[OE-core] [PATCH 2/6] gmp: Bring back version 4.2.1 (LGPL 2.1+)

[Jussi Kukkonen]

On 28 August 2015 at 09:03, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > On Aug 27, 2015, at 6:05 AM, Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen at intel.com>
wrote:
> >
> > gmp 4.2.1 was removed in f181c6ce8b apparently accidentally: It
> > was not noticed that 4.2.1 is LGPL 2.1 (and not GPL) so provides
> > a useful alternative to the newer "GPLv2 | LGPLv3" version.
> >
> > * Reintroduce 4.2.1. The source includes files that are GPL but the
> >  library package is LGPL 2.1+
> > * Also reintroduce the two patches removed in f181c6ce8b.
> > * Refactor gmp.inc: gmp 6.0.0 build should not be affected in any way.
> > * Update 6.0.0 license from "GPLv2 | LGPLv3" to "GPLv2+ | LGPLv3+".
> >
> > [YOCTO #8197]
>
> there are issues with gmp on arm especially thumb mode. What kind of
testing have you done on this ?

I have not tested on arm and at don't really have means to do so.
Suggestions to limit the possible harm are welcome.

 Jussi
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