source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/cross-tools/common/gmp.xml@ 19776da

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<sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-gmp" role="wrap">
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  <title>GMP-&gmp-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-gmp">
    <primary sortas="a-GMP">GMP</primary>
    <secondary>cross-tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>GMP is a library for arithmetic on arbitrary precision integers,
    rational numbers, and floating-point numbers.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GMP</title>

    <para os="p1">The following patch contains a number of updates to the
    &gmp-version; branch by the GMP developers:</para>

<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gmp-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="a">Prepare GMP for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/cross-tools \
  --enable-mpbsd</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-gmp" role="content">
    <title>Contents of GMP</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>libgmp.[a,so]</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="libgmp">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgmp</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains the definitions for GNU multiple precision functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-gmp libgmp">
            <primary sortas="b-libgmp">libgmp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

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  </sect2>

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