Hi,
that's my system

machine: AMD Athlon64
OS     : linux
gcc ver: 4.1.1

"make check"  for the just updated CVS version gives:


make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/gsl/specfunc'
FAIL: gsl_sf_hyperg_1F1_e(1.2, 1.1e-15, 1.5, &r) [1508]
  expected:     8254503159672429
  obtained:     7670992068136820      37.47265286935475  4.88498e-15
  fracdiff:  0.03664005942601248
  value/expected not consistent within reported error
  value not within tolerance of expected value
        7670992068136820     37.4726528693547536
FAIL: gsl_sf_hyperg_1F1_e(1.0, 1000000.5, 0.8e6 + 0.5, &r) [1509]
  expected:    4.999922505099444
  obtained:                    0   2.225073858507201e-308  1
  fracdiff:                    1
  value/expected not consistent within reported error
  value not within tolerance of expected value
  unexpected return code: 15
                       0  2.22507385850720138e-308
FAIL: gsl_sf_hyperg_1F1_e(1.0, 1000000.5, 1001000.5, &r) [1510]
  expected:     3482.61063417677
  obtained:                    0   2.225073858507201e-308  1
  fracdiff:                    1
  value/expected not consistent within reported error
  value not within tolerance of expected value
  unexpected return code: 15
                       0  2.22507385850720138e-308
FAIL: Hypergeometric Functions [1695]
FAIL: gsl_sf_laguerre_n_e(8e6+1, 2.5, 2.5, &r) [1728]
  expected:    632515.0953351791
  obtained:    632515.0945821834     0.3887561385371067  6.14619e-07
  fracdiff: 5.952393294621843e-10
  value not within tolerance of expected value
     632515.094582183403    0.388756138537106666
FAIL: gsl_sf_laguerre_n_e(1e7+1, 2.5, 2.5, &r) [1729]
  expected:    1529948.468637081
  obtained:    1528526.058500812     0.3534195223710817  2.31216e-07
  fracdiff: 0.0004650717616408345
  value/expected not consistent within reported error
  value not within tolerance of expected value
     1528526.05850081169    0.353419522371081651
FAIL: gsl_sf_laguerre_n_e(1e8+1, 2.5, 2.5, &r) [1730]
  expected:    23645341.63212357
  obtained:    23649497.92428542      55.59295316298746  2.3507e-06
  fracdiff: 8.788045801273095e-05
  value/expected not consistent within reported error
  value not within tolerance of expected value
      23649497.924285423      55.592953162987456
FAIL: gsl_sf_laguerre_n_e(1e9+1, 2.5, 2.5, &r) [1731]
  expected:   -17730996.95830937
  obtained:   -17745971.86979336      466.8338951323448  2.63058e-05
  fracdiff: 0.0004221023379011439
  value/expected not consistent within reported error
  value not within tolerance of expected value
    -17745971.8697933592     466.833895132344821
FAIL: Laguerre Polynomials [1760]
FAIL: test

Best,
	Giulio.

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Giulio Bottazzi                       PGP Key ID:BAB0A33F
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