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#! /bin/sh -e

# DP: #212912
# DP: on alpha-linux, make -mieee default and add -mieee-disable switch
# DP: to turn default off (doc patch)

dir=
if [ $# -eq 3 -a "$2" = '-d' ]; then
    pdir="-d $3"
    dir="$3/"
elif [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument"
    exit 1
fi
case "$1" in
    -patch)
        patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -p1 < $0
        ;;
    -unpatch)
        patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -R -p1 < $0
        ;;
    *)
        echo >&2 "`basename $0`: script expects -patch|-unpatch as argument"
        exit 1
esac
exit 0


--- src/gcc/doc/invoke.texi~	2005-09-29 20:00:57.638380128 +0200
+++ src/gcc/doc/invoke.texi	2005-09-30 22:23:22.922502992 +0200
@@ -7670,6 +7670,13 @@
 values such as not-a-number and plus/minus infinity.  Other Alpha
 compilers call this option @option{-ieee_with_no_inexact}.
 
+DEBIAN SPECIFIC: This option is on by default, unless
+@option{-ffinite-math-only} (which is part of the @option{-ffast-math}
+set) is specified, because the software functions in the GNU libc math
+libraries generate denormalized numbers, NaNs, and infs (all of which
+will cause a programs to SIGFPE when it attempts to use the results without
+@option{-mieee}).
+
 @item -mieee-with-inexact
 @opindex mieee-with-inexact
 This is like @option{-mieee} except the generated code also maintains