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@@ -1473,6 +1473,14 @@ 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).
+?? 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.
+
Answers were given by:
{UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>
@@ -1487,6 +1495,7 @@ 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>
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