Re: ieee-utils/fp-freebsd.c for Mac OS X

[Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>]

Thanks -- looks good.  Do you know what the appropriate wildcards
would be to put in the configure file to match the host-type for MacOS
X (what do you get if you run ./config.guess in the top level
directory?)  I have no idea about the INT exceptions -- anyone else
know?

rodney sparapani writes:
 > I reported a problem compiling GSL under Mac OS X.  Specifically, it 
 > would bomb at ieee-utils/fp-freebsd.c.  I have managed to adjust this 
 > file for Mac OS X, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right.  Here's a 
 > list of things that I could use some help on
 > 
 > 1. I'm not familiar with denormalizing so I haven't attempted to 
 > configure that exception.
 > 2. I'm assuming that invalid is a euphemism for NaN.
 > 3. I've only hooked in the floating point exceptions, but under PPC you 
 > can also have int exceptions.  Are these needed as well?
 > 
 > I'd appreciate any comments.  The hacked file is attached.
 > 
 > Rodney Sparapani
 > rsparapa@mcw.edu