Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Regarding strtold() bugs #711 and #725

2018-07-01 Thread sisyphus1
Hi Carl, I'm already defining __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO. The messages you've quoted from the ChangeLog relate to strtod(). But strtod() works fine - the bug occurs only with strtold(). Is it just that strtold() needs to be aliased to __mingw_strtold() when __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO is defned ? Tha

[Mingw-w64-public] Regarding strtold() bugs #711 and #725

2018-07-01 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, In relation to https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/711/ and https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/725/ I've just discovered that replacing the strtold() calls with calls to __mingw_strtold() avoids the buggy behaviour. Why would that be so ? Does this observation open the door to

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] alignment of _Decimal128 type with gcc-8.1.0

2018-06-15 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: sisyph...@optusnet.com.au Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 11:57 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] alignment of _Decimal128 type with gcc-8.1.0 [snip] Has this change in requirements arisen because the version of gcc has r

[Mingw-w64-public] alignment of _Decimal128 type with gcc-8.1.0

2018-06-15 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, With the latest x86_64 (official) builds of gcc-8.1.0, I'm finding it necessary to do something like: typedef _Decimal128 D128 __attribute__ ((aligned(8))); However, I didn't have to concern myself with such alignment issues with x86_64 mingw-w64 builds of earlier versions of gcc. Has

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] The toolchain's future and my taking part in this project

2018-06-01 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: niXman Sent: Friday, June 01, 2018 6:12 AM To: mingw-w64-public Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] The toolchain's future and my taking part in this project Hi, It's quite simple - I've lost my job and can no longer afford to work for free, although I want to...

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [Project News|New Builds]

2018-05-24 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: niXman Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 2:26 AM To: mingw-w64-public Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] [Project News|New Builds] Hi, The new builds of MinGW-W64 based on 'GCC-8.1.0' and MinGW-w64 'master' branch was uploaded. Thank you !! I'll be trying them out soon.

[Mingw-w64-public] [OT] warnings and errors messages overwrite my cmd.exe shell color selection.

2018-05-22 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, Whenever a warning or error is emitted during compilation, the foreground/background colors of the cmd.exe console revert permanently from the colors I've selected, to the default. This means that I continually have to re-enter the "color" selection at the command line. What do I need to

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] sizeof long

2018-04-17 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Vincent Torri Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 1:12 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] sizeof long https://msdn.microsoft.com/ro-ro/library/s3f49ktz.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#64-bit_data_models

[Mingw-w64-public] sizeof long

2018-04-17 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, Why is it that on our x86_64 compilers sizeof long is only 4 ? Does it absolutely have to be that way ? Would it be possible to design a switch that would enable 8 byte longs ? The mismatch between linux and windows in this regard is a real pita, and I'm curious about the reason(s) that

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] How to backtrace a crash with gdb on Windows 7

2018-01-18 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Hannes Domani via Mingw-w64-public Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:11 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Hannes Domani Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] How to backtrace a crash with gdb on Windows 7 (gdb) run Starting program: C:\_64\comp\

[Mingw-w64-public] How to backtrace a crash with gdb on Windows 7

2018-01-18 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, In the msys2 shell, I'm building gmp (with specific configure args) and then mpfr. But there are 3 crashing tests in the mpfr test suite for which I would like to obtain a backtrace - but so far, all I'm getting is "No stack". In the hope that someone might be able to see how I can improv

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Finding runtime version

2017-11-15 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: sisyph...@optusnet.com.au Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 8:09 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Finding runtime version Hi, For mingw-w64 runtime version x.y.z, I know that __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR will give me the value of x, and __MINGW6

[Mingw-w64-public] Finding runtime version

2017-11-10 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, For mingw-w64 runtime version x.y.z, I know that __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR will give me the value of x, and __MINGW64_VERSION_MINOR will give me the value of y. But what's the symbol that will give me the value of z ? Is there a symbol that will give me all three values as a string "x.y.z"

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New bug fix from v5.x release soon

2017-10-27 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: JonY via Mingw-w64-public Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 9:07 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: JonY Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New bug fix from v5.x release soon On 10/27/2017 02:39 AM, Liu Hao wrote: With this patch the crash in quest

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New bug fix from v5.x release soon

2017-10-26 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Liu Hao Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:51 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net ; sisyph...@optusnet.com.au Cc: JonY Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New bug fix from v5.x release soon The attached patch should fix the problem. This is a quick fix and

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] New bug fix from v5.x release soon

2017-10-26 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: JonY via Mingw-w64-public Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:03 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: JonY Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] New bug fix from v5.x release soon Are there any bug fix commits from master that you think should go into v5.x?

