Re: gmp

[Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>]

Alan Post <alan.post@usa.net> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:54:52AM -0700, Jim Pick wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Would somebody take a look at the gmp/libgmp packages?  They need some
> > work in order to compile cleanly.
> > 
> > These are needed by ssh.  I've got some old ones in the transitional
> > area at:
> > 
> >   ftp://ftp.jimpick.com/pub/debian/arm/dists/transitional/binary-arm/
> > 
> > But I'd like to get them into the main archive.
> > 
> 
> I encountered this problem as well.  I can work on it.
> 
> I've been looking at the changelogs for both gmp and libgmp.  The only
> difference between the arm and x86 binary versions of these libraries is 
> libgmp2, which for arm is three (debian) releases behind:
> 
>             x86:         arm:
> 
> libgmp2     2.0.2-3.1    2.0.2-1
> gmp2        2.0.2-6.2    2.0.2-6.2
> 
> These releases are minor bug and platform fixes.  Also, gmp2 has an arm patch 
> that hasn't been applied to libgmp2:
> 
> gmp2 (2.0.2-6.2) unstable; urgency=low
>   * Non-maintainer upload.
>   * Updated config.sub and config.guess (needed for ARM port)
>   * Applied patch from Russell King for ARM.
>  -- Jim Pick <jim@fleming.jimpick.com>  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:26:04 -0800
> 
> Is it this simple?

I don't think so.  I think I tried recompiling the version that I had
patched, and it didn't pass all the checks.

Cheers,

 - Jim