Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:07:35 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with
 kernel/timeconst.sh
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> I note that sed and printf and such are all susv3.  I have an explicit test 
> for 32 bit math in the script that cares, and this worked in Red Hat 9 circa 
> 2003.

If you are trying to do arbitary precision maths using standard posix
tools just use dc. That way the standard is explicit about what you will
get.
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