[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#717545: Bug#717545: libgmp3c2: Missing in wheezy, which causes some 3rd party programs to fail

[Steve M. Robbins]

Dear Haskell Maintainers,

I need your help with #717545, below.  Is it true that Haskell doesn't work 
without libgmp3c2 (gmp 4.x)?  [If so, it seems odd to me that Haskell could 
make it through to release after gmp changed to 5.x in January 2010.]  Is 
there a way to make Haskell work with the released gmp ?

Thanks,
-Steve

On July 22, 2013 08:42:45 AM Petr Pudlak wrote:
> Package: libgmp3c2
> Version: 2:4.3.2+dfsg-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> After upgrading to wheezy, my installation of Glasgow Haskell Compiler
> stopped working. Neither it was possible to reinstall it, the installer
> was unable to start. The problem was caused by missing libgmp3c2.
> 
> Workaround: Install an old version of the package from squeeze. After
> installing it, GHC works again.
> 
> I suppose that since the package is included in sid, it's only a bug
> that it's missing in wheezy.
> 
> Suggested solutions:
> 
> - Add libgmp3c2 to wheezy.
> - Suggest a how to run programs that were compiled on sqeeze and expect
>   the package on wheezy.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 7.1
>   APT prefers stable-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages libgmp3c2 depends on:
> ii  libc6  2.13-38
> 
> libgmp3c2 recommends no packages.
> 
> libgmp3c2 suggests no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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