On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:41:25PM +0000, Martin Guy wrote: > On 1/31/10, Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> wrote: > > I'm looking at non-upstreamed Debian perl patches, and I figured I'd > > check with you before dropping this one from 5.8.7-9 (Dec 2005): > > > > > > http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/perl/5.10.1-9/debian/arm_fp.diff > > > > > Subject: Skip two Math::Complex tests on the arm architectures. > > > > > > Some tests fail on ARM due to non-IEEE fp rounding rules in the kernel > > > fp emulation. > > > > The skipped tests pass if I unapply the patch and run the tests on > > agricola.d.o. > > Is there a chance this is still needed on systems without a floating point > > coprocessor or something like that? > > The Debian ARM port has changed from kernel emulation of hardfloat FPA > instructions to > userspace softfloat which is 100% IEEE conformant, so that patch is no > longer needed.
Great, thanks. I'll drop the patch in the next upload. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
