Am 14.09.2013 14:05, schrieb walter harms: > > > Am 13.09.2013 20:20, schrieb Michael Kerrisk (man-pages): >> Walter, >> >> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 6:46 PM, walter harms <wharms@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> hi list, >>> i was investigating this and the good news it that you still need a libm. >>> On the other side the reporter is right he does not need to specify that. >>> Obviously this depends on the linker script used. >>> >>> The math man pages say: "Link with -lm". >>> Perhaps it is better to say 'You may need to Link with -lm". >>> >>> any comments on that ? >> >> >> Thanks for looking at this bug. Could you elaborate a little more on >> what it/sin't in the linker script that makes the difference? >> > > I have no clue what linker magic is needed. > I know what it going on. the is no linker magic required. The point is gcc build-ins. Some functions are replaced with build-ins. That happens e.g. with fabs() what the original poster noted. Disabling the build-ins with gcc -fno-builtin shows that the -lm is still a requirement. next problem, who will do the bugzilla-entry ? re, wh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
