On Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:51:24 UTC-6, Bill Hart wrote:
>
> The problem is that virtual machines incompletely implement some of 
> the instructions available on the native processors MPIR is optimised 
> for. 
>
> We can't really do much about it. The workaround is to use a different 
> VM, specify a --build= flag to MPIR's configure, or set up the VM to 
> emulate a different processor. 
>
> I don't think that updating the script is a good idea. It just 
> introduces the potential for further bugs in real machines. 
>
> Bill. 
>

Thanks, Bill; this is very much appreciated, and it makes a lot of sense.  

Nicholas


 

 

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