README
1 Copyright 2000-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 Contributed by the AriC and Caramba projects, INRIA.
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4 This file is part of the GNU MPFR Library.
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6 The GNU MPFR Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
9 option) any later version.
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11 The GNU MPFR Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
12 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
13 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
14 License for more details.
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16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
17 along with the GNU MPFR Library; see the file COPYING.LESSER. If not, see
18 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
19 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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21 ##############################################################################
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23 The GNU MPFR distribution contains the following files:
24 (This does not apply to code retrieved by Git.)
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26 AUTHORS - the authors of the library
27 BUGS - bugs in MPFR - please read this file!
28 COPYING - the GNU General Public License, version 3
29 COPYING.LESSER - the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
30 ChangeLog - the log of changes
31 INSTALL - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi)
32 Makefile* - files for building the library
33 NEWS - new features with respect to previous versions
34 PATCHES - empty file (until patches are applied)
35 README - this file
36 TODO - what remains to do (any help is welcome!)
37 VERSION - version of MPFR (next release version if taken by Git)
38 ac*.m4 - automatic configuration files
39 ar-lib - auxiliary installation file
40 compile - auxiliary installation file
41 config.* - auxiliary installation files
42 configure* - configuration files
43 depcomp - auxiliary installation file
44 doc/ - directory containing documentation (manual, FAQ, etc.)
45 examples/ - directory containing examples
46 install-sh - installation file
47 ltmain.sh - auxiliary installation file
48 m4/ - directory containing additional configuration files
49 missing - auxiliary installation file
50 mpfr.pc.in - auxiliary pkg-config file
51 src/ - directory containing the MPFR source
52 test-driver - auxiliary installation file
53 tests/ - directory containing the testsuite (for "make check")
54 tools/ - directory containing various tools
55 tune/ - directory containing files for tuning MPFR
56 version-ext.sh - script to get Git-related MPFR version information
57
58 According to the special exception to the GNU General Public License,
59 the autotools files compile, config.sub, config.guess, ltmain.sh,
60 m4/libtool.m4 and missing are distributed under the same licence of
61 GNU MPFR.
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63 For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package,
64 note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.
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66
67 Official GNU MPFR website:
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69 https://www.mpfr.org/
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71
72 You can get the latest source code by Git at Inria GitLab:
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74 https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfr/mpfr
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76 In this case, you should read the file "doc/README.dev" in the working tree
77 or online:
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79 https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfr/mpfr/-/blob/4.2/doc/README.dev
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