[fedora-arm] gmp issue resolution

[Peter Robinson]

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Jon Masters <jcm at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/04/2013 03:30 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Jon Masters <jcm at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> So the issue we have been experiencing with gmp is actually binutils
>>> related. There is a known regression in binutils wherein certain
>>> assembly is not recognized as ARM if it contains extraneous space!
>>>
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-binutils/2012-11/msg00104.html
>>>
>>> I'm copying Nick Clifton, because he'll want to make sure that
>>> ultimately we get the fix into binutils in F19/rawhide. But in the
>>> interim, you can go ahead and apply the following tested patch to gmp
>>> that just removes the extraneous space in udiv.asm for ARM. Once
>>> binutils is fixed, this patch is obviated and harmless.
>>
>> We'll need the fix in F-18 too then as they both contain the same
>> release of binutils. Upstream BZ is
>> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14887 Nick do you want
>> a RHBZ too?
>
> Great. Meanwhile, I expect my gmp patch will apply as-is to F18 also if
> you want to go and apply that. It's the same 5.0.5 release of gmp.

It's not causing us issues as yet so I think I'll await a proper
binutils fix for f18.

Peter