Bug#708264: gmp: mpn_sqrtrem is broken on ia64

[Steve M. Robbins]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 05:20:35PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Package: libgmp10
> Version: 2:5.1.1+dfsg-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear maintainers,
> 
> On ia64 it seems that mpn_sqrtrem fails to preserve the hardware registers,
> leading to difficult to track down bugs.
> 
> Please see the attached file.
> on merulo.debian.org running sid (gcc is 4.6.3-15)

A quick question: is merulo realy ia64 hardware or is it emulated?  I
ask because gmp has issues with the kvm emulation of some hardware.
If you have access to physical hardware (I don't), can you run your
test there, please?

Thanks,
-Steve
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