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| author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1999-12-21 08:10:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1999-12-21 08:10:06 +0000 |
| commit | c63598bf0547a8fa3286c79f9dd4f801a05ee7f8 (patch) | |
| tree | fdeea64c9c74d09b0fd9975f25941dc041d826bd /FAQ | |
| parent | 47cd4757a888ac74bbdb89ba6a72bbf36327d283 (diff) | |
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Update.
1999-12-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/syscalls.list: Add getpmsg and putpmsg. 1999-12-20 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/lxstat64.c: Include "kernel-features.h" before testing for __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fxstat64.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xstat64.c: Likewise. 1999-12-20 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> * manual/install.texi (Running make install): Clearify that install_root should be an absolute file name. * iconv/gconv.c (__gconv): Deal with outbuf being NULL. * iconv/iconv.c (iconv): Allow omitting output buffer if no input buffer is given to place conversion descriptor in initial state. * iconvdata/gconv-modules: Correct aliases CSPC850MULTILINGUAL and CSPC862LATINHEBREW. * iconvdata/gconv-modules: Add aliases GB2312 and csGB2312 (according to IANA registry). Reported by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>. * iconvdata/johab.c: Correct completely broken conversion to JOHAB.
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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index fe08cb1539..44558ee4ed 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ please let me know. daylight saving time is in effect the timezone string is EST. 4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets segmentation faults. +4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -1705,6 +1706,15 @@ filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make 3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server (ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm). + +4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation? + +{AO} The functions floor() and floorf() use an instruction that is not +implemented in some old PALcodes of AlphaStations. This may cause +`Illegal Instruction' core dumps or endless loops in programs that +catch these signals. Updating the firmware to a 1999 release has +fixed the problem on an AlphaStation 200 4/166. + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -1721,6 +1731,7 @@ Answers were given by: {GK} Geoffrey Keating, <geoffk@ozemail.com.au> {HJ} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.org> {CG} Cristian Gafton, <gafton@redhat.com> +{AO} Alexandre Oliva, <oliva@lsd.ic.unicamp.br> Local Variables: mode:outline |