At 11:37 PM +0300 6/25/99, Plamen Petkov wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>According to ./configure script ( 3.22.22 ) gcc 2.8 on 'some' sparc
>machines has a known bug in .... well its about longlong ...
>something... wait a minute ...
>
>
>
>cat configure
>
>[snip]
>
>....
>
>if test "$ac_cv_conv_longlong_to_float" != "yes"
>then
> { echo "configure: error: Your compiler can't convert a longlong value
>to a float!
>If you are using gcc 2.8.# you should upgrade to egcs 1.0.3 or newer and
>try
>again" 1>&2; exit 1; };
>fi
>
>...
>
>[/snip]
>
>
>and YES, my ISP has only gcc 2.8 and now i can't compile my mysql...
>
>is there a workaround for this ?? May I just comment out this test and
>go ahead safely ???
You may be able to comment it out, but you can't go ahead safely. That
test is there for a reason (the reason being that gcc has a bug with
this particular type conversion). If you insist on proceeding, you will
find yourself with mysteriously trashed floating point data in your tables.
Use egcs instead...if you can.
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
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