followup: my problems with gmp and gnu MP

Well, I finally found a version of gnuMP library that plays nicely with 
the R-gmp package and with my OSX 10.5.8 iMac. I loaded the gmp-4.3.1 
tarball from att.com, per Simon's suggestion and all is well.
  I have to admit I'm not sure what exactly solved the problems I'd been 
having, but now my modified gmp library loads and runs just fine.

Thanks again for the help.

Carl