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Re: build failure, GMP not available

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
To: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
Cc: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, "Kaveh R. GHAZI" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>, Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at apple dot com>, GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: 31 Oct 2006 19:35:50 +0100
Subject: Re: build failure, GMP not available
References: <76B13B3C-DB38-4D40-9DEE-B1ADC71379FC@apple.com> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0610301610520.13143@caipclassic.rutgers.edu> <m3ac3d9srs.fsf@dhcp-172-18-118-195.corp.google.com> <4546E82B.2080703@codesourcery.com> <20061031173739.GG32316@synopsys.com>

Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM> writes:

[...]

| We do want to make it as easy as we can make it to allow non-gurus to
| build from source, because we'll get a lot more testing that way.  That
| said, I agree that an automatic download is inappropriate.
| 
| However, if we detect at configure time that GMP isn't present, it
| would be good if the error message printed out enough information
| to tell the user where s/he can download a working version.  We'll
| save everyone time that way.

Fully agreed.

-- Gaby

References:
- build failure, GMP not available
  - From: Geoffrey Keating
- Re: build failure, GMP not available
  - From: Kaveh R. GHAZI
- Re: build failure, GMP not available
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: build failure, GMP not available
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: build failure, GMP not available
  - From: Joe Buck

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