Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 1997 17:32:35 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id:	<199709050032.RAA05031@adit.ap.net>
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To:	rtr AT rd DOT bbc DOT co DOT uk (Richard Russell), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From:	Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject:	Re: Curious floating point exception errors

It's difficult to know without the source. Please post it, stripped to the
minimum amount that reproduces the problem, and how to reproduce it. Thanks.

At 02:08  9/4/1997 GMT, Richard Russell wrote:
>
>I have a program which compiles with gcc and runs perfectly on a Sun SPARC.
>When compiled with DJGPP on a PC it fails with an FPESIG exception.
>Something very odd is happening because inserting a diagnostic printf will
>sometimes, by itself, cure the problem.  Even more'ing the output can make
>a difference, which suggests that perhaps the absolute address at which the
>code is loading is somehow affecting things.
>
>I might be inclined to suspect the PC's hardware except that the problem
>is repeatable and occurs on more than one machine.  I can find no bugs
>in the C code, such as uninitialised arrays.
>
>gcc -v gives:
>Reading specs from c:/dgjpp/lib\specs
>gcc version 2.7.2.1
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Richard.
>
>
>
>

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net

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