Bug#294717: gpsbabel build problems: at least partly due to rounding errors

2005-03-10 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:13AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Since the errors seem to be rounding errors, and as such almost > inevitable unless extreme care is taken, it might be worthwhile to punt > on the issue and just disable the "make check" in debian/rules. This Sound advice. Actually

Bug#294717: gpsbabel build problems: at least partly due to rounding errors

2005-03-09 Thread Lars Wirzenius
With regard to the test program I mailed earlier: it produces identical results on i386 as on hppa if -O or -O2 is given to gcc, but different (and I think incorrect) results without optimization (-O0 or no option). It was pointed out to me on IRC by Simon Richter that i386 computes floating point

Bug#294717: gpsbabel build problems: at least partly due to rounding errors

2005-02-19 Thread Lars Wirzenius
I've had a look at the build problems for gpsbabel. It builds fine on i386, but "make check" fails on many other architectures. A typical failure is this: /usr/bin/make check make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/gpsbabel-1.2.4' ./testo 51c51 < B0421143040679S15036423EA00 --- > B04211