glibc-2.3.2: make check fails on math test (test-ildoubl)

[Vrihad Shoonya]

I am trying to compile and install glibc-2.3.2 on a
x86 based computer (SiS 552 chipset). The system
architecture is i586. I am using gcc-3.2.3 and
binutils-2.13.2.1. These were compiled with
gcc version 2.95.3 [20010315(SuSE)] on SuSE
linux 8.0. After compiling gcc and binutils, I
used "rpm -e" to remove older gcc and binutils
to make sure that oler libraries do not get linked
accidently while building new glibc. The configure
command was as follows.

./configure --prefix=/mnt/base --with-add-ons=linuxthreads

I did not set any CFLAGS and the default (-g -O2) was
used.

The compilation succeeds flawlessly. But when I do
make check, it fails while testing math functions.
Apparently it fails on test-ildoubl. Following is
the output of make check (where error occurs).

----------------------------------------------------
make -C math tests
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/home/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/math'
gcc test-ildoubl.c -c -std=gnu99 -O2 -Wall -Winline -Wstrict-prototypes 
-Wwrite-strings -g -Wno-uninitialized -D__NO_MATH_INLINES 
-D__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES -I../include -I. 
-I/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math -I.. -I../libio 
-I/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD -I../sysdeps/i386/elf 
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I.

./linuxthreads/sysdeps/pthread -I../sysdeps/pthread 
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/unix 
-I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/i386/i586 -I../linuxthreads/sysdeps/i386 
-I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -I../sysdeps/gnu 
-I../sysdeps/unix/common -I../sysdeps/unix/mman -I../sysdeps/unix/inet 
-I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv -I../sysdeps/unix/i386 
-I../sysdeps/unix -I../sysdeps/posix -I../sysdeps/i386/i586 
-I../sysdeps/i386/i486 -I../sysdeps/i386/fpu -I../sysdeps/i386 
-I../sysdeps/wordsize-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 
-I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -I../sysdeps/ieee754 
-I../sysdeps/generic/elf -I../sysdeps/generic -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include 
../include/libc-symbols.h -DNOT_IN_libc=1 -U__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES 
-D__FAST_MATH__ -DTEST_FAST_MATH -o 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/test-ildoubl.o

gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -o 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/test-ildoubl 
-Wl,-dynamic-linker=/mnt/base/lib/ld-linux.so.2 -Wl,-z,combreloc 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/csu/crt1.o 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/csu/crti.o `gcc 
--print-file-name=crtbegin.o` 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/test-ildoubl.o 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/libm.so.6 
-Wl,-rpath-link=/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/elf:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/dlfcn:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/nss:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/nis:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/rt:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/resolv:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/crypt:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/linuxthreads
 /home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/libc.so.6 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/libc_nonshared.a -lgcc `gcc 
--print-file-name=crtend.o` /home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/csu/crtn.o

GCONV_PATH=/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/iconvdata LC_ALL=C 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/elf/ld-linux.so.2 --library-path 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/elf:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/dlfcn:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/nss:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/nis:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/rt:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/resolv:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/crypt:/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/linuxthreads
 /home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/test-ildoubl > 
/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/test-ildoubl.out
make[2]: *** [/home/vrihad/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/BUILD/math/test-ildoubl.out] 
Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/home/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2/math'
make[1]: *** [math/tests] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/home/stb/src/glibc-2.3.2'
make: *** [check] Error 2
----------------------------------------------------

Here /home/vrihad/stb is symlinked to /var/home/stb.

The error message is not verbose and hence I am unable
to figure out the reasons for this failure. Has anybody
faced the same problem while compiling latest glibc?
How can we make sure that all tests pass successfully?
Should I set CFLAGS to -O0 -march=i486 etc.? I had read
somewhere that no special compiler options should be used
while compiling glibc. Is that correct?

Please include my e-mail address in CC while replying.

Thanks in advance.
vrihad



--
Windows? No thanks. You see, I have no walls at all.

_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com