[Bug 696618] Re: factor compiled without bignum support

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** Changed in: coreutils (Debian)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  factor compiled without bignum support

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “coreutils” package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  factor (from GNU coreutils) in Ubuntu Lucid appears to be compiled without bignum support. According to the info page:
     If `factor' is built without using GNU MP, only single-precision
  arithmetic is available, and so large numbers (typically 2^64 and
  above) will not be supported.

  Example:
  user at host:/$ factor 123456789098765432123456789
  factor: `123456789098765432123456789' is too large

  In order to limit dependencies of the basic coreutils package, perhaps
  a bignum-supporting version should be packaged separately.

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