`checking size of mp_limb_t... 0` and `configure: error: Oops, mp_limb_t doesn't seem to work` when compiling the Microchip XC32 compiler from source

[Gabriel Staples, ElectricRCAircraftGuy.com]

Thanks, Niels. I had been looking in config.log and came across a failure
to include a file with an absolute path. I found the solution and wrote
about it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/77435216/4561887



On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 9:50 AM Niels Möller <nisse at lysator.liu.se> wrote:

> When debugging configure issues, the first step is to check config.log.
> That should tell you in detail what configure tried to compile or run, and
> how it failed.
>
> Regards,
> /Niels
>
>
> "Gabriel Staples, ElectricRCAircraftGuy.com" <ercaguy at gmail.com> skrev:
> (3 november 2023 08:26:03 CET)
>
>> I could really use some help here. Many thanks in advance. I don't know if
>> this is a GMP problem exactly, but I've described it pretty thoroughly
>> here:
>>
>> GMP gets stuck in the configure process. Again, this may not be directly
>> due to GMP, but this is a community effort to compile the GCC Microchip
>> PIC32 compiler from source so we don't need to buy a license to program a
>> chip.
>>
>> `checking size of mp_limb_t... 0` and `configure: error: Oops, mp_limb_t
>> doesn't seem to work` when compiling the Microchip XC32 compiler from
>> source  <https://stackoverflow.com/q/77414776/4561887>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Gabriel Staples
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