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

[Jussi Kukkonen]

On 28 August 2015 at 10:44, Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen at intel.com> wrote:
> 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.

Ok, that was sent before morning coffee, not really the whole story... What
I should have said is: Can you expand on the possible problems (keeping in
mind that I don't know much about arm in general or how thumb might relate
to this)?

I did build 4.2.1 successfully for qemuarm and it seems ok in a very quick
test.

 - Jussi
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