From: Richard Levitte Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 07:45:59 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Include the newly reported problem with bc on FreeBSD 4.2. X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_6a-beta1~32^2~21 X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1417f2dccbaba7390d231056c99d38a5200124b8;hp=f2e5ca84d4d218a29e2c960d9b23a40d8236cd06 Include the newly reported problem with bc on FreeBSD 4.2. --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 4de8bb8c1a..8fafbb2a6b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -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?