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@@ -577,7 +577,6 @@ a. Using MinGW
Compiler Version 16.00.30319.01 for 80x86, Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing
Compiler Version 16.00.30319.01 for x64).
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b. Using Cygwin
===============
@@ -587,6 +586,10 @@ Visual Studio as with MinGW. Indeed, the binaries compiled with Cygwin
require a dynamic library (cygwin.dll) to work; there is a Cygwin option
-mno-cygwin to build native code, but it may require some non-portable tricks.
+In case of failure, you may need to pass LDFLAGS='-shared-libgcc' at the
+end of the configure line due to a bug in GCC. Otherwise, if threading
+support is not needed, you can configure MPFR with --disable-thread-safe.
+
c. Using Visual C++ 2008/2010
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