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Re: Bug with g77 and -mieee on Alpha Linux



  In message <rzqyagllbfj.fsf@djlvig.dl.ac.uk>you write:
  >  Jeff> On a technical note, while we certainly can not switch the
  >  Jeff> default to -mieee for this release, we can consider adding an
  >  Jeff> -mieee multilib to the alpha port for this release (assuming
  >  Jeff> the libraries will successfully build with -mieee).
  > 
  > Yes, I built multilibbed (on OSF).
  > 
  >  Jeff> While it is not a perfect solution, 
  > 
  > It's perfect as far as the canonical test goes.
Right.  But I believe folks have stated that -mieee has some problems on
the alpha.  I don't read all the alpha stuff closely, so maybe I've got the
wrong thread.

  > 
  >  Jeff> it would provide the user with a more IEEE complaint
  >  Jeff> environment if requested *and* by making it at least an option
  >  Jeff> with this release -mieee will get more testing.
  > 
  > Someone should document multilibs as not only applicable to libgcc and
  > look for any other cases where they might be needed for the language
  > runtimes but weren't for libgcc.
Yup.  This kind of suggestion started making the rounds a couple weeks ago.

jeff


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