On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 11:07:38 AM UTC+2, Erik Bray wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 12:14 AM, leif <not.r...@online.de <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
> > To not hijack Erik's original thread on GMP/MPIR-related issues with 
> > /Singular on Cygwin/, this is a follow-up concerning just building Sage 
> > with its GMP package (instead of MPIR, which is the default). 
> > 
> > Sage's optional gmp package is currently GMP 5.1.3 (i.e., quite old). 
>
> Tangentially related, but it might be nice if GMP/MPIR got the same 
> treatment that some other packages have been getting, a few at a time, 
> of using the system version if it's available and current enough. 
> Really should be done for every package in fact, but that's something 
> I'm happy to take one at a time, especially for such core packages... 
>
Note that GMP uses a lot of assembly when properly built and is used 
basically by all other libraries.
Using a prebuilt one without specific assembly is maybe not the best idea.

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