diff --git a/scientific/libmpc/libmpc.conf b/scientific/libmpc/libmpc.conf
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+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../libmpc/libmpc.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# help configure to find the native gmp we built in the toolchain directory
+if atstage toolchain; then
+        var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-gmp-include=$root/$includedir" 
+        var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-gmp-lib=$root/$libdir"
+        var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-shared=no"
+fi
diff --git a/scientific/libmpc/libmpc.desc b/scientific/libmpc/libmpc.desc
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+[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+[COPY]
+[COPY] Filename: package/.../libmpc/libmpc.desc
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY]
+[COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+[COPY]
+[COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+[COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+[I] A C library for the arithmetic of high precision complex numbers
+
+[T] Mpc is a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily
+[T] high precision and correct rounding of the result. It is built upon and
+[T] follows the same principles as Mpfr.
+
+[U] http://www.multiprecision.org/
+
+[A] Andreas Enge
+[A] Philippe Th'eveny
+[A] Paul Zimmermann
+[M] Christian Wiese <chris@opensde.org>
+
+[C] base/library
+
+[L] LGPL
+[S] Stable
+[V] 0.8.2
+[P] X -?---5---9 102.255
+
+[D] 3196113706 mpc-0.8.2.tar.gz http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/