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3 | 3 | <chapter id="regress"> |
4 | 4 | <title id="regress-title">Regression Tests</title> |
@@ -378,20 +378,19 @@ testname/platformpattern=comparisonfilename |
378 | 378 | </para> |
379 | 379 |
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380 | 380 | <para> |
381 | | - For example: some systems using older time zone libraries fail to apply |
382 | | - daylight-saving corrections to dates before 1970, causing |
383 | | - pre-1970 <acronym>PDT</acronym> times to be displayed in <acronym>PST</acronym> instead. This causes a |
384 | | - few differences in the <filename>horology</> regression test. |
| 381 | + For example: some systems interpret very small floating-point values |
| 382 | + as zero, rather than reporting an underflow error. This causes a |
| 383 | + few differences in the <filename>float8</> regression test. |
385 | 384 | Therefore, we provide a variant comparison file, |
386 | | - <filename>horology-no-DST-before-1970.out</filename>, which includes |
| 385 | + <filename>float8-small-is-zero.out</filename>, which includes |
387 | 386 | the results to be expected on these systems. To silence the bogus |
388 | | - <quote>failure</quote> message on <systemitem>HPUX</systemitem> platforms, |
389 | | - <filename>resultmap</filename> includes |
| 387 | + <quote>failure</quote> message on <systemitem>OpenBSD</systemitem> |
| 388 | + platforms, <filename>resultmap</filename> includes |
390 | 389 | <programlisting> |
391 | | -horology/.*-hpux=horology-no-DST-before-1970 |
| 390 | +float8/i.86-.*-openbsd=float8-small-is-zero |
392 | 391 | </programlisting> |
393 | 392 | which will trigger on any machine for which the output of |
394 | | - <command>config.guess</command> includes <literal>-hpux</literal>. |
| 393 | + <command>config.guess</command> matches <literal>i.86-.*-openbsd</literal>. |
395 | 394 | Other lines |
396 | 395 | in <filename>resultmap</> select the variant comparison file for other |
397 | 396 | platforms where it's appropriate. |
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