Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:38:26 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: suggestion: a g77 -> f77 link Message-ID: <20000314143826.D9311@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <38CD1091.94E73AC9@we.lc.ehu.es>; from jose@we.lc.ehu.es on Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 05:00:17PM %2B0100 References: <38CD1091.94E73AC9@we.lc.ehu.es>
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 05:00:17PM +0100, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > I found that the "configure" script, when instructed to use the > GNU Fortran compiler, searchs for "g77". Unfortunately, this compiler > is installed as /usr/bin/f77. Fix Scilab-2.5's config script and send the patch to its author. Alternately, send-pr an update to the math/Scilab port. > The solution is simple: "ln f77 g77", but I think that the "g77" link > should be standard, since it's coherent with the existence of the "cc" > and "gcc" links. NO. I will not apply this link. BSD has always had a "f77" command. It has not always had a "g77" command. The G77 developers should have installed a "f77" compatability link. It is their fault this misspelling is perpitrating forward. All the world is not Gfoo. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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