NetBSD/external/lgpl3/mpfr/dist/README
mrg efee5258bc initial import of MPRF 3.0.1.
The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
computations with exact rounding (also called correct rounding).  It is
based on the GMP multiple-precision library and should replace the MPF
class in further releases of GMP.

GCC >= 4.2 requires MPFR.
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Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by the Arenaire and Cacao projects, INRIA.
This file is part of the GNU MPFR Library.
The GNU MPFR Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
The GNU MPFR Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with the GNU MPFR Library; see the file COPYING.LESSER. If not, see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
##############################################################################
The GNU MPFR distribution contains the following files:
(This does not apply to code retrieved by Subversion.)
AUTHORS - the authors of the library
BUGS - bugs in MPFR - please read this file!
COPYING - the GNU General Public License, version 3
COPYING.LESSER - the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
ChangeLog - the log of changes
FAQ.html - frequently asked questions about MPFR
INSTALL - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi)
Makefile* - files for building the library
NEWS - new features with respect to previous versions
PATCHES - empty file (until patches are applied)
README - this file
TODO - what remains to do (any help is welcome!)
VERSION - version of MPFR (next release version if taken by Subversion)
ac*.m4 - automatic configuration files
ansi2knr.* - convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C (source and man page)
*.c - source files
*.h - header files
compile - auxiliary installation file
config.* - auxiliary installation files
configure* - configuration files
depcomp - auxiliary installation file
examples/ - directory containing examples
fdl.texi - the GNU Free Documentation License
get_patches.sh - rebuild get_patches.c when patches have been applied
install-sh - installation file
ltmain.sh - auxiliary installation file
m4/ - directory containing additional configuration files
missing - auxiliary installation file
mparam_h.in - header file template
mpfr.info - info file for MPFR
mpfr.texi - texinfo documentation for MPFR (source)
tests/ - test directory
texinfo.tex - TeX macros to handle mpfr.texi
According to the special exception to the GNU General Public License,
the autotools files compile, config.sub, config.guess, ltmain.sh,
m4/libtool.m4 and missing are distributed under the same licence of
GNU MPFR.
You can get the latest source code by Subversion at INRIAGForge:
svn checkout svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk mpfr
or
svn checkout https://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk mpfr
(the last argument can be any directory name). You can use
svn ls svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/branches
svn ls svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/tags
to get the list of branches or tags (releases), then checkout a
particular branch or tag instead of the trunk. Alternatively, you
can now use the "https:" scheme (a.k.a. DAV) instead of "svn:".
For more information about Subversion, please see:
* http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ (the official Subversion book);
* http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnHelp (written for GCC developers,
but interesting general information can be found there);
* http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html (the Subversion FAQ).
Subversion users should read the file "README.dev" (provided via
SVN only).