X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: "Sisyphus" To: "Hugh Myers" , Cc: "marco atzeri" , "N. C." References: <20110409160524.GA29135@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <85C4645B18FA4D37852D725436AB741B@desktop2> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: newlib and long-double question Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:28:20 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Myers" > The OP is trying to build Perl itself, not use it; hence the need for > long double support functions... You don't need "long double support functions" to build perl ... unless you want to build a perl whose NV is a long double (instead of a double). Presumably the op wants to build a perl whose NV is a long double so that he can make use of that extra precision. Given that he can't build such a perl, the next best way of accessing that extra precision he wants is, imo, to use Math::MPFR. Cheers, Rob -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple