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Documentation/website suggestion: link to OS X Intel build instructions
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2007-07-22 04:07:55
Currently, the gmplib.org top-level page says:

  [2006-05-04] GMP does not build on MacInteltosh machines.
No fix planned for GMP 4.x.

It's true that the unpatched gmp-4.2.1 does not build on
Intel-based
Mac OS X systems; however, a patch is available.  Moreover,
straightforward
instructions for applying that patch and successfully
building GMP (and
passing "make check", naturally) can be readily
downloaded at:

  http://images.apple.com/acg/pdf/MP_Floating_Point_
20070313.pdf

Since the only real problem with GMP on Intel-based OS X is
finding
that PDF, the statement "No fix planned for GMP
4.x" is misleading.
It would be more accurate, and much more helpful, to say
something like

  [2007-xx-xx] Building GMP on Intel-based Mac OS X systems
requires a patch.
               Complete instructions can be found in <A
HREF="http://images.apple.com/acg/pdf/MP_F
loating_Point_20070313.pdf">this PDF</A>.
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