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@@ -484,22 +484,32 @@ more obscure GDB `configure' options are not listed here.
not have liblzma installed, you can get the latest version from
`https://tukaani.org/xz/'.
-`--with-libgmp-prefix=DIR'
+`--with-gmp=DIR'
+`--with-gmp-lib=LIBDIR'
+`--with-gmp-include=INCDIR'
Build GDB using the GMP library installed at the directory DIR.
If your host does not have GMP installed, you can get the latest
version at `https://gmplib.org/'.
-
-`--with-mpfr'
- Build GDB with GNU MPFR, a library for multiple-precision
- floating-point computation with correct rounding. (Done by
- default if GNU MPFR is installed and found at configure time.)
+ The `--with-gmp=gmpinstalldir` option is shorthand for
+ `--with-gmp-lib=gmpinstalldir/lib` and
+ `--with-gmp-include=gmpinstalldir/include`.
+
+`--with-mpfr=DIR'
+`--with-mpfr-lib=LIBDIR'
+`--with-mpfr-include=INCDIR'
+ Build GDB using GNU MPFR installed at the directory DIR,
+ a library for multiple-precision floating-point computation
+ with correct rounding.
This library is used to emulate target floating-point arithmetic
during expression evaluation when the target uses different
- floating-point formats than the host. If GNU MPFR is not
- available, GDB will fall back to using host floating-point
- arithmetic. If your host does not have GNU MPFR installed, you
+ floating-point formats than the host.
+ If your host does not have GNU MPFR installed, you
can get the latest version from `https://www.mpfr.org/'.
+ The `--with-mpfr=mpfrinstalldir` option is shorthand for
+ `--with-mpfr-lib=mpfrinstalldir/lib` and
+ `--with-mpfr-include=mpfrinstalldir/include`.
+
`--with-python[=PYTHON]'
Build GDB with Python scripting support. (Done by default if
libpython is present and found at configure time.) Python makes