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

[Martin Jansa]

Did you enable thumb in that qemuarm build?

It's disabled by default and multiple components are broken when you enable
it, see:
https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7717

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen at intel.com>
wrote:

> 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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