RE: Bug#127224: Cn3D floating point exception (Alpha-specific?)
Aaron,
Unfortunately I no longer have that machine and cannot easily test this. I recommend this change, however. When I had my alpha, this usually ended up being a workaround for any SIGFPEs that I saw.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron M. Ucko [mailto:ucko@debian.org]
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 10:16 AM
> To: Coleman, Michael
> Cc: ucko@debian.org; 127224-quiet@bugs.debian.org;
> debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#127224: Cn3D floating point exception
> (Alpha-specific?)
>
>
> A number of bug reports I have come across lately (and not so lately,
> I must admit) seem to indicate that compiling with -mieee on Alpha
> gets rid of a lot of FPEs specific to that platform. Could you please
> test whether that's also true for Cn3D?
>
> Specifically, I propose to add
>
> ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),alpha-linux)
> CFLAGS += -mieee
> endif
>
> near the top of debian/rules, right below the CDBS includes.
>
> [Sorry for continuing to take so long to get back on this report.]
>
> --
> Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
> Finger amu@monk.mit.edu (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info.
>
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