RFC: Backport fix for Sun Bug 6539464 (Math.log() produces inconsistent results)

[Omair Majid]

Hi,

There is an issue in HS14 on x86_64 where calls to Math.log() can return 
different values for the same input value. This patch backports the fix 
[1] from OpenJDK7 (b56) to IcedTea6

Sun's bug entry:
http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6539464
Red Hat's bugzilla entry:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500077

ChangeLog:
2009-05-11  Omair Majid  <omajid at redhat.com>

     * patches/hotspot/default/icedtea-6539464.patch: New file. Backport
       fix for Sun Bug 6539464 from OpenJDK7
     * Makefile.am (ICEDTEA_PATCHES): Apply the above.
     * HACKING: Document the above.

Cheers,
Omair

[1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/hotspot-comp/hotspot/rev/819880572f09
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