Bug#645475: autogen FTBFS: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libgmp.la'

[Jonathan Nieder]

severity 645475 wishlist
retitle 645475 libgmp-dev: please add Breaks against packages that used the .la file
reopen 645475
tags 645475 + patch
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Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> I do think a Breaks would be a friendly thing to do (as usual when a
> package in sid causes a package in the stable to stop behaving as
> advertised).
>
> Incidentally, is there a reason for libgmp-dev to keep the .la file at
> all?

Therefore reopening.