error is repeated multiple times in the "make check" verbose, and it ultimately terminates the command:

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Makefile:1651: recipe for target 'check' failed

make[1]: *** [check] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory '/mnt/lfs/sources/gawk-4.1.4/test'

Makefile:742: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed

make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

.

What can I do to fix this issue? I've already searched around a bit online and found another instances of this issue, but I don't understand how to use the solution given.

Thank you in advance for help on my issue!

Hi Microbob,

Welcome to LQ!

You run make check before you run make. If make completes, you don't need make check.

no you dont you cant get the results of make check which checks taht everything is working right, before building the application/library youu are getting confused with configure which is used before make to check that the app can be built etc.

m=as the lfs book says running make check on the tempory tools ie before chapter 6 is probably not going to work, so leave the make check untill chapter 6

P.S.
to th op ask a mod to move this thread to the lfs forum you will get better help there.

np , we all have dumb days mine come about twice a week !

Normal practice with LFS is not to run any checks in chapter 5 apart from the sanity tests for the basic glibc-binutils-gcc toolkit.

Thank you all for your help! Here's what I'll do (and why I got from your help):

Simply ignore the "make check" and go ahead with "make install"
Consider moving this thread to the lfs forum for more input

Thank you again!