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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ install recent versions of some utilities such as texinfo. Building MPFR with internal GMP header files ============================================ - MPFR built with internal GMP header files is a few faster, + MPFR built with internal GMP header files is a bit faster, so you may want to build it with them. Just do this in step 1: ./configure --with-gmp-build=GMPBUILD @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ In case of problem On some architectures, try with `gmake` instead of `make`. + Try to build MPFR with/without GMP internal files. + If you can't solve your problem, you could contact us at mpfr@loria.fr, indicating the machine and operating system used (uname -a), the compiler and version used (gcc -v if you use gcc), the compile options used if any, @@ -92,8 +94,8 @@ In case of problem the test suite: C and C++ are not the same language! You should use a C compiler instead. -Notes on Windows -================ +Notes on Windows 32 +=================== 1 - we advise to use mingw (http://www.mingw.org/), which is simpler and less demanding than cygwin. Contrary to Cygwin, it also provides native @@ -104,11 +106,22 @@ Notes on Windows 2 - if you just want to make a binary with gcc, there is nothing to do: gmp, mpfr and the program compile exactly as under Linux. -3 - if you want to make libraries to work under a native Windows compiler +3 - if you want to make libraries to work under another Windows compiler like Visual C / C++, the "trick" is that the unix-like *.a files created by gcc are entirely compatible with the Windows *.lib files. So you just have to rename the *.a files into *.lib. With gmp-4.1.3, the only remaining problem seems to be the "alloca" calls in gmp. Configuring gmp and mpfr with --enable-alloca=malloc-reentrant - should work. + should work (If you build MPFR with gmp internal files). + + Or you could add the library + "$MINGWIN$/lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/$VERSION$/libgcc.a" + to your project: it contains all the extra-functions needed by a program + compiled by GCC (Division of 64 bits integer, bcopy, alloca, ...). + Of course, include it iff your compiler is not GCC. + +Notes on Windows 64 +=================== + + MPFR has not been tested on Windows 64. |