https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68867
--- Comment #20 from Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Jerry DeLisle from comment #19) > (In reply to Bill Seurer from comment #12) > > > I checked with the revision previous to this patch and the revision for this > > patch and the only differences were fmt_g0_7 succeeding and > > default_format_denormal_2 failing. > > Sorry about that Bill, I missed that in my testing, there are other tests > already failing and I thought it was one of those. All the patch did was > decrease the width of the default format, in other words, the width chosen > when none is specified by the user. The patch changed nothing > computationaly speaking. > > I will take a look at this default_format_denormal_2 and see. It should > just be a minor adjustment of the test itself. Let me know if you see any > thing else. OK, the failing of default_format_denormal_2 has nothing to do with this PR or formatting for printing of floating point numbers. It has to do with internal representations. I believe that Steve is correct and the test should be XFailed for all PowerPC. It is already { xfail powerpc*-apple-darwin* }