Re: 8.0.0beta1: make check fails on solaris8

Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> I've replied on this topic a couple of times in the "SOLARIS 9
> ULTRASPARC BUILD" thread, but perhaps my messages aren't getting
> through.  On Solaris, when strtod() parses "infinity" or its
> equivalent, it sets endptr one character beyond where it should.
> This is apparently a longstanding bug that's allegedly been fixed
> in Solaris 10:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=4118e611%241_3%40omega.dimensional.com

Ah, thanks for the link.  I had just found out about that bug myself,
but this is more authoritative documentation.

            regards, tom lane