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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/gmp.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index de3f6a6ff..82d54d34c 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ </listitem> --> <listitem> + <para>2016-04-07</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Add a caution in the gmp section + about possible "Illegal Instruction" errors if + the host is misidentified or the libraries are + copied to different systems.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>2016-04-05</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/gmp.xml b/chapter06/gmp.xml index 7d353d90c..da655db6a 100644 --- a/chapter06/gmp.xml +++ b/chapter06/gmp.xml @@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ make html</userinput></screen> <para>Test the results:</para> <screen><userinput remap="test">make check 2>&1 | tee gmp-check-log</userinput></screen> + + <caution><para>The code in gmp is highly optimized for the processor where + it is built. Occasionally the code that detects the processor misidentifies + the system capabilities and there will be errors in the tests or other + applications using the gmp libraries with the message "Illegal + instruction". In this case, gmp should be reconfigured with the option + --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu and rebuilt.</para></caution> <para>Ensure that all 190 tests in the test suite passed. Check the results by issuing the following command:</para> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index c53d6f670..972f359ab 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20160404"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20160407"> <!ENTITY short-version "svn"> <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;. Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases --> -<!ENTITY releasedate "April 4, 2016"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "April 7, 2016"> <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not – --> <!ENTITY milestone "7.10"> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> |