Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 00:00:28 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: tomdean@ix.netcom.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FREEBSD.org Subject: Re: math libs? (core please take a peek) Message-ID: <199703020500.AAA03064@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <331901C8.1D5@ix.netcom.com> from "Thomas D. Dean" at "Mar 1, 97 08:27:52 pm"
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> The libm that has the mose 'fpu support is the msun lib, located
> in /usr/src/lib/msun.
>
> Build this lib with make -DHAVE_FPU
> and install it with make install.
>
> You should do this as root.
>
> I normally use make -n -DHAVE_FPU, etc. to see what the command
> does before I do it.
>
> I have been looking at this lib with an eye to improvements.
>
> If you have questions or problems, ask.
Okay, thanks. Can I make a suggestion to the core team members, build both a
FPU and non FPU version of libm and stuff it in /usr/lib. Then make libm a
softlink to the emulated version. That way changing versions can be done by
asking about it during install, or simply after system install...
-Crh
Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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