Just a guess but I'll bet your configure test code is looking for an old var that simply is not defined anymore.
Thus :
[titan] $ cat -n simple_test.cpp 1 #include <gmpxx.h> 2 #include <climits> 3 #include <string> 4 #include <sstream> 5 #include <iostream> 6 7 #if __GNU_MP_VERSION < 4 || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 4 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR < 1) || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 4 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR == 1 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL < 3) 8 #GMP version 4.1.3 or higher is required 9 #endif 10 11 int 12 main() { 13 std::string header_version; 14 { 15 std::ostringstream s(header_version); 16 s << __GNU_MP_VERSION << "." << __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR; 17 // Starting from GMP version 4.3.0, the gmp_version variable 18 // always contains three parts. In previous versions the 19 // patchlevel was omitted if it was 0. 20 if (__GNU_MP_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL != 0 21 || __GNU_MP_VERSION > 4 22 || (__GNU_MP_VERSION == 4 && __GNU_MP_VERSION_MINOR >= 3)) 23 s << "." << __GNU_MP_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL; 24 header_version = s.str(); 25 } 26 27 std::string library_version = gmp_version; 28 29 if (header_version != library_version) { 30 std::cerr 31 << "GMP header (gmp.h) and library (ligmp.*) version mismatch:\n" 32 << "header gives " << header_version << ";\n" 33 << "library gives " << library_version << "." << std::endl; 34 return 1; 35 } 36 37 if (sizeof(mp_limb_t)*CHAR_BIT != GMP_LIMB_BITS 38 || GMP_LIMB_BITS != mp_bits_per_limb) { 39 std::cerr 40 << "GMP header (gmp.h) and library (ligmp.*) bits-per-limb mismatch:\n" 41 << "header gives " << __GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB << ";\n" 42 << "library gives " << mp_bits_per_limb << ".\n" 43 << "This probably means you are on a bi-arch system and\n" 44 << "you are compiling with the wrong header or linking with\n" 45 << "the wrong library." << std::endl; 46 return 1; 47 } 48 49 mpz_class n("3141592653589793238462643383279502884"); 50 return 0; 51 } 52 [titan] $ [titan] $ [titan] $ $CXX $CPPFLAGS -I/opt/bw/include -v -c -o simple_test.o simple_test.cpp Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/opt/csw/gcc4/bin/g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/lto-wrapper Target: i386-pc-solaris2.8 Configured with: ../gcc-4.5.1/configure --host=i386-pc-solaris2.8 --build=i386-pc-solaris2.8 --with-gnu-as --with-as=/opt/csw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --with-cpu=i386 --enable-stage1-languages=c --enable-nls --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/opt/csw/gcc4 --with-local-prefix=/opt/csw --enable-shared --enable-multilib --with-pkgversion='Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010' --with-bugurl=http://www.blastwave.org/support --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,ada --enable-bootstrap Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.1 (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-march=pentiumpro' '-malign-double' '-mpreferred-stack-boundary=8' '-m32' '-O3' '-fexceptions' '-D_TS_ERRNO' '-Dsun=1' '-Dunix=1' '-Di386=1' '-D__sun' '-D__unix' '-D__SunOS_5_8' '-D__i386' '-D__SVR4' '-DSOLARIS2=8' '-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS' '-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE' '-I/opt/bw/include' '-v' '-c' '-o' 'simple_test.o' '-shared-libgcc' /opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/cc1plus -quiet -v -I/opt/bw/include -D_TS_ERRNO -Dsun=1 -Dunix=1 -Di386=1 -D__sun -D__unix -D__SunOS_5_8 -D__i386 -D__SVR4 -DSOLARIS2=8 -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE simple_test.cpp -quiet -dumpbase simple_test.cpp -march=pentiumpro -malign-double -mpreferred-stack-boundary=8 -m32 -auxbase-strip simple_test.o -O3 -version -fexceptions -o /var/tmp//cca6qaec.s GNU C++ (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) version 4.5.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.8) compiled by GNU C version 4.5.1, GMP version 4.3.1, MPFR version 2.4.2, MPC version 0.8.1 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=82 --param ggc-min-heapsize=98255 ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../i386-pc-solaris2.8/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /opt/bw/include /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../include/c++/4.5.1 /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../include/c++/4.5.1/i386-pc-solaris2.8 /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../include/c++/4.5.1/backward /opt/csw/include /opt/csw/gcc4/include /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/include /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/include-fixed /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++ (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) version 4.5.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.8) compiled by GNU C version 4.5.1, GMP version 4.3.1, MPFR version 2.4.2, MPC version 0.8.1 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=82 --param ggc-min-heapsize=98255 Compiler executable checksum: 9bd5ae1469b8af3369ce6260a5d1ccdd simple_test.cpp: In function 'int main()': simple_test.cpp:41:30: error: '__GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB' was not declared in this scope [titan] $ [titan] $ grep "GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB" /opt/bw/include/gmpxx.h [titan] $ grep "GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB" /opt/bw/include/gmp.h [titan] $
