SUMMARY: False alarm Re: strtod problem in Binary Compatibility Package !?

From: Daniel Quinlan (danq@spot.Colorado.EDU)
Date: Tue Nov 30 1993 - 13:43:51 CST


danq@spot.Colorado.EDU (Daniel Quinlan) writes:

>I've just spent quite a bit of time tracking down a problem
>in a program which runs fine under SunOs 4.1.x, but fails
>bizarrely under Solaris 5.2. Basically, it appears that
>the strtod routine in /usr/4lib/libc.so.1.8 doesn't work!

The problem was actually that I was statically linking libF77.a
into the binary, and the odd behavior of strtod was the result.
Changing to dynamic linking fixed this problem.

Thanx and a tip of the hat to casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik).

-- danq

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Daniel Quinlan               		danq@lemond.colorado.edu
University of Colorado, Physics Department/JSPC, Campus Box 583       
Boulder, CO  80309-0390			            303/492-4878



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