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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1327 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:35:23 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: 386BSD: cc1 got fatal signal 6 Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 00:06:23 GMT Message-ID: <C2EwAp.88K@sugar.neosoft.com> References: <DERAADT.93Feb11012907@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> Lines: 16 In article <DERAADT.93Feb11012907@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes: > I've heard a lot of floating point issues discussed on here, but I have > never seen a definitive one that declared exactly why this happens. > I cannot even compile up gcc2.3.2 with this problem. > What is the DEFINITIVE answer? The definitive answer is bad constants in math.h and float.h. The patch kit we tried to distribute from NeoSoft should fix it. I only hope Nate gets our changes integrated or gives us back control so you all can get them. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Oletko halannut suttasi tänään? 'U` Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.