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authorAndreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>2012-12-12 20:03:07 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2012-12-13 22:28:46 +0100
commit8e1cd713767b7e8266dbf54211d94f687f0301d9 (patch)
treef7371ea2ec4cfcf94d5ed46e089b5368383c86f4
parentd7e2841b9d757fa365bb4c6d101092ccd93de84c (diff)
distro: mpc: Update to 1.0.1.
* distro/packages/multiprecision.scm (mpc): Update to 1.0.1.
-rw-r--r--distro/packages/multiprecision.scm15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm b/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm
index 9cfde88c3d..73bceb3e4a 100644
--- a/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm
+++ b/distro/packages/multiprecision.scm
@@ -95,14 +95,13 @@ double-precision floating-point arithmetic (53-bit mantissa).")
(define-public mpc
(package
(name "mpc")
- (version "1.0")
+ (version "1.0.1")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri (string-append
- "http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-"
- version ".tar.gz"))
+ "mirror://gnu/mpc/mpc-" version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256 (base32
- "00rxjmkpqnv6zzcyw9aa5w6rzaav32ys87km25zgfcv9i32km5cw"))))
+ "1zq0fidp1jii2j5k5n9hmx55a6wwid33gjzhimvxq9d5zrf82npd"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("gmp" ,gmp)
("mpfr" ,mpfr)))
@@ -110,7 +109,11 @@ double-precision floating-point arithmetic (53-bit mantissa).")
with exact rounding")
(description
"GNU MPC is a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with
-arbitrarily high precision and correct rounding of the result. It is built
-upon and follows the same principles as GNU MPFR.")
+arbitrarily high precision and correct rounding of the result. It extends
+the principles of the IEEE-754 standard for fixed precision real floating
+point numbers to complex numbers, providing well-defined semantics for
+every operation. At the same time, speed of operation at high precision
+is a major design goal. The library is built upon and follows the same
+principles as GNU MPFR.")
(license "LGPLv3+")
(home-page "http://mpc.multiprecision.org/")))