Re: rint() replacement

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Also, there is a special HPUX 9 configure test to look for rint() a
> > different location.  I am not sure if the new replacement rint() test
> > has invalidated that code.  Do we still support HPUX 9?  (I added a
> > comment to the configure script to mention it might now be broken.)
> 
> HPUX 9 is obsolete (heck, HP is about to obsolete HPUX 10...).  If
> there's any beta testers out there still running it, they can find out
> for us.  But I'd say that if you are providing a portable rint() in
> /port, we could get rid of the HPUXMATHLIB crock and let configure
> fall back to using the /port version.

OK, removed.

> > I see a cbrt() in float.c.  Do we actually have platforms that don't
> > have cbrt()/cube root?  I am inclined to remove it more move it to
> > /port.
> 
> Hardly worth the trouble.  The substitute implementation is small
> and portable...

Sorry, my paragraph was bad.  Should I remove cbrt or move it to /port?

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