Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 09:24:07 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <20060527162407.GD7307@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <447809E6.60002@samsco.org> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <447809E6.60002@samsco.org>
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On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 02:12:22AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > >In a recent email to freebsd-current, > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-May/063435.html > >Alexander Kabaev stated that the import of GCC 4.1.1 is coming soon. > > > >I propose that Fortran support in the base system be removed > >when GCC 4.1.1 is imported. > > > > Nominate an appropriate replacement in ports, and we'll add it to the > CD package set. That replacement should then become the default > dependency in the ports tree. > ports/lang/gfortran >From the Makefile MASTERDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../gcc41/ PKGNAMESUFFIX= -withfortran WITH_FORTRAN= yes Thus, this gfortran will be the one that is bundled with GCC 4.1.1 by the FSF foundation. I know this version works (for some definition of work) on i386 and amd64 FreeBSD. I don't have access to other archs for testing. -- Steve
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