Re: glibc 2.1.2pre3

["J. Daniel Powell" <dan@brickwall.org>]

While compiling on an alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu, I received the
following error:

gcc conj.c -c -O6 -Wa,-m21164a -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wwrite-strings -mcpu=ev56 -mieee    -Wno-uninitialized
-Wno-write-strings  -I../include -I.  -I.. -I../libio 
-I../sysdeps/alpha/elf -I../crypt/sysdeps/unix
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/alpha
-I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux
-I../sysdeps/gnu -I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman
-I../sysdeps/unix/inet -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/alpha
-I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/alpha/fpu
-I../sysdeps/alpha -I../sysdeps/wordsize-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754
-I../sysdeps/libm-ieee754 -I../sysdeps/generic/elf
-I../sysdeps/generic   -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include
../include/libc-symbols.h     -D__NO_MATH_INLINES
-D__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES -DNO_LONG_DOUBLE -D_Mlong_double_=double
-o conj.o
In file included from ../include/bits/cmathcalls.h:1,
                 from ../math/complex.h:88,
                 from ../include/complex.h:1,
                 from conj.c:21:
../math/bits/cmathcalls.h: In function `cimagf':
../math/bits/cmathcalls.h:139: Unable to access imaginary part of
complex value in a hard register on this target
make[2]: *** [conj.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/source/base/glibc/build/glibc-2.1.2pre3/math'

This was using gcc-2.95.1.  Any ideas?

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 
> I've uploaded the third prerelease for glibc 2.1.2 to
> 
>         ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/glibc
> and
>         ftp://ftp.XX.kernel.org/pub/software/libs/glibc
> 
> (where XX is your country code).  It soon will also be available on
> 
>         ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libc
> 
> There you will find the files
> 
>         glibc-2.1.2pre3.tar.gz
>         glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.2pre3.tar.gz
> 
> and possibly .bz2 versions.  There is no new crypt add-on, still use
> the version released with glibc 2.1.
> 
> Since 2.1.2pre2 we've added lots of changes, especially a number of
> patches went in which correct problems with threads.  If no problems
> are reported I'll make a final 2.1.2 release soon.
> 
> So, now is your chance to avoid releasing a buggy version.  The
> feedback I got for the last prereleases was lousy at best.  It might
> even be that this version does not even compile on some platforms.
> 
> I only have easy access to an x86 and Arm machine (well, there is the
> HP but HPPA/Linux does not yet work).  So you have to do the tests for
> other platforms yourself or put one of the machines you care about
> under my desk.
> 
> So, test this version and send feedback to libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com.
> 
> --
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