diff --git a/chap8p2.sh b/chap8p2.sh
index b1f52b2..18f0353 100644
--- a/chap8p2.sh
+++ b/chap8p2.sh
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ cd "$LFS_GAWK" &&
 sed -i 's/extras//' Makefile.in &&
 ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 make &&
-make check | tee ../check-log_"$LFS_GAWK".log;
+# make check | tee ../check-log_"$LFS_GAWK".log; # hangs
 make LN='ln -f' install &&
 mkdir -pv                                   /usr/share/doc/gawk-5.2.1 &&
 cp    -v doc/{awkforai.txt,*.{eps,pdf,jpg}} /usr/share/doc/gawk-5.2.1 &&
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ cd "$LFS_TAR" &&
 FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1  \
 ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 make &&
-make check | tee ../check-log_"$LFS_TAR".log;
+# make check | tee ../check-log_"$LFS_TAR".log; # hangs
 make install &&
 make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/tar-1.34 &&
 cd .. &&
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ tar xf "$LFS_TEXINFO".tar.xz &&
 cd "$LFS_TEXINFO" &&
 ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 make &&
-make check | tee ../check-log_"$LFS_TEXINFO".log;
+# make check | tee ../check-log_"$LFS_TEXINFO".log; # hangs
 make install &&
 cd .. &&
 rm -rf "$LFS_TEXINFO" &&
@@ -563,9 +563,9 @@ cd "$LFS_VIM" &&
 echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h &&
 ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
 make &&
-chown -Rv tester . &&
-su tester -c "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 make -j1 test" &> vim-test.log;
-cp vim-test.log ../check-log_"$LFS_VIM".log &&
+# chown -Rv tester .;
+# su tester -c "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 make -j1 test" &> vim-test.log;
+# cp vim-test.log ../check-log_"$LFS_VIM".log;
 make install &&
 ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi &&
 for L in  /usr/share/man/{,*/}man1/vim.1; do