not really a bug but somewhat odd : checking compiler /usr/local/bin/gcc8 ... no, mpn_lshift_com

[Dennis Clarke]

On 7/28/19 6:21 AM, paul zimmermann wrote:
>        Hi Dennis,
> 
>> Dear gmp/mpfr folks :
> 
> this apparently has nothing to do with mpfr.

No but I know where you all tend to read mailists. :-)

> 
> From the error message in configure ("no, mpn_lshift_com optimization 2,
> program does not run") you can conclude that your compiler is broken.
> Please report to the compiler vendor.

Seems hard to accept given that the FreeBSD provided gcc 8.3.0 compiler
did actually compile and install libgmp from "ports" on this machine.

However when I try this manually I get the config error that I just have
not seen before.




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