From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk" Subject: Re: [RFH] Math function error-reporting tests Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:41:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5EFD4D7AC6265F4D9D3A849CEA9219190E31E0@LAXA.intra.cea.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5EFD4D7AC6265F4D9D3A849CEA9219190E31E0-W3oABskqM8nDbSVrWjnAJFAUjnlXr6A1@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: GHORBAL Khalil 218205 Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, libc-help-9JcytcrH/bA+uJoB2kUjGw@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:25 PM, GHORBAL Khalil 218205 wrote: > > attached, mt.log files for 2.3.2, 2.3.6 and 2.7 versions. Thanks Khalil. So now I have 2.2.4 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.5 2.3.6 2.7 2.8 Cheers, Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: libc-help-owner-9JcytcrH/bA+uJoB2kUjGw@public.gmane.org on behalf of Michael Kerrisk > Sent: Mon 8/4/2008 5:48 PM > To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org; libc-help-9JcytcrH/bA+uJoB2kUjGw@public.gmane.org > Cc: Andreas Jaeger; Joseph S. Myers; Andries Brouwer; Fabian Kreutz > Subject: [RFH] Math function error-reporting tests > > Hello linux-man and libc-help, > > I'm in the process of revising all of the man-pages describing the > math functions in glibc. I recently wrote some scripts to test the > error-reporting support (i.e., errno versus exceptions) in all of the > glibc math functions (for some background, look here: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha/13583/). Andries > helped me iron out a few bugs, and get a few more test results, so > that I now have data for the following glibc versions: > > 2.2.4 > 2.3.3 > 2.3.5 > 2.7 > 2.8 > > I'd like to get test results for as many (x86) glibc versions as > possible, especially (but not only) for glibc versions before 2.2.4. > Would any folk on the list who have x86 systems with other glibc > versions be prepared to run my test scripts and send me the results? > > A run of the scripts takes of the order of one minute. > > (To find out what glibc version you are running, enter the following command > > /lib/libc.so.6 > > and look at the first line of output.) > > To run the script: > > a) Extract the two attached shell scripts to the same directory. > > b) Run the test: > > sh math_tests.sh > mt.log > > > (This step will also produce around 100 (C and executable) files in /tmp.) > > c) clean up: > > rm /tmp/mt_* > > d) Send me the results (i.e., the mt.log above), CCing the list and > mentioning what glibc version(s) you used, so that other people don't > duplicate tests for the same glibc. > > Thanks, > > Michael > > -- > Michael Kerrisk > Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ > man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html > Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html > > > > > > > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html