> 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? -- $jhi++; # http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'. # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen