Sender:	nate AT cartsys DOT com
Message-ID:	<359161B5.A47AD509@cartsys.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:29:41 -0700
From:	Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	"EFT.Eric Devolder" <eric DOT devolder AT eft DOT be>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: ...and now problem when trying to recompile libm.a !
References:	<D1DE20405ECBD011B2AC0060974BC6EA037CFD AT DBSERVER>

EFT.Eric Devolder wrote:
> 
> > ----------
> > From:         Eli Zaretskii[SMTP:eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il]
> > Sent:         mercredi 24 juin 1998 10:59
> > To:   EFT.Eric Devolder
> > Subject:      Re: ...and now problem when trying to recompile libm.a !

> > The problem is that the library was compiled with older versions of
> > Binutils, where the assembler would silently accept such problems.
> >
> > >     setnel  %al
> >
> > Seems like this is the problem: %al is a 1-byte size, not a long
> > (4-byte).
> >
> Well, I'm not 80x86 assembler guru, I'm just C programmer.
> What can I do then ?

Change it to `setneb'.  There are other places in the libc source where
similar problems occur.  Come to think of it, I should probably add
patches for those to the patch site.

> > Why do you need to rebuild the library anyway?
> >
> This is for my own purposes. I got the message about the patch for
> libraries, I applied it and now I try to recompile it all.
> (Especially for the famous emacs bug due to setenv() ). Concerning
> emacs, do you plan to change the current version to emacs 20 ? I've
> already tried to compile it, and it works! emacs 20 is funnier than
> 19.34... :) (yes I know, I'm an emacs-enthousiast !)

The message file for the patch site contains instructions on various
ways to get the patched version.  The easiest is just to download the
precompiled library.  Other ways are more difficult, as you're finding.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com

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