gmp-4.0.1 and .so numbers

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

I'm trying to get gmp-4.0.1 packaged, and I've run into a problem.

The tarball, gmp-4.0.1.tar.gz produces the libraries libgmp.so.3.2.1 and
libmp.so.3.1.3, both with links ....so.3.

This breaks the progression of packages from libgmp1 thru libgmp3, where
.so numbers followed version numbers, at least at the major numbers.

This presents multiple choices, none of which I particularly like.

   1. Provide the links:
          libgmp.so.4 => libgmp.so.3.2.1
      and
          libmp.so.4 => libmp.so.3.1.3

   2. Change the make file to build .so.4.X libraries.

   3. Call the package libgmp3_4.0.1.

I don't like any of them, but number 1 is the simplest, and it preserves
multiple libraries installed at the same time, with one, choosable,
development library. Number 3 is also easy, but ...  Number 2 is only a
bit more difficult, but it contests the upstream vision...

Any helpful suggestions are welcome.

TIA,

Dwarf
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