I had occasion to compile popt today on my 2.4.17 linux system. By way of +background, it's a fairly stock CRUX linux install with gcc 2.95.3 and glibc +2.2.4. The compile in popt.c failed due to the unrecognized symbols FLT_MAX and+FLT_MIN. This was easily fixed by adding "#include <values.h>" near the top of +the source file. I just thought you guys might like to know.
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