GNU bug report logs - #11913
Unusual Emacs 24.1 arithmetic error (abs) on i386 machine

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:00:02 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
Cc: 11913 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#11913: Unusual Emacs 24.1 arithmetic error (abs) on i386 machine
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:21:35 +0300

> From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org,  11913 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:50:38 -0500
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Does that 386 machine have an x87 co-processor?  If not, what provides
> > the floating-point emulation -- the kernel?
> 
> It's a P4 Xeon, so it should have x87 support:

Yes, of course.  You said "386", so I somehow thought it was a _real_
i386.

Then I think the only thing that will help is run this under a
debugger.
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