[Gmp-commit] /var/hg/gmp: Add yet another FreeBSD build bug.

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details:   /var/hg/gmp/rev/33c6c09e54f5
changeset: 16182:33c6c09e54f5
user:      Torbjorn Granlund <tege at gmplib.org>
date:      Fri Jan 10 00:26:30 2014 +0100
description:
Add yet another FreeBSD build bug.

diffstat:

 NEWS |  22 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diffs (39 lines):

diff -r 84343784aa3d -r 33c6c09e54f5 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Sun Jan 05 18:22:40 2014 +0100
+++ b/NEWS	Fri Jan 10 00:26:30 2014 +0100
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
   MISC
   * This release will not work on NetBSD 5.x, FreeBSD 7.x, 8.x or 9 series
-    before 9.3.  The reason is that the FreeBSD m4 command is not correctly
+    before 9.3.  The reason is that the m4 command is not correctly
     implemented.  (Workaround: Use an older GMP release, or install GNU m4 from
     /usr/ports and tell GMP to use it.)
 
@@ -63,13 +63,19 @@
     broken limits.h.  (Workaround: Use an older GMP release if using the 32-bit
     ABI on these FreeBSD releases is important.)
 
-  * This release will not work reliably on version 10.0 of FreeBSD/i386 or
-    FreeBSD/amd64 using the 32-bit ABI.  The reason is bugs in the compiler
-    'clang'.  Depending on CPU-dependent compiler flags, GMP may or may not be
-    miscompiled in a particular build.  (Workaround: Compiling gcc from
-    /usr/ports should work, except that gcc circularly depends on GMP; we have
-    not been able to test that workaround due to FreeBSD 10.0 bugs affecting
-    its ability to run under under KVM and Xen.)
+  * This release will not work reliably on FreeBSD 10.0 for i386 or amd64 using
+    the 32-bit ABI.  The reason is bugs in the compiler 'clang'.  Depending on
+    CPU-dependent compiler flags, GMP may or may not be miscompiled in a
+    particular build.  (Workaround: Compiling gcc from /usr/ports should work,
+    except that gcc circularly depends on GMP; we have not been able to test
+    that workaround due to FreeBSD 10.0 bugs affecting its ability to run under
+    under KVM and Xen.)
+
+  * This release will not compile on FreeBSD before version 10 for i386,
+    targeting any modern AMD processor.  The reason is bugs in the old gcc
+    bundled with FreeBSD.  (Workaround: install a less obsolete gcc from
+    /usr/ports and tel GMP to use it, or override the -march=amdfam10 configure
+    command line argument.)
 
 
 Changes between GMP version 5.1.2 and 5.1.3