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-rw-r--r--BUGS13
-rw-r--r--INSTALL2
-rw-r--r--README2
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index aae547816..3b42d6fc9 100644
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
-Probablement sans doute surement plein.
-Que vaut un arrondi a 0 bits de precision ?... \ No newline at end of file
+Probably many bugs.
+
+Knowns bugs:
+
+add.c is being rewritten and tadd currently fails for
+b=2^900+2^500+2^110, d=2^900-2^500-2^110
+
+sub.c probably contains similar bugs.
+
+Most functions do not behave correctly with special cases, such as
+overflows, underflows and signed zeroes.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index fab1432ae..3e2730119 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Sun UltraSparc/Solaris 2.6
Known problems.
===============
+See file BUGS for known bugs in MPFR.
+
Linux on Alpha is known to have problems with IEEE conformance. See
<http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2211.html>. Also with OSF and
gcc 2.8.1, we had problems with the square root functions with -DTEST:
diff --git a/README b/README
index 1bb9789a3..9a2e15f62 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ The MPFR distribution contains the following files:
AUTHORS - the authors of the library
+BUGS - bugs in MPFR - please read this file!
COPYING - the license under which the MPFR library is distributed
ChangeLog - the log of changes
INSTALL - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi)
@@ -24,4 +25,3 @@ mpfr.info - info file for MPFR
mpfr.texi - texinfo documentation for MPFR
tests/ - test directory
texinfo.tex - TeX macros to handle mpfr.texi
-