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authorvlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2009-11-24 15:23:00 +0000
committervlefevre <vlefevre@280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4>2009-11-24 15:23:00 +0000
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INSTALL: made instructions more clear.
git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk@6564 280ebfd0-de03-0410-8827-d642c229c3f4
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@@ -168,11 +168,13 @@ You can see the latter with the following command:
if the GMP build directory is available. Then type:
- ./configure <configure options> CC=<C compiler> CFLAGS=<compiler options>
+ ./configure <configure options> CC=<C compiler> CFLAGS="<compiler options>"
-and continue the install. On some platforms, you should provide further
-options to match those used by GMP, or set some environment variables.
-For instance, see the "Notes on AIX/PowerPC" section below.
+(quotes are needed when there are spaces or other special characters
+in the CC/CFLAGS value) and continue the install. On some platforms,
+you should provide further options to match those used by GMP, or set
+some environment variables. For instance, see the "Notes on AIX/PowerPC"
+section below.
Warning! Do NOT use optimization options that can change the semantics
of math operations, such as GCC's -ffast-math or Sun CC's -fast.