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@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ please let me know.
daylight saving time is in effect the timezone string is EST.
4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets
segmentation faults.
+4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?
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@@ -1705,6 +1706,15 @@ 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).
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+4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation?
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+{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.
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@@ -1721,6 +1731,7 @@ 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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