Bug#503202: libc6-dev: math_errhandling isn't defined anywhere

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

reassign 503202 gcc-4.3
thanks

Matthew Vernon a écrit :
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> math.h has the following in it:
> /* Bitmasks for the math_errhandling macro.  */
> # define MATH_ERRNO     1       /* errno set by math functions.  */
> # define MATH_ERREXCEPT 2       /* Exceptions raised by math functions.  
> */
> 
> but no-where is math_errhandling actually defined! This breaks code 
> wanting to check how domain errors in floating-point code are handled 
> (amongst other things). Section 7.12.9 of C99 discusses MATH_ERRNO, 
> MATH_ERREXCEPT, and math_errhandling.
> 
> SuSv3 also requires math_errhandling to be present:
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/math.h.html

This is actually a compiler problem. See the footnotes on
http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html . Reassigning the bug accordingly.

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