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1. RE: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and supported p

   Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de> — 1998-02-17T14:21:48Z

   I just checked the changelogs and Debian has integrated lots of upstream
   patches into glibc-2.0.6. So maybe this wasn't fixed before 2.0.6. I'm
   currently running 2.0.7pre1 and that one is fine.
   
   Michael
   
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   > -----Original Message-----
   > From:	The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]
   > Sent:	Monday, February 16, 1998 5:48 PM
   > To:	Frederick W. Reimer
   > Cc:	Meskes, Michael; hackers@postgreSQL.org
   > Subject:	RE: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and
   > supported p
   > 
   > On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Frederick W. Reimer wrote:
   > 
   > > Could some of the other problems be due to gcc-2.8.0, which I'm not 
   > 
   > 	I'm using v2.8.0 on the Solaris Sparc tests I do here...but
   > nothing else yet...
   > 
   
   

2. Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and supported p

   Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> — 1998-02-17T15:29:11Z

   > I just checked the changelogs and Debian has integrated lots of upstream
   > patches into glibc-2.0.6. So maybe this wasn't fixed before 2.0.6. I'm
   > currently running 2.0.7pre1 and that one is fine.
   
   Andrew, could you add this to the Linux FAQ? The problem statement is:
   
   Q:
   Why do I get funny rounding results in some date/time arithmetic, such as
     select '4 hours'::timespan;
   returning '3 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds'?
   
   A:
   You are running the new glibc2 libraries and have a version earlier than
   2.0.7. It is a math rounding problem in the library. Upgrade your library.
   
   And, it seems to me that we should avoid those platform-specific patches
   which were discussed to try getting this to work with the buggy versions of
   these libraries...
   
                                                      - Tom