BUG #4880: gcc (4.4) + double precision differences

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      4880
Logged by:          Jeremy Ford
Email address:      jeremford@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.7 + 8.4.RC2
Operating system:   Linux
Description:        gcc (4.4) + double precision differences
Details:

I've just had a problem restoring a table on a 8.4.RC2 database compiled
with GCC 4.4.0.  The original table (from a 8.3.7 GCC 4.1.2 database) had
some "double precision" values that should have been outside the "allowed
ranges" (values created with PL/R).  The pg_restore process failed to
restore any data to that table as (at least) one row had an invalid value:
EST ERROR:  "5.926613861253257e-319" is out of range for type double
precision

I have run the following on a few various databases I have access to:

select 1e-319::double precision;

8.2.5 - 32 bit linux (Fedora 8) GCC 4.1.2 --> "ERROR:  type "double
precision" value out of range: underflow"
8.3.7 - 32 bit linux (Fedora 8) GCC 4.1.2 --> 9.99988867182683e-320
8.3.7 - 64bit linux (Fedora 8) GCC  4.1.2  --> 9.99988867182683e-320
8.3.7 - 64bit linux (Fedora 11) GCC 4.4.0 --> ".. is out of range for type
double precision"

8.4.rc2 - 32 bit linux (Fedora 10) GCC 4.3.2 --> 9.99988867182683e-320
8.4.rc1 - 32 bit linux (Fedora 11) GCC 4.4.0  -->  ".. is out of range for
type double precision"

Besides fixing the data, is there anyway of recompiling with GCC 4.4.0 to
allow these values? Any other options or recommendations?

Cheers, Jeremy.