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Problems with using printf format specs with GCC 7

2017-09-11 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Eli Zaretskii Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 3:19 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] Problems with using printf format specs with GCC 7 Does Emacs do anything wrong in these cases? Not sure what to make of the format

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] how to printf() 64-bit integer in 64-bit compiler in strict ISO mode with all warnings enabled?

2017-06-21 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Liu Hao Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 11:46 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] how to printf() 64-bit integer in 64-bit compiler in strict ISO mode with all warnings enabled? So, I need to printf() uint64_t in my pr

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] How to access _Decimal64 functions in math.h

2017-05-08 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: JonY Sent: Monday, May 08, 2017 8:47 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] How to access _Decimal64 functions in math.h [snip] >> >> All I get is: >> >> C:\Users\sisyphus\AppData\Local\Temp\cc2vb9go.o:d64.c:(.text+0x2e):

[Mingw-w64-public] How to access _Decimal64 functions in math.h

2017-05-08 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, math.h prototypes a number of _Decimal32, _Decimal64 and_Decimal128 functions - eg: _Decimal64 __cdecl expd64(_Decimal64 _X); But when I try to compile (gcc -o d64.exe d64.c): /***/ /* d64.c */ #include int main(void) { _Decimal64 x = 2.3DD, ret; ret = expd6

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] mkdir and MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005

2017-03-10 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Mateusz Mikuła Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:17 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] mkdir and MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005 > POSIX mkdir() is deprecated in favor of _mkdir() [1] and the reason of > deprecation is

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] mkdir and MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005

2017-03-10 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Grégory Vanuxem Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 2:02 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] mkdir and MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005 > But here comes my problem : > In FriCAS there is a function to create a directory : > >

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [MSYS2] How do I install makefinfo

2016-07-20 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: sisyph...@optusnet.com.au Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 10:31 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [MSYS2] How do I install makefinfo > .deps/exceptions.Tpo -c -o exceptions.lo exceptions.c > Xexceptions.Tpo -c -o exceptions.

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [MSYS2] How do I install makefinfo

2016-07-15 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Vincent Torri Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 8:41 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [MSYS2] How do I install makefinfo > isn't it in the texinfo package ? Indeed it is - thank you. Having installed texinfo, the build now

[Mingw-w64-public] [MSYS2] How do I install makefinfo

2016-07-15 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, Using dongsheng's gmp-6.1.1 (win32 threads, seh) build. I'm trying to build mpfr (svn revision 10613) in the msys2 shell and getting hammered early on in the 'make' stage with: ### make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/_64/comp/mpfr-10613/doc' restore=: && back

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [PATCH] complex: Add clog10*.

2016-03-19 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: JonY Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 10:52 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] [PATCH] complex: Add clog10*. On 3/17/2016 22:36, Nakai Yuta wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> This patch implements clog10/clog10f/clog10l in libming

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Should i686 compilers allow the -m64 switch ?

2016-01-21 Thread sisyphus1
From: Ruben Van Boxem Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 4:59 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Should i686 compilers allow the -m64 switch ? 2016-01-20 13:55 GMT+01:00 : > I would say the 4.X.x behaviour is the expected one and GCC 5.3.0 is in > error. C

[Mingw-w64-public] Should i686 compilers allow the -m64 switch ?

