Test Failures in gmp-4.3.2: Details Included

[Tom Browder]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:31, Torbjorn Granlund <tg at gmplib.org> wrote:
> Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com> writes:
>
>  I just found the problem I think.  There is another, older version of
>  gmp that is found during the tests.
>
> This happens sometimes on some systems.  I think GMP's tests are run
> correctly, but some systems misbehave.  Most installations of GNU/Linux
> work correctly in this respect.
>
> (By working correctly, I mean that the linker works as documented.)

But doesn't the fact that I can use the identical system and
environment to build and test both gmp-4.3.2 and gmp-5.0.1 and ONLY
gmp-4.3.2 finds the installed gmp mean that something has changed to
the better in the gmp-5.0.1 autotools setup?

Respectfully,

-Tom