On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:42 AM, William Immendorf wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Mike <m-jack...@charter.net> wrote: >> I am in /sources/gmp-5.0.1 directory. >> This is a x86_64 dual core so I am trying to use the ABI=32 option. >> I must have something wrong but I don't see what. >> Any suggestios? I tried deleteing the directory and starting over >> with this >> one but got the same thing. >> If I understand it correctly I need to use the abi=32 env arg > Your problem is that you are building an Pure64 bit system, and on > that system, that arg makes no sense. > > Remove ABI=32 from configure and run it again. > > > -- > William Immendorf > The ultimate in free computing. > Messages in plain text, please, no HTML. > GPG key ID: 1697BE98 > If it's not signed, it's not from me. > > -------------- > > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page Yes it will compile like that but will it be able to run on pure 32-bit system i.e. not x86-64. If I understood it correctly that option was to make it so it would. Thanks for your reply and help. I started this about a year ago and decided I needed to learn quite a bit more in particular about shell scripting so I left the idea and studied quite a bit. It has been worth it for this alone. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page