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@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ MPFR).
5. To check the built library (runs the test files), type:
make check
+ Note: If any test fails, information about this failure can be found in
+ the tests/test-suite.log file; you should provide this file in your bug
+ reports (in addition to other useful information, as mentioned later).
+ If you want the contents of this file to be automatically output in case
+ of failure, you can set the VERBOSE environment variable to 1 before
+ running "make check", for instance by typing:
+ VERBOSE=1 make check
+
6. To install it (default "/usr/local" | see "--prefix" option), type:
make install
@@ -438,7 +446,8 @@ mailing-list <mpfr@inria.fr>, indicating the machine and operating system
used (uname -a), the compiler and version used (gcc -v if you use gcc),
the configure options used if any (including variables such as CC and
CFLAGS), the version of GMP and MPFR used, and a description of the
-problem encountered. Please send us also the log of the "configure"
+problem encountered, in particular the tests/test-suite.log file if
+"make check" failed. Please send us also the log of the "configure"
(config.log).
Note that even if you can build MPFR with a C++ compiler, you can't run