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Re: [PATCH: perl@8342] lib/bigfloat.t FAILED at test 351

From:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
Date:
January 12, 2001 14:37
Subject:
Re: [PATCH: perl@8342] lib/bigfloat.t FAILED at test 351
Message ID:
20010112163717.W12002@chaos.wustl.edu
> OK the variable alluded to above would have been better name
> fp_multiply_broken, but in order to be both terse and explicit how about
> fp_snm_broken?  As in this snippet that could fit into Configure after the
> value of $i_math is determined (the eval and rm lines have been #commented
> out so that I could play with this script standalone, the echo >&4 line
> is commented too since I have not done the approriate exec in my login
> shell):

I feel that this is too specific an error with too specific parameters
to warrant a separate Configure test.  How about a BEGIN test in the
library files?

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