On 2006-12-04 15:34:32 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Joe Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > The ordinary user who builds gcc from source does not need *any*
> > version of automake, autoconf, etc., so any strict requirements that
> > are imposed on these tools have an impact only on gcc developers.
> 
> I wish we could have similar requirements for GMP and MPFR, rather
> than requiring the user to pre-install them on pretty much EVERY
> computer.

Do you mean that gcc should be distributed with GMP and MPFR libraries
in the tarball? (There had been a discussion about including them or
not in the Subversion repository, but I haven't seen one concerning
the tarballs.)

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