Include the newly reported problem with bc on FreeBSD 4.2.

openssl · Feb 14, 2001 · 1417f2d · 1417f2d
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OpenSSL  -  Frequently Asked Questions
 
 * Why does the linker complain about undefined symbols?
 * Why does the OpenSSL test fail with "bc: command not found"?
-* Why does the OpenSSL test fail with "bc: 1 no implemented"?
+* Why does the OpenSSL test fail with "bc: 1 no implemented" or similar?
 * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Alpha True64 Unix?
 * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail with "ar: command not found"?
 * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Win32 with VC++?
@@ -324,14 +324,17 @@ You didn't install "bc", the Unix calculator.  If you want to run the
 tests, get GNU bc from ftp://ftp.gnu.org or from your OS distributor.
 
 
-* Why does the OpenSSL test fail with "bc: 1 no implemented"?
+* Why does the OpenSSL test fail with "bc: 1 no implemented" or similar?
 
-On some SCO installations or versions, bc has a bug that gets triggered when
-you run the test suite (using "make test").  The message returned is "bc:
-1 not implemented".  The best way to deal with this is to find another
-implementation of bc and compile/install it.  For example, GNU bc (see
-http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html for download instructions) can
-be safely used.
+On some SCO installations or versions, bc has a bug that gets triggered
+when you run the test suite (using "make test").  The message returned is
+"bc: 1 not implemented".  You may run into something similar on FreeBSD
+(version 4.2 has been reported), where the message is "Failed! bc: tmp.bntest
+3: print statement" or something similar.
+
+The best way to deal with this is to find another implementation of bc
+and compile/install it.  GNU bc (see http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
+for download instructions) can be safely used, for example.
 
 
 * Why does the OpenSSL compilation fail on Alpha True64 Unix?