Re: GMP with stable v. development release

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>]

On 2006-12-22 17:59:50 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:06:42PM -0800, Jeffrey Stopple wrote:
> > (Right now I can't configure --with-gmp at all.  In GMP 4.2:  'The 
> > solib numbers for the shared version of libgmp and libgmpxx are very 
> > wrong, making it appear older than version 4.1.4.'  Then ./Configure 
> > --with-gmp  gives me # Your version of GMP is too old for PARI.  Please 
> > upgrade 
> 
> I gather this happens on Mas OS X. This looks like a problem in the
> way the GMP shared library was built.

GMP 4.2 is broken, you shouldn't use it.

> Maybe try to link with the static GMP library instead or install
> GMP 4.1.4.

or better, GMP 4.2.1, which just fixes the above problem.

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