From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from baldric (baldric.uwo.ca [129.100.10.225]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16784954 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:40:22 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:36:25 -0400 From: Carlos O'Donell To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Cc: debian-hppa@lists.debian.org Message-ID: <20031020233625.GB5606@systemhalted> References: <20031017180912.GD27289@systemhalted> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20031017180912.GD27289@systemhalted> Subject: [parisc-linux] (Round 2) hppa glibc 2.3.2-9 available for the brave testers (Round 2)! Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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 ===