[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/gawk: clean the mpfr dependency

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

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 <you need not answer>
>     <she need only wait> 
> 
> 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.)
> 
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