http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48135
--- Comment #17 from ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE <ro at CeBiTec dot
Uni-Bielefeld.DE> 2011-03-17 16:58:31 UTC ---
>> That's part your fault and part ours: while install.texi states `MPC
>> Library version 0.8.1 (or later)', later versions are rarely tested and
>> often break, so it's best to stay with those exact versions. We need to
>> improve the install docs in this regard.
> If the selection of a version is not so important, please consider including
> the mpc-0.8.1 folder directly in the source tree from the beginning and don't
> discuss this subject anymore in the installation instructions (apart from
> thanking and copyright reasons). Perhaps the gmp/mpfr/mpc people would not
> prefer this way though.
No, we don't want to go down that route for unmodified upsteam
packages. This is FSF policy, btw., and not this issue.
Rainer
