Issue #1496032. Add -mieee to BASECFLAGS on alpha, when gcc is
the compiler. This should(?) help to fix failures in test_math
and test_cmath on Linux/alpha.
Also add configure message reporting the result of uname -m, as
a debugging aid.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5c7b2ae..c616ba2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
Build
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+- Issue #1496032: On alpha, use -mieee when gcc is the compiler.
+
- Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when
gcc is used as compiler.