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+# Template build file for 'gmp'
+pkgname=gmp
+version=4.2.4
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=5420b0e558a69a53b36f2b2c70a69f547e075d98366a585fc80cbbcce1efe368
+long_desc="
+ GNU MP is a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed
+ integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers.  It has a rich set
+ of functions, and the functions have a regular interface.
+
+ GNU MP is designed to be as fast as possible, both for small operands and for
+ huge operands.  The speed is achieved by using fullwords as the basic
+ arithmetic type, by using fast algorithms, by carefully optimized assembly
+ code for the most common inner loops for a lots of CPUs, and by a general
+ emphasis on speed (instead of simplicity or elegance).
+
+ The speed of GNU MP is believed to be faster than any other similar library.
+ The advantage for GNU MP increases with the operand sizes for certain
+ operations, since GNU MP in many cases has asymptotically faster algorithms."
+
+build_depends="libtool-2.2.6a"