From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 14 16:41:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA11380 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:41:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unix.tfs.net (root@unix.tfs.net [199.79.146.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA11375 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:41:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from argus.tfs.net (pm3-p42.tfs.net [206.154.183.234]) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA17557; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:39:57 -0500 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA04550; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:41:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199709142341.SAA04550@argus.tfs.net> Subject: Re: lib/libF77 and lib/libI77 In-Reply-To: <398.874278327@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Sep 14, 97 04:05:27 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:41:15 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > yes jordan, people still do use fortran... please keep them... > > You haven't answered my question at all. I've no doubt that people > still use fortran, that was not my question. My question was *how > precisely are these libraries used* by fortran programmers and, if > they're used, why aren't they in the standard build order? > > If I can't find satisfactory answers to those questions then those > libraries are history, sorry. > > Jordan They are the libs REQUIRED for f77/f2c to work, and i also believe that g77 relies on them... all standard fortran functions are in them, and misc stuff for the running of the compiled code from the above mentioned translators. Why they are not in the standard build order, I'm at a loss, but if you lose these libs, then you lose fortran... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28PW voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+