Bug#675577: Bug#718094: mpfr4: FTBFS: configure: error: gmp.h can't be found, or is unusable.

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2013-07-29 23:46:38 -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> OK, how about "with standard abi, the compiler will find it";i.e.
> without -m32. The lib32gmp package had to place its header in an
> unusual location which means, yes, the compiler won't find it
> without help.

But in the past, the header was placed in the usual location.

> Note, however, that the lib32gmp packages are going to be removed in 
> the near future.  I had sent a note to this effect to 
> mpfr4 at packages.debian.org and received a positive response from 
> Laurent Fousse.  My suggestion is to simply remove the lib32mpfr 
> packages now.

That's bad because in the past, would could use the -m32 option
for programs using MPFR, and that's no longer possible (note that
libmpfr-dev:i386 is not installable).

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