From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 18:25:07 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/gawk: clean the mpfr dependency In-Reply-To: <20151205160851.GA3666@free.fr> References: <6dcb0e2bfe0573ddcfba8f9b7c90d18090c46a1a.1449181275.git.yann.morin.1998@free.fr> <5660D1B6.5040404@mind.be> <20151205160851.GA3666@free.fr> Message-ID: <56631DF3.5050403@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 05-12-15 17:08, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > Arnout, All, > > On 2015-12-04 00:35 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly: >> On 03-12-15 23:22, Yann E. MORIN wrote: >>> When available, mpfr provides support for BIGNUM, which allows gawk to >>> work on arbitrarily-large numbers (hence the name). >>> >>> Forcibly disable mpfr if the mpfr package is not enabled. Let >>> ./configure find it automatically when it is enabled. >>> >>> To be noted, the host-gawk needs not have BIGNUM to build the target >> ^^^^^^^^^ doesn't need to have > > No, sorry, this was correct english grammar: > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/need > > We form the negative by adding not after need. Need not can be > contracted to needn?t. We don?t use don?t/doesn?t/didn?t with the > semi-modal verb need: > > You need not spend a lot of money on presents. (formal) (or You > needn?t spend a lot of money on presents.) > > Not: You don?t need spend a lot of money on presents. > > Or: > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/need > > verbal auxiliary > : be under necessity or obligation to > > > In this case, 'need' is a verbal auxiliary, not a transitive verb (and > even less so an intransitive verb). But then it's "need not", not "needs not". (Quotation marks really are needed in this sentence :-) Or, to avoid discussion: The build of the target gawk doesn't require host-gawk with BIGNUM support. :-P Regards, Arnout > > (yes, in case you still had a doubt, I speak british English, not > american English.) > [snip] -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout dot vandecappelle at essensium dot com Senior Embedded Software Architect . . . . . . +32-478-010353 (mobile) Essensium, Mind division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium . . . . . BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7493 020B C7E3 8618 8DEC 222C 82EB F404 F9AC 0DDF