Re: Use of C99 extra long double math functions after r236148



On 01/06/2012, at 2:42, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>>=20
>> I do think we should provide something in ports as an interim =
solution.
>> There are other 3rd party applications looking to drop FreeBSD =
support
>> because we are missing APIs that almost all other OS's have.  I'm =
fine
>> if the interim lives in ports and that we don't import substandard
>> routines into the base.  I would even be fine with calling it
>> /usr/local/lib/libm_inaccurate.so.  However, I do think we need an =
option.
>>=20
>=20
> I think it should be called libm.so.  Otherwise we have to do a =
serious editing job on the Makefiles/configure scripts.
>=20
> sed -E 's/[[:<:]]-lm[[:>:]]/-lm_inaccuarate/'
>=20
> might have some false positives and false negatives.  (Did I even get =
the sed syntax correct?)


Another option would be to put it in base but bleat about it if it's =
actually used (like mktemp et al)

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