[parisc-linux] (Round 2) hppa glibc 2.3.2-9 available for the brave testers (Round 2)!
Carlos O'Donell
carlos@baldric.uwo.ca
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:36:25 -0400
debian-hppa,
parisc-linux,
New testing deb's can be found at:
ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/unofficial-debs/glibc_2.3.2-9_2003-10-20/
They fix the following problems encountered by testers:
- Six argument cancellable syscalls don't crash your program anymore.
- Calling feraiseexcept with FE_INEXACT raises the correct exception and
flag bits.
Cheers,
Carlos.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:09:12PM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> --- CALLING ALL TESTERS! ---
>
> glibc 2.3.2 is complete for HPPA. We've gotten rid of the following
> long standing test-suite errors (bug-iconv3, and test-fenv).
>
> The regressions in 2.3.2 were caused by incorrect handling of the PIC
> register by the kernel, but fixed in glibc. Most cases for our stack
> were handled incorrectly (stack grows up cases), but are fixed in this
> release.
>
> ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/unofficial-debs/glibc_2.3.2-9_2003-10-16/
>
> Download all the debs and install with:
>
> dpkg -i libc6_*.deb
> (Followed by dpkg -i of the rest in any order, libc6 must install first)
>
> Please do this only if you consider yourself a well seasoned linux-type
> person. If that dpkg install fails for any reason you might be in
> trouble. I'm running these debs on all my boxes, and I've tested in a
> chroot, rebuilt our toolchain, and ran lmbench, gnome-session, nautilus,
> and abi-word.
>
> http://www.baldric.uwo.ca/~carlos/a500-gnome-abiword.png
>
> Thanks go out to everyone for all the moral support and fun!
>
> --- TEST IT AND REPORT BACK ... PLEASE! :) ---
>
> == DISCLAIMER ===
> I do not guarantee that these debs won't cause your computer to explode
> like a pineapple grenade, showering shrapnel and fiery death on all your
> loved ones.
> == DISCLAIMER ===