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John Klos | 24 Mar 2010 19:45

Darned VAX NaNs...

devel/m4 on NetBSD-5/VAX:

...
  CC  isnanf.o
In file included from isnanf.c:20:
isnan.c: In function 'rpl_isnanf':
isnan.c:120: error: initializer element is not constant
isnan.c:120: error: (near initialization for 'nan.value')
isnan.c:121: error: initializer element is not constant
isnan.c:122: error: initializer element is not constant
*** Error code 1
...

It seems that the code is trying to define these things the nonportable 
way:

   static memory_double nan = { L_(0.0) / L_(0.0) };
   static DOUBLE plus_inf = L_(1.0) / L_(0.0);
   static DOUBLE minus_inf = -L_(1.0) / L_(0.0);

How do we fix this?

John
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Martin Husemann | 24 Mar 2010 20:10
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Re: Darned VAX NaNs...

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 06:45:16PM +0000, John Klos wrote:
> It seems that the code is trying to define these things the nonportable 
> way:

In case it isn't clear: NAN and +/- infinity only make sense if you are
using IEEE754 floating point format - which vax just does not do.

Ifdef out all code referencing those statics, the code paths will never
be used on vax. See src/gnu/dist/gcc4/gcc/libgcc2.c for examples
(especially the define for INFINITY and ifdefs using it).

Martin
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John Klos | 26 Mar 2010 08:04

Binary packages on their way

Hi, all,

If you're running NetBSD-5 (or newer) and would like to use binary 
packages, my bulk build machine has FINALLY gotten through the beginning 
stages of a bulk package build and is building packages in earnest. New 
packages are uploaded daily (or nightly depending on where you are). 
Granted, there are only 46 so far, but it's a start.

You'll see the packages grow here:

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/vax/5.0/

Enjoy!

John
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