Bug#724320: gmp: x32: sizeof(mp_limb_t)!=sizeof(void*) is not supported by GAP and PARI

[Steve M. Robbins]

Hello Bill,

I'd like to understand what you believe is the bug.


On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 07:02:41PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:

> On x32, GMP set sizeof(mp_limb_t) to 8, see
> <http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=gmp&arch=x32&ver=2%3A5.1.2%2Bdfsg-3&stamp=1379197327>

Is 8 the wrong value?  If so, any idead why the GMP unit tests don't fail?


> However this is incompatible with software that requires sizeof(mp_limb_t)==sizeof(void*),
> like pari and gap, which then FTBFS on x32.

Is this a bug in pari and gap or in gmp?

Thanks,
-Steve

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