Modified release note: Note code generation problems with the base

system GCC using -march=pentium4, and the local workaround in our
Makefile infrastructure.

Approved by:	re (implicitly)
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-05-23 00:02:10 +00:00
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3.41. &merged;</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated to
3.2.2 (release version).</para>
3.2.2 (release version).
<note arch="i386">
<para><application>GCC</application> is known to produce
broken code with the <option>-march=pentium4</option> option
set. As a workaround to avoid this problem, setting the
<varname>CPUTYPE=p4</varname> Makefile variable (for example, in
&man.make.conf.5;) enables GCC's
<option>-march=pentium3</option> option instead. This
situation is expected to be resolved when GCC 3.3 is
imported.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>The <application>gdtoa</application> library, for
conversions between strings and floating point, has been imported. These sources

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3.41. &merged;</para>
<para><application>GCC</application> has been updated to
3.2.2 (release version).</para>
3.2.2 (release version).
<note arch="i386">
<para><application>GCC</application> is known to produce
broken code with the <option>-march=pentium4</option> option
set. As a workaround to avoid this problem, setting the
<varname>CPUTYPE=p4</varname> Makefile variable (for example, in
&man.make.conf.5;) enables GCC's
<option>-march=pentium3</option> option instead. This
situation is expected to be resolved when GCC 3.3 is
imported.</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>The <application>gdtoa</application> library, for
conversions between strings and floating point, has been imported. These sources