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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 05:12:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: Net version 1.1.0: gcc 2.95.2-2 compiler bug
To: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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How about an errata page?  This would be more appropriate there.

Cheers,
Earnie.

--- David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
> Is this fix likely to get incorporated into latest soon, or should I
> add something to the FAQ about it?
> 
> Thanks,
> David (Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
> 
> On Tuesday 11 Jul 00, Ulrich Jakobus writes:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > concerning the following problem:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 01:42:35PM -1000, Jim Heasley wrote:
> > > >In porting some astronomical data handling software from linux/unix to
> > > >Cygwin (the latest nework release, 1.1.0 I believe), I discovered an
> > > >error in how gcc 2.95.2-2 generates output of a floating or double
> > > >variable set to 0.0 when formatted with a %E format.  I didn't get any
> > > >hits on this problem in the FAQ or mail lists.  The following little
> > > >test program illustrates the problem:
> > >
> > > To investigate this problem, please check out the 'newlib' part of the
> > > cygwin package.  That's where things like printf are implemented.
> > > 
> > > cgf
> > 
> > Please see the earlier discussions about that problem in 
> > this mailing list:
> > 
> >  - cygwin-1.1.2: printf("%e") broken
> >    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00358.html
> > 
> >  - Latest gcc/cygwin - bug in %e format specifier?
> >    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00730.html
> > 
> >  - Re: Latest gcc/cygwin - bug in %e format specifier?
> >    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg00745.html
> > 
> > The last reference has a fix in vfprintf.c:
> > 
> > 2000-06-15  DJ Delorie  <dj AT cygnus DOT com>
> > 
> >         * libc/stdio/vfprintf.c: pad 0.0 correctly with %e
> > 
> > 
> > Ulrich
> 
> 
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