[semi-related patch] Re: issues with configuring the trunk to build Fortran

[Richard Earnshaw]

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 22:47, Phil Edwards wrote:

> I feel that if the user's source tree contains f95, then they mean to
> build it.  if they don't, then they should use --enable-languages to
> deselect it.  Silently skipping F95 because of missing libraries seems
> kind of harshly surprising.

Yep.  If we are certain that GMP with MPFR is the only way to go, then
we should just bite the bullet and incorporate GMP into the source
tree.  The only decision then will be whether or not a system installed
GMP is sufficiently adequate that we can skip building our own copy.

R.