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Re: glibc 2.1.2pre3


>>>>> George T Talbot writes:

George> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> 
>> >>>>> George Talbot writes:
>> 
George> On 27 Aug 1999, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>> >> "George T. Talbot" <george@moberg.com> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > Can this release be compiled with GCC 2.95.1 or do I have to stick with
>> >> > egcs 1.1.2?
>> >>
>> >> Depends on the platforms.  gcc 2.95* works for platforms != Alpha.
>> 
George> OK...then I'll give it a try.  I was curious because when I recompiled
George> 2.1.1pre2 with 2.95.1 atoll() and strtoll() broke, giving incorrect
George> results. I was compiling with -fexceptions, so maybe this made a
George> difference.  (platform: Linux x86)
>> 
>> Do you have testcases for the atoll and strtoll breakage?

George> Here's the program I used to test for breakage.  Kinda simple and
George> stupid, but it works.

After compiling with:
/opt/gcc-2.95/bin/g++  atoll.c -D_GNU_SOURCE

I got:
[...]
Test passed.

I compiled my glibc with 2.95.1 - but without -fexeception.  If you
encounter problems with glibc 2.1.2pre3 and 2.95.1, you should report
them.

Andreas
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