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authorKen Moffat <ken@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-11-20 22:07:12 +0000
committerKen Moffat <ken@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-11-20 22:07:12 +0000
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I finally got around to the note about ABI=32.
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of GMP</title>
+ <note>
+ <para>If you have a CPU which is capable of running 64-bit code
+ and you have specified <envar>CFLAGS</envar> in the environment,
+ the configure script will attempt to configure for 64-bits and fail.
+ Avoid this by adding <parameter>ABI=32</parameter> to the
+ <envar>CFLAGS</envar> variable for the duration of the configure
+ command below, then remove it afterwards.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para>
<para>Prepare GMP for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd</userinput></screen>