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Re: [PATCH] stdlib/tst-strtod-round.c: Fix build on ARM

From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: Will Newton <will dot newton at linaro dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:49:44 +0530
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stdlib/tst-strtod-round.c: Fix build on ARM
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 03:13:17PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> I don't see why - it's not a bug that was user-visible in a release.  
> User programs, which should never define _LIBC or _LIBC_TEST, will have 
> got the required declarations anyway.

There's a build component in bugzilla that exists for exactly such
bugs.  It could be argued that it's a test failure and not a build
failure, but then most distributions (and people) have the test run as
part of their workflow and a test failure may in some cases result in
a build failure.

Siddhesh

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References:
- [PATCH] Allow cross-building of tests
  - From: Will Newton
- [PATCH] stdlib/tst-strtod-round.c: Fix build on ARM
  - From: Will Newton
- Re: [PATCH] stdlib/tst-strtod-round.c: Fix build on ARM
  - From: Siddhesh Poyarekar
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