Re: ultrix 4.2a FLT_MAX conflict

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From: Daniel S. Riley
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 21:04

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In article <199210241520.AA10334@ds1.cs.umb.edu> karl@cs.umb.edu writes:
>On a decstation 5000/20 running ultrix 4.2a
[...]
>In file included from ./limits.h:4, from test.c:2:
>/usr/include/limits.h:190: warning: `FLT_MAX' redefined
>/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/decstation/2.2.2/include/float.h:25: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
>
>The two values are identical

Not quite identical...one is 3.40282347e+38f, and the other is
3.40282347e+38F.  If you change the gcc float.h to match limits.h
(change 'F' to 'f'), the error goes away...

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