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Date:      Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:46:52 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        David Schultz <das@freebsd.org>
Cc:        David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man3 Makefile src/lib/libc/alpha/gen fpsetsticky.c src/lib/libc/powerpc/gen Makefile.inc fpsetsticky.c src/lib/libc/softfloat Makefile.inc src/lib/libc/sparc64/gen ...
Message-ID:  <20050316134418.G69441@delplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050315203729.GB95619@VARK.MIT.EDU>
References:  <200503151553.j2FFrdeF075515@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050315191232.GA40227@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050315203729.GB95619@VARK.MIT.EDU>

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, David Schultz wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005, David O'Brien wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:11:27AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:53:39PM +0000, David Schultz wrote:
>>>>   Log:
>>>>   Remove fpsetsticky().
>>>
>>> Library version bump?  It took several years to live through
>>> the libm.so.2 fiasco, and I would hate to relive it.  I haven't
>>> verified it yet, but you may have just broken NAGWare's Fortran
>>> 95 compiler without the version bump.
>>
>> We've already bumped libm.so for 6-CURRENT [to .3 from .2].
>> This change certainly cannot be MFC'ed though.
>>
>> How would bumping libm.so not break NAGWare Fortran?
>
> It turns out that fpsetsticky() was misplaced in libc, and libc
> has already been bumped for 6.X.  But as you point out, the bump
> probably wouldn't fix NAGWare Fortran if this change broke it.
> However, my change doesn't seem to have broken the demo version
> available on the NAG website.  But if I did break anything, please
> let me know.

It isn't even in libc for i386's (since it is inline and not backed
by a function).  So removing it can't affect binary compatibility on
i386's.

Bruce



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