2016-01-20 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, Probably 2 dumb questions - my only excuse is that I haven't been forced to consider them before. And that's not a very good excuse. My other sin is that this post pretty much repeats the question I've asked in: http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mailman/message/34780084/ With all of the mi

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp

2016-01-19 Thread sisyphus1
From: Ruben Van Boxem Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 7:24 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp 2016-01-19 7:07 GMT+01:00 : > I'm assuming here there was no mixup in compiler packaging and the 5.3.0 > toolchain does indeed target i

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp

2016-01-19 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: sisyph...@optusnet.com.au Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 10:29 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp > From: Ruben Van Boxem >> I solved it then by explicitly setting --host and --build, as well

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp

2016-01-19 Thread sisyphus1
From: Ruben Van Boxem Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 7:24 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp 2016-01-19 7:07 GMT+01:00 : >> Is this as expected with the i686-posix-sjlj compiler when moving from >> 4.x.x to 5.x.x ? (It's not som

[Mingw-w64-public] i686-posix-sjlj and gmp

2016-01-18 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, On Windows 7, when I build gmp-6.1.0 in the msys shell using gcc-4.9.2 (i686-posix-sjlj), ABI is set to 32 and the created gmp.h contains entries such as: #define GMP_LIMB_BITS 32 and #define __GMP_CFLAGS "-m32 -O2 -pedantic -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=sandybridge -mar

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Problem casting long double to __float128

2015-03-09 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: sisyph...@optusnet.com.au Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 12:20 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] Problem casting long double to __float128 > Hi, > > With the 64-bit gcc-4.9.2 compiler available from: > http://sourceforge.net

[Mingw-w64-public] Problem casting long double to __float128

2015-03-06 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, With the 64-bit gcc-4.9.2 compiler available from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/4.9.2/threads-posix/sjlj/ I have the issue that casting a long double inf to a __float128 results in a __float128 nan. No such pro

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] quadmath bugs

2014-11-02 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Óscar Fuentes Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 8:51 PM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] quadmath bugs >> Here's the demo for verification of those crashes: > > [snip] > > Your test case runs with no crash (after uncommenti

[Mingw-w64-public] quadmath bugs

2014-11-01 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, CC'ing kmx (Strawberry Perl developer), FHI. In quadmath.h there's a long list of math library function prototypes, beginning with acosq() ... through to ynq(). On 6/10/2013 I reported (to this list) a problem with expq crashing - and I still haven't struck a mingw-w64 compiler where this

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] How do I file a bug report ?

2013-12-08 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: Óscar Fuentes > writes: >> I've read the faq and visited http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/. >> I've even searched the wiki. >> But I haven't been able to work out how to file a bug report. > You need a SF account. Log in with it and you will see a "Cre

[Mingw-w64-public] How do I file a bug report ?

2013-12-08 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, I've read the faq and visited http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/. I've even searched the wiki. But I haven't been able to work out how to file a bug report. Back on Oct 6th, I reported to this list a bug in quadmath.h's expq() function - but I can't find any ticket for it. I'm thinking

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] quadmath.h's expq() crashes at runtime.

2013-10-16 Thread sisyphus1
-Original Message- From: JonY Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 12:00 AM To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] quadmath.h's expq() crashes at runtime. > On 10/6/2013 20:31, sisyph...@optusnet.com.au wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Here's the simple demo: > > > >

[Mingw-w64-public] quadmath.h's expq() crashes at runtime.

2013-10-06 Thread sisyphus1
Hi, Here's the simple demo: /*** #include int main (void) { __float128 r; r = expq(2.0Q); return 0; } ***/ With recent MinGW64 ports of gcc, that program builds ok, but running it results in a crash. Seems to happen with 4.6.3, 4.7.0 and

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] status of MSYS?

2013-08-09 Thread sisyphus1
From: Jim Michaels Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 9:23 PM To: mingw64 users Subject: [Mingw-w64-public] status of MSYS? > it was said that cURL should be easy to build with mingw-w64. I have been > unable to build anything using MSYS other than using my own batch files as > a build environment.

Re: [Mingw-w64-public] mingw-w64 builds of gmp and mpfr

2009-08-26 Thread sisyphus1
> JonY <10wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This a little more serious - those references are, indeed, not defined > > in libmpc.a. This smells to me like a bug in mpc itself. (Again, I'll > > have to take a closer look when time permits.) > > > > Hi, > this looks like a real problem, I haven't enc