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From: paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Subject: Re: XFree 1.3 crash (SIGFPE floting point exception)
Message-ID: <1993Jul10.215950.23235@cm.cf.ac.uk>
Keywords: XFree86 1.3, X11
Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System)
Organization: Intelligent Systems Lab, ELSYM, University of Wales, Cardiff
References: <2516@alderan.sdata.de> <1993Jul10.100039.26329@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 21:59:48 +0000
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It is relevant.

The truncating of double to int IS broken on 386bsd 0.1 with gcc1. gcc2
uses it's own code so it works if you use gcc2.

People are aware of this bug and it has been fixed, so in a future
release it will be ok.
-- 
  Paul Richards, University of Wales, College Cardiff

  Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk
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