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diff --git a/README.tru64 b/README.tru64 index d65175a4c0..ce2181a4ef 100644 --- a/README.tru64 +++ b/README.tru64 @@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ You cannot Configure Perl to use long doubles unless you have at least Tru64 V5.0, the long double support simply wasn't functional before that. +At the time of this writing, there's a bug in the Tru64 libc printing +of long doubles when not using "e" notation. The values are correct +and usable, but you only get a limited number of digits displayed +unless you force the issue by using C<printf "%.33e",$num> or the like. +For Tru64 versions V5.0A through V5.1A, a patch is expected sometime after +perl 5.8.0 is released. If your libc has not yet been patched, you'll get +a warning from Configure when selecting long doubles. + =head2 64-bit Perl on Tru64 In Tru64 Perl's integers are automatically 64-bit wide, there is |