Re: [PATCH 5/5] Add fallback functions for mpn_copyd, mpn_copyi and mpn_zero

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Niels Möller nisse@lysator.liu.se wrote:

IIRC, the squaring function is available also in older GMP releases, under the name mpn_sqr_n, but it was undocumented and intended for internal use only. At some point, we have to abandon older GMP releases. As for supporting GPLv2-only applications,

I think there is benefit from Martin's patches irrespective of the LGPL argument. The system I'm using at work has an old gmp (not for license reasons, just an old distribution which is not up to me to upgrade) and I needed Martin's patches in order to compile nettle. Being able to compile nettle in older distributions is I think an advantage.

regards, Nikos