Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 19:06:28 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <20060530020628.GC33161@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20060527162407.GD7307@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060527024407.GA2525@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <447809E6.60002@samsco.org> <20060527162407.GD7307@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 09:24:07AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> 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.
I'm saddened to see FORTRAN ripped out of the base system - and I'd
personally do the import work if it weren't for the the extra
dependencies GNU FORTRAN 9x requires.
But 'ports/lang/gfortran' is an abomination. If we are to remove
FORTRAN from the base system - we need to start building it again with
the GCC port. 'ports/lang/gfortran' not only installs a FORTRAN compiler
(which is only about %5 of the GCC build time and size), but a C/C++/Java
compiler also. The current split is quite annoying.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?
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