From owner-freebsd-ports Mon May 31 5:14: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 917B315316 for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 05:13:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18413.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.93]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA04771; Mon, 31 May 1999 08:16:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA11177; Mon, 31 May 1999 07:58:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 07:58:27 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Jim Mock Cc: matt , FreeBSD-PORTS Subject: Re: WmInet and asmon Message-ID: <19990531075827.A10973@mad> References: <19990531193839.A98288@blues.ghis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990531193839.A98288@blues.ghis.net>; from Jim Mock on Mon, May 31, 1999 at 07:38:41PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 07:38:41PM +1000, Jim Mock wrote: > > Asmon needs gmake to compile. I've been trying to make it work and > submit the port for a while now, but the thing coredumps with a > floating point exception error every time I run it. I'm not spending Have you done the fpsetmask() thing, yet? FreeBSD handles fp exceptions in a non-standard way. For details on exactly how non-standard, and why, search the list archives for fpsetmask and bruce and evans. The solution is usually to pretend that FreeBSD is normal by calling fpsetmask(). Good luck. [Hey, folks! When you start banging your head against the wall, feel free to email ports@FreeBSD.ORG! It is for discussion of general porting problems. :-] -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message