Hash :
990643f1
Author :
Date :
2017-07-01T17:10:31
logbl: Work around a glibc bug on PowerPC64LE. * m4/logbl.m4 (gl_FUNC_LOGBL_WORKS): Test also negative subnormal numbers. * doc/posix-functions/logbl.texi: Update.
@node logbl
@section @code{logbl}
@findex logbl
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/logbl.html}
Gnulib module: logbl
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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This function is missing on some platforms:
FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, older IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, Cygwin, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
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This function produces wrong results for subnormal numbers on some platforms:
glibc 2.11/powerpc, glibc 2.7/sparc, glibc 2.7/hppa, Solaris 11 2011-11,
glibc 2.23/powerpc64le.
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Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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