Replace README contents with an explanation of why mpfr is gone.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/mpfr/README b/mpfr/README
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-The MPFR distribution contains the following files:
+The mpfr functions have been removed from the public GMP 4.0
+release.  This was made since paperwork was not ready in
+time for the release.  The mpfr developers also wanted to
+address some known issues, before a new mpfr is released
+with GMP.
 
+While we could have kept the old mpfr code that was included
+with GMP 3, the mpfr developers felt that that code is
+obsolete.
 
-AUTHORS     - the authors of the library
-BUGS        - bugs in MPFR - please read this file!
-COPYING     - the license under which the MPFR library is distributed
-ChangeLog   - the log of changes
-INSTALL     - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi)
-Makefile*   - files for building the library
-NEWS        - new features with respect to previous versions
-README      - this file
-TODO        - what remains to do (any help is welcome!)
-ac*         - automatic configuration files
-*.c         - source files
-config*     - configuration files
-cputime.h   - header file for timings
-install*    - installation files
-missing     - auxiliary installation file
-mkinst*     - auxiliary installation file
-mpf2mpfr.h  - header file for compatibility with MPF
-mpfr-impl.h - internal header file for MPFR
-mpfr.h      - external header file for MPFR
-mpfr-test.h - header file for test files
-mpfr.info   - info file for MPFR
-mpfr.texi   - texinfo documentation for MPFR
-tests/      - test directory
-texinfo.tex - TeX macros to handle mpfr.texi
+If you need to use the mpfr functions now, please see:
+<http://www.loria.fr/projets/mpfr/>.
+
+We expect that the next GMP release (4.1) or a possible
+patch release (4.0.1) will again include mpfr.