George Koehler:

> WRKSRC/mpn/asm-defs.m4:1054,
> 
> ifelse(`PIC_ALWAYS',`yes',`define(`PIC')')
> 
> Notice that `PIC_ALWAYS' is in quotes, so the macro PIC_ALWAYS is not
> expanded.  This faulty check compares the literal string "PIC_ALWAYS"
> with the literal string "yes"; these strings never match, so this
> faulty check never defines PIC.  I don't fix this faulty check,
> because it might affect other archs.

It appears that check is only used on powerpc*.  The only place I
can find that defines PIC_ALWAYS is in GMP_ASM_POWERPC_PIC_ALWAYS,
which is indeed only called on powerpc*.

So the fix might be as simple as repairing that ifelse?

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          [email protected]

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