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diff --git a/README_d/README.macosx b/README_d/README.macosx index 008964e2..b46f0128 100644 --- a/README_d/README.macosx +++ b/README_d/README.macosx @@ -1,10 +1,18 @@ -Wed Feb 21 06:59:28 IST 2018 +Fri Feb 23 10:38:05 IST 2018 ============================ -On PowerPC Macintosh, if you build GCC 4.2.4 and use that version of GCC, -you can compile gawk with MPFR and the C99 settings. So I have restored -the MPFR check for that system. Right now the two readfile tests fail -on that system; I may not let that block the release of 4.2.1. +On PowerPC Macintosh, things are just weird. + +* Using the stock compiler, you can't build gawk (c99 mode) against MPFR; +there is an issue with duplicate inline functions from GMP. By default, +I have disabled this compilation. + +* If you build GCC 4.2.4 and use that version of GCC, you can compile gawk +with MPFR and the C99 settings. But then the two readfile tests fail. +The call to read(2) simply returns zero. I have no idea why. + +Since nobody but me has one of these left, I'm not going to mess +with it anymore right now. Thu Jan 25 20:07:56 IST 2018 ============================ |