[New-bugs-announce] [issue2685] Add -mieee to compile flags, when available

[Mark Dickinson]

New submission from Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com>:

test_math and test_cmath currently fail on Debian/alpha, apparently due to 
mishandling of subnormal numbers.  I have high hopes that this can be 
fixed by compiling with -mieee.

The attached patch modifies the configure script to always use the -mieee 
option on gcc, when available.

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components: Build
files: mieee.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 65750
nosy: marketdickinson
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add -mieee to compile flags, when available
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.0
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file10089/mieee.patch

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