Bug#724320: gmp: x32: sizeof(mp_limb_t)!=sizeof(void*) is not supported by GAP and PARI

Bill Allombert Bill.Allombert at math.u-bordeaux1.fr
Wed Oct 2 23:22:57 CEST 2013


On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:03:44PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> There may be other software having similar problems, possibly not
> by design like with PARI, but just because this hasn't been tested,
> just like it's difficult to test programs with CHAR_BIT > 8. :)
> I would be surprised if there aren't any other examples.
> 
> In particular I don't know yet if MPFR behaves correctly (it had
> problems related to different type size in the past).

You can look at X32 buildlogs on buildd.debian-ports.org.
For mpfr it is at
<http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=mpfr4&arch=x32&ver=3.1.1-2&stamp=1379198729>

At least the package seems to pass its test suite.

Cheers,
Bill.


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