support 64 arith. Close bug 136

2006-01-25 13:56:03 +00:00
parent 1e98a0705b
commit 8aa9e57149
2 changed files with 42 additions and 18 deletions
--- a/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ config CONFIG_EXPR
 	  expr is used to calculate numbers and print the result
 	  to standard output.

+config CONFIG_EXPR_MATH_SUPPORT_64
+	bool "    Extend Posix numbers support to 64 bit"
+	default n
+	depends on CONFIG_EXPR
+	help
+	  Enable 64-bit math support in the expr applet.  This will make
+	  the applet slightly larger, but will allow computation with very
+	  large numbers.
+
 config CONFIG_FALSE
 	bool "false"
 	default n