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Re: Last IRIX "make check" problem.
Lowell Johnson writes:
> I did a search in the man page and ... it wasn't there! Then we
> noticed the man page header says "Last changed: 4-15-99". We know that
> our compiler version is newer than that, so we figured the IEEE_comparisons
> option is available but didn't know how to invoke it. After a couple of
> trial and errors, we got it to work with -OPT:IEEE_comparisons=ON.
Ok, I'll add this to the MACHINES file.
> What is the last changed date on your IRIX cc manpage?
I found it from a web search, it said 'last changed 4-7-99', but the
manpage was actually for opt(5).
Reading more closely it looks like IEEE_comparisons is deprecated
and -OPT:IEEE_NaN_inf=ON is now the preferred option.
Brian