Re: crashing bug : found... destroyed

[Alan Hourihane <alanh at xfree86 dot org>]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:25:46PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > THE FIX :
> > I simply undefine __STRICT_ANSI__ before the math.h include, and
> > redefine it
> 
> Oh, on the other hand, adding the -ansi flag (which causes __STRICT_ANSI__
> to be defined) doesn't seem like such a great idea anymore, does it?  :)
> 
> I tried talking to the Newlib (http://sources.redhat.com/newlib/) folks once
> about fixing the way that they interpret the __STRICT_ANSI__ define, but
> they were pretty damned arrogant about it, so I gave up trying to convince
> them that they were misinterpreting the define.  Of course, anyone with some
> patience is more than welcome to talk to them.  You need only look at the
> headers providided with Linux or any other *NIX (Solaris, etc.) to come up
> with lots of things that should be changed in the Newlib headers regarding
> the __STRICT_ANSI__ define.
> 
That was the alternative - yes. Maybe this issue should be discussed
on the xpert list first.

Alan.