Test Failures in gmp-4.3.2: Details Included

Tom Browder tom.browder at gmail.com
Thu Aug 26 16:48:54 CEST 2010


On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:42, Torbjorn Granlund <tg at gmplib.org> wrote:
> Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com> writes:
>
>  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?
>
> We use newer autotools in GMP 5.0 than in GMP 4.3.  The newer tools
> might deal better with your system.

That sounds like it to me.  I'll check further.

> I am somewhat curious about how come your system shows unusual
> behaviour.  Do you know which distribution that was used?

I'm not the maintainer, and log in remotely--I'll have to check.  But
I have modifed my LD_LIBRARY_FLAGS to use my personal stuff first
since I don't  administer the machine.

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA


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