> I can see the need when bootstrapping, but I'd prefer if coreutils
> just relied on regular GMP.
>
> That said, I see there is some push back in debian on depending on
> GMP. Note expr from coreutils also uses GMP, which may sway the
> decision.
It doesn't, currently, but it ought to.
$ ldd /usr/bin/expr
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fffd83ff000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fc111365000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fc11170e000)
See here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684866
I don't understand the reluctance to introduce a dependency on GMP.
Here's some of the other things that already do:
$ deborphan -n libgmp10
libgmp10
cpp-4.7
g++-4.7
libhogweed2
gcc-4.7
libgcj13
libgcj12
libmpc2
guile-2.0-libs
libgnutls28
gcj-4.7-jdk
gnutls-bin
librasqal3
libmpfr4
So if you really object to having GMP (size: 492KB) installed on your
system, you can forget about gcc, g++, and secure internet connections.
How's that working out for you?
-- Ian Bruce
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