however, if we "revert" back down to gmp 4.3.2 we see this :
[titan] $ grep "GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB" /opt/bw/include/gmp.h #define __GMP_BITS_PER_MP_LIMB 32
[titan] $ $CXX $CPPFLAGS -I/opt/bw/include -v -c -o simple_test.o simple_test.cpp Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/opt/csw/gcc4/bin/g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/lto-wrapper Target: i386-pc-solaris2.8 Configured with: ../gcc-4.5.1/configure --host=i386-pc-solaris2.8 --build=i386-pc-solaris2.8 --with-gnu-as --with-as=/opt/csw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --with-cpu=i386 --enable-stage1-languages=c --enable-nls --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/opt/csw/gcc4 --with-local-prefix=/opt/csw --enable-shared --enable-multilib --with-pkgversion='Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010' --with-bugurl=http://www.blastwave.org/support --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,ada --enable-bootstrap Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.1 (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-march=pentiumpro' '-malign-double' '-mpreferred-stack-boundary=8' '-m32' '-O3' '-fexceptions' '-D_TS_ERRNO' '-Dsun=1' '-Dunix=1' '-Di386=1' '-D__sun' '-D__unix' '-D__SunOS_5_8' '-D__i386' '-D__SVR4' '-DSOLARIS2=8' '-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS' '-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE' '-I/opt/bw/include' '-v' '-c' '-o' 'simple_test.o' '-shared-libgcc' /opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/cc1plus -quiet -v -I/opt/bw/include -D_TS_ERRNO -Dsun=1 -Dunix=1 -Di386=1 -D__sun -D__unix -D__SunOS_5_8 -D__i386 -D__SVR4 -DSOLARIS2=8 -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE simple_test.cpp -quiet -dumpbase simple_test.cpp -march=pentiumpro -malign-double -mpreferred-stack-boundary=8 -m32 -auxbase-strip simple_test.o -O3 -version -fexceptions -o /var/tmp//ccNDRaDm.s GNU C++ (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) version 4.5.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.8) compiled by GNU C version 4.5.1, GMP version 4.3.1, MPFR version 2.4.2, MPC version 0.8.1 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=82 --param ggc-min-heapsize=98255 ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../i386-pc-solaris2.8/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /opt/bw/include /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../include/c++/4.5.1 /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../include/c++/4.5.1/i386-pc-solaris2.8 /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../../include/c++/4.5.1/backward /opt/csw/include /opt/csw/gcc4/include /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/include /opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/include-fixed /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++ (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) version 4.5.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.8) compiled by GNU C version 4.5.1, GMP version 4.3.1, MPFR version 2.4.2, MPC version 0.8.1 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=82 --param ggc-min-heapsize=98255 Compiler executable checksum: 9bd5ae1469b8af3369ce6260a5d1ccdd COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-march=pentiumpro' '-malign-double' '-mpreferred-stack-boundary=8' '-m32' '-O3' '-fexceptions' '-D_TS_ERRNO' '-Dsun=1' '-Dunix=1' '-Di386=1' '-D__sun' '-D__unix' '-D__SunOS_5_8' '-D__i386' '-D__SVR4' '-DSOLARIS2=8' '-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS' '-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE' '-I/opt/bw/include' '-v' '-c' '-o' 'simple_test.o' '-shared-libgcc' /opt/csw/bin/gas -v -I/opt/bw/include -V -Qy -s -o simple_test.o /var/tmp//ccNDRaDm.s GNU assembler version 2.20.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.8) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.20.1.20100303 COMPILER_PATH=/opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/:/opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/:/opt/csw/gcc4/libexec/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/:/opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/:/opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/:/usr/ccs/bin/ LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/:/usr/ccs/lib/:/opt/csw/gcc4/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.8/4.5.1/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-march=pentiumpro' '-malign-double' '-mpreferred-stack-boundary=8' '-m32' '-O3' '-fexceptions' '-D_TS_ERRNO' '-Dsun=1' '-Dunix=1' '-Di386=1' '-D__sun' '-D__unix' '-D__SunOS_5_8' '-D__i386' '-D__SVR4' '-DSOLARIS2=8' '-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS' '-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE' '-I/opt/bw/include' '-v' '-c' '-o' 'simple_test.o' '-shared-libgcc' [titan] $
works as expected.
I *strongly* suspect your tests in the configure script are broken for newer gmp revs like 5.0.1