GNU bug report logs - #78985
sort-float failure on ppc64, LDBL_MIN fraction part too long for test command to parse

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "C. Neidahl" <opna2608 <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:57:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 78985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 78985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "C. Neidahl" <opna2608 <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#78985: sort-float failure on ppc64, LDBL_MIN fraction part
 too long for test command to parse
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:25:22 -0700

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

> On 2025-07-11 04:28, C. Neidahl wrote:
>> The LDBL_MIN fraction is longer than the DBL_MIN fraction, so it
>> appears as a bigger number to test/expr
>
> Oh, right. Thanks. I installed the attached further patch to fix that.
> This is cleaner anyway.

This test still fails on cfarm110 for me, logs attached.

I was looking at it the other day, but was unable to get a working
version.

I'll see if I have any ideas later.

Collin


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