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Re: PATCH: BZ 464: IA64 math functions aren't weak

From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>,GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:50:05 -0700
Subject: Re: PATCH: BZ 464: IA64 math functions aren't weak
References: <20041027144636.GA7012@lucon.org> <200410271857.i9RIvuxc017634@magilla.sf.frob.com>

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:57:56AM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> Such use is only valid under the standards if the functions in question are
> ones not specified in that standard.

Glibc has been allowing overriding standard math library functions on
many targets with weak alias:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2002-01/msg00019.html

We just want to make ia64 behave the same as other targets.

H.J.

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