gcc 3.2.3 and trancendental functions

[jim hopper <hopperj@macconnect.com>]

We have a problem.  we have a couple new linux boxes. one is red hat 8,
the other in 9.0.  when i try to run our radar sim it hangs.   finally
traced it down to a problem with sin/cos etc.  so i created a little
program that just calls cosine with 45"  (tried both degrees version
and radians.  the cos returns NAN.

so i went to gcc.gnu.edu and downloaded source for gcc 3.2.3 (i think)
and built and bootstrapped, same problem!

then i went to cs.nyu.edu and downloaded the linux distribution for
gnat 3.15p there and installed it, and everything works fine. on the
8.0 box.

on the 9.0 box neither compiler seems to work. howoever if i move the
executable done with gnat 3.15p over to the 9.0 box that executes ok, i
just cant execute anything compiled on that box.

Does anyone have any insight into why transendentals fail on gcc 3.2.3
compiler??

thanks jim