libgpg-error 1.61: t-printf failure on powerpc64-linux

[NIIBE Yutaka]

Hello,

Thank you for your report.

"C. Neidahl wrote:
> I am trying to build libgpg-errpr version 1.61 for big-endian 
> powerpc64-linux with GCC 15.2.0 and run the test suite.
>
> The t-printf test is failing:
>
> t-printf: format "%.100Lf" with LDBL_MAX unexpectly did not fail
> FAIL: t-printf

It's also in little-endian, I suppose.  How about like this?

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diff --git a/tests/t-printf.c b/tests/t-printf.c
index b0a3f3f..31d52a5 100644
--- a/tests/t-printf.c
+++ b/tests/t-printf.c
@@ -469,12 +469,15 @@ check_large_float (void)
     show ("format \"%%.100Lf\" with DBL_MAX: ->%s<-\n", buf);
   gpgrt_free (buf);
 
-# ifdef HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE_WIDER
+# ifdef __powerpc64__
+  if (verbose)
+    show ("IBM double-double - skipping LDBL_MAX test\n");
+# elif defined(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE_WIDER)
   ld = LDBL_MAX;
   buf = gpgrt_bsprintf ("%.100Lf\n", ld);
   if (buf)
     {
-      fail ("format \"%%.100Lf\" with LDBL_MAX unexpectly did not fail\n");
+      fail ("format \"%%.100Lf\" with LDBL_MAX unexpectedly did not fail\n");
     }
   else if (verbose)
     show ("format \"%%.100Lf\" with LDBL_MAX failed as expected\n");

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"IBM double-double" reminds me Matcha Azuki-Azuki in a shop of our
neighborhood.  It's Japanese shaved ice dessert (double amount of sweet
bean paste) in summer [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakig%C5%8Dri
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