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In article <2443bu$sd6@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>,
Noel S. Gorelick <ngorelic@speclab.cr.usgs.gov> wrote:
>I am trying to compile gcc-2.4.5 on my i486 running BSD386 with all 
>patches through patchkit-0.2.3.
>
>Everything compiles fine, up until the first time the make tries
>to use the new ./xgcc executable.  The first file it tries to compile
>is enquire.c:
>
>	in function fprop:
>	line #2328: floating overflow
>
>needless to say it doesn't continue from there.
>Anyone know why this happens, or better yet, how to get around it?

There are bugs in the libraries.  Get either NetBSD or (soon to be released)
FreeBSD.

>
>When I did this exact same thing on my 386, with the same software
>configuration, it worked fine.  So its probably something hardware
>specific, like the 486 chip?  Any help appreciated.

This is probably due to the FP emulator doing something that hides the
library bugs.



Nate

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