The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.linux.debian.ports.alpha as well.
Hi. 0:14 pts/10 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp 5> cat dblc.c #include <assert.h> #include <float.h> #include <math.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { double x; printf("%s%d\n", "DBL_MANT_DIG = ", DBL_MANT_DIG); x = ldexp (1.0, DBL_MANT_DIG) - 1.0; printf("%lf %lf\n", x, floor(x)); assert(x == floor(x)); /* does not seem to work in alpha */ return 0; } 10:14 pts/10 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp 6> gcc -Wall -lm -o dblc dblc.c 10:14 pts/10 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp 7> ./dblc DBL_MANT_DIG = 53 9007199254740991.000000 9007199254740991.000000 10:14 pts/10 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp 8> uname -a Linux vinci 2.6.23-rc8-rt2x00-gc31d1777-dirty #1 Wed Oct 3 11:44:23 MSD 2007 alpha GNU/Linux >>>>> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:31:45 -0400 >>>>> "KSK" == Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: KSK> KSK> I have filed this as KSK> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442568 . But there is no KSK> response from the maintainer even after 20 days. I don't have access to an KSK> alpha machine to look more into the problem. This bug makes guile-1.8 FTBFS KSK> on alpha. So it would be great if someone can take a stab at it. KSK> KSK> thanks KSK> raju KSK> KSK> -- KSK> Kamaraju S Kusumanchi KSK> http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ KSK> http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ KSK> -- Alexander Kotelnikov Saint-Petersburg, Russia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]