From 2bffbf29432c1b6c66f6ea1f3187ad14c0f998e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:04:29 -0500
Subject: [svn-r7890] Purpose:     Add warning

Description:
    Warn users about known bugs for gcc 2.96

Platforms tested:
    Titan (user02)
    Does not apply to h5committest
---
 config/gnu-flags | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/gnu-flags b/config/gnu-flags
index 1a7a786..4e29803 100644
--- a/config/gnu-flags
+++ b/config/gnu-flags
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ if test gcc = "$cc_vendor" -a "$cc_vers_all" -lt 2008001; then
 EOF
   sleep 5
 
+# GCC v2.96 (shipped with RH7.x) has problems with `float'-> `double' conversions.
+elif test gcc = "$cc_vendor" -a "$cc_vers_all" -eq 2096000; then
+   cat <<EOF
+    **
+    ** This compiler may have problems converting 'float' values to
+    ** 'double' values.  There may be other code generation problems
+    ** as well.
+    **
+    ** Please use a different version of gcc before reporting bugs.
+    **
+EOF
+       sleep 5
+    fi
+
 # Current EGCS compilers have problems with `long long' and register
 # allocation when optimizations are turned on for x86 systems.
 elif test egcs = "$cc_vendor" -a "$cc_vers_all" -le 2091066; then
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