From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 20 11:30: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029ED37B405 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:30:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1KJU1Q28426; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:30:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202201930.g1KJU1Q28426@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Alexey Zelkin Subject: Re: bin/35070: math(3) references section "3m", etc. Reply-To: Alexey Zelkin Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/35070; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alexey Zelkin To: Tim Robbins Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/35070: math(3) references section "3m", etc. Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:30:36 +0200 On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:48:47PM +1100, Tim Robbins wrote: > > >Number: 35070 > >Category: bin > >Synopsis: math(3) references section "3m", etc. > math(3) references section 3m, for example, sin.3m. The table doesn't line > up properly. Most of the notes in the manual page is very much out of date. > IEEE floating point arithmetic is far more widely implemented than VAX > anything. > > For example: > The codes in 4.3 BSD's libm for machines that conform to > IEEE 754 are intended primarily for the National Semi. > 32081 and WTL 1164/65. To use these codes with the Intel > or Zilog chips, or with the Apple Macintosh or ELXSI 6400, > ... > > >How-To-Repeat: > Obvious. > >Fix: > The manual page could do with a rewrite (it's still using -man macro set). > I am volunteering to do this, just ask. Clack! Trap is closed! PS: Do it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message