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From: peter@wiesel (Peter Burgstaller)
Subject: Re: Problems with new patches espec. patch00089
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Organization: University of Salzburg / Austria
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 21:31:28 GMT
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In comp.os.386bsd.bugs article <C3Kquz.Bxv@cosy.sbg.ac.at> you wrote:
> Hi folks!
> I just installed the new patches 84-110.
> I ran into several problems.
...
> 2. Either I did miss something or there is a bug in patch00089.
> 	I tried to recompile libc (atof.c was changed by this patch)
> 	and got the following output:
> /usr/src/lib/libc/i386/stdlib/atof.c: In function strtod:
> /usr/src/lib/libc/i386/stdlib/atof.c:156: warning: assignment of  
non-const * pointer
> from const *
> cc: Program cc1 got fatal signal 6.
> *** Error code 1
>
> I know that in the new patches there was a patch which clamed to correct
> the fatal signal 6 error.
>
> So here is my question:
> Do I have to recompile something before getting rid of the signal 6  
error
> or is there a bug in atof.c ??

I had to copy /usr/src/include/math.h to /usr/include/math.h and  
everything worked fine!

I want to thank the guy that gave me the solution, but I deleted
his message before I could reply.
So this is to you:
THANKS A LOT!!!

- Peter
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| Peter Burgstaller| Student of Computerscience		 |
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