Module Name: src
Committed By: mrg
Date: Fri Jun 1 21:46:19 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/external/lgpl3/gmp: README
Log Message:
commit some note updates i wrote last august.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 src/external/lgpl3/gmp/README
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/external/lgpl3/gmp/README
diff -u src/external/lgpl3/gmp/README:1.7 src/external/lgpl3/gmp/README:1.8
--- src/external/lgpl3/gmp/README:1.7 Thu Aug 17 23:00:38 2017
+++ src/external/lgpl3/gmp/README Fri Jun 1 21:46:18 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README,v 1.7 2017/08/17 23:00:38 mrg Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.8 2018/06/01 21:46:18 mrg Exp $
GMP in NetBSD. We need GMP for GCC >= 4.2.
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ There are a few steps to this:
some of these files might have src/obj references. in particular
fix GMP_MPARAM_H_SUGGEST to start from ./mpn/... and make sure
- we #define __GMP_CC to "gcc -std=gnu99", and make sure that
+ we #define __GMP_CC to just "gcc", and make sure that
CONFIG_TOP_SRCDIR is not defined in config.m4
- XXX make this automatic
-
+ the "Makefile.netbsd-gmp" has a "copy-files" target that performs
+ these tasks.
- parse the ./configure output and note all created symlinks
for mpn. these need to be converted into a new Makefile.inc.
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ There are a few steps to this:
used is m4 to parse, and we and create .s files from the .asm
files that we then we feed into $CC.
-The amd64 port is a good reference to compare.
+ this part needs to be automated, but requires that the first
+ part's ./configure output be stored for it. this is not done.
-This mips64* ports need some minor hacks to the generated gmp*.h
-files to fix their library builds for compat issues. See these
-files in:
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2011/07/10/msg024467.html
+ it would be good to convert the Makefile.inc into a pair of
+ files -- srcs.mk generated from build-gmp-Makefile.inc.awk, and
+ the remaining static part of the Makefile.inc left with the
+ include of srcs.mk.
+
+The amd64 port is a good reference to compare.
This is still a work in progress and methods used to build may be
@@ -56,4 +59,4 @@ changed at any time.
m...@netbsd.org
-- 2011/06/22
+- 2017/08/22
