From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 27 16:24:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7FC416C12D for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 16:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2689D43D5D for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 16:24:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost.apl.washington.edu [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4RGO971007541; Sat, 27 May 2006 09:24:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k4RGO7cn007540; Sat, 27 May 2006 09:24:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 09:24:07 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20060527162407.GD7307@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <447809E6.60002@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <447809E6.60002@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 16:24:46 -0000 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