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# `bc`
-***WARNING: New user registration for <https://git.gavinhoward.com/> is disabled
-because of spam. If you need to report a bug with `bc`, email gavin at this site
-minus the `git.` part for an account, and I will create one for you. Or you can
-report an issue at [GitHub][29].***
+***WARNING: This project has moved back to GitHub temporarily; self-hosted Git
+forges are not working for me, so I am trying to replace them.***
***WARNING: This project has moved to [https://git.gavinhoward.com/][20] for
[these reasons][21], though GitHub will remain a mirror.***
@@ -282,6 +280,12 @@ The easiest way to run this script is with `make karatsuba`.
If desired, maintainers can also skip running this script because there is a
sane default for the Karatsuba number.
+##### `timeconst.bc`
+
+The test suite will print a warning in normal usage. The warning is about a
+missing `timeconst.bc`. This file [comes from][37] the [Linux kernel][38], which
+has an incompatible license. The warning can be ignored.
+
## Status
This `bc` is robust.
@@ -432,6 +436,8 @@ Other projects based on this bc are:
* [macOS `bc`][35]. Any bugs in that `bc` should be reported to me, but do
expect bugs because the version is old.
* [Android Open Source `bc`][32]. Any bugs in that `bc` can be reported here.
+* [A Fedora package][36]. If this package does not have any patches, you can
+ report bugs to me.
This is a non-comprehensive list of Linux distros that use this `bc` as the
system `bc`:
@@ -469,12 +475,16 @@ Files:
.gitignore The git ignore file (maintainer use only).
.gitattributes The git attributes file (maintainer use only).
bcl.pc.in A template pkg-config file for bcl.
+ build.gaml The GAML file with options for building under Rig.
+ build.pkg.rig The Rig build package file.
+ build.rig The Rig build script.
configure A symlink to configure.sh to make packaging easier.
configure.sh The configure script.
LICENSE.md A Markdown form of the BSD 2-clause License.
Makefile.in The Makefile template.
NEWS.md The changelog.
NOTICE.md List of contributors and copyright owners.
+ VERSION.txt A file containing the version.
Folders:
@@ -516,3 +526,6 @@ Folders:
[33]: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/blob/master/app-alternatives/bc/bc-0.ebuild#L8
[34]: https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/bc.html
[35]: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/bc/tree/main/bc
+[36]: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/tkbcopr/bc-gh/
+[37]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/kernel/time/timeconst.bc
+[38]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux