c/6724: "make check" on glibc-2.2.5 fails using gcc-3.1

[alex14641@yahoo.com]

>Number:         6724
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       "make check" on glibc-2.2.5 fails using gcc-3.1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 19 14:36:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     alex14641@yahoo.com
>Release:        gcc-3.1
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
While running 'make check' on glibc-2.2.5 using gcc-3.1, I get the following error.

/usr/gcc-3.1/bin/gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -o /update/glibc-build/math/test-if
loat  -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2   -Wl,-z,combreloc /update/glibc-bu
ild/csu/crt1.o /update/glibc-build/csu/crti.o `/usr/gcc-3.1/bin/gcc --print-file
-name=crtbegin.o` /update/glibc-build/math/test-ifloat.o /update/glibc-build/mat
h/libm.so.6  -Wl,-rpath-link=/update/glibc-build:/update/glibc-build/math:/updat
e/glibc-build/elf:/update/glibc-build/dlfcn:/update/glibc-build/nss:/update/glib
c-build/nis:/update/glibc-build/rt:/update/glibc-build/resolv:/update/glibc-buil
d/crypt:/update/glibc-build/linuxthreads /update/glibc-build/libc.so.6 /update/g
libc-build/libc_nonshared.a -lgcc `/usr/gcc-3.1/bin/gcc --print-file-name=crtend
.o` /update/glibc-build/csu/crtn.o
GCONV_PATH=/update/glibc-build/iconvdata LC_ALL=C   /update/glibc-build/elf/ld-l
inux.so.2 --library-path /update/glibc-build:/update/glibc-build/math:/update/gl
ibc-build/elf:/update/glibc-build/dlfcn:/update/glibc-build/nss:/update/glibc-bu
ild/nis:/update/glibc-build/rt:/update/glibc-build/resolv:/update/glibc-build/cr
ypt:/update/glibc-build/linuxthreads /update/glibc-build/math/test-ifloat  > /up
date/glibc-build/math/test-ifloat.out
make[2]: *** [/update/glibc-build/math/test-ifloat.out] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/update/glibc-2.2.5/math'
make[1]: *** [math/tests] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/update/glibc-2.2.5'
make: *** [check] Error 2

There is a similar bug already in glibc's bug list; Andreas Jaeger seems to think this is a gcc/kernel bug.

I'm running linux 2.4.19pre8-ac4 on an Epox 8k7a motherboard and an Athlon 1.4GHz CPU
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