Re: Compile errors for pari 2.1.2 with RedHat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 for i586 and i686

[Karim BELABAS <Karim.Belabas@math.u-psud.fr>]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Friedrisch Muller wrote:
> The two "+++ [BUG]" during "make bench" below scares me.
[...]
> * Testing elliptic      for gp-sta..BUG [120]   for
> gp-dyn..BUG [140]
[...]
> PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. The following files list them in
> diff format:
> Directory: /root/build/pari-2.1.2/Olinux-i686
>         elliptic-sta.dif
>         elliptic-dyn.dif
> NOTE: the problem noted in 'elliptic' boils down to different FPU and
> compiler optimizations than on our test machine. It can safely be ignored,
> the difference being insignificant given the requested precision.

As the NOTE says, you can safely ignore this [BUG] message (this is tersely
documented in the INSTALL document , "Known Problems" on page 4).

Cheers,

    Karim.
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