Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:56:37 -0600 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: g95 as a system fortran compiler? Message-ID: <790a9fff0912201056i829f12as9b8804008850564f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091220114619.GA94146@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091220114619.GA94146@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On 12/20/09, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > I'm a user, not a developer, so I might be talking nonsense, > in which case I apologise. > > I think the lack of a fortran compiler in the base OS is > a significant minus of an otherwise very general OS. > The reason a fortran compiler is not in the base OS is because none of the base OS sources require a fortran compiler to compile the source. And it would require someone to maintain the fortran sources in the FreeBSD svn to keep it updated. A lack of the fortran compiler in the base OS is not a minus, it's actually a plus having it as a port. The fortran ports will see regular updates to them, while a version in the base OS would stay frozen to an older release for each FreeBSD release. > I think inclusion/exclusion of system fortran is best > controlled via /etc/src.conf, for those who have no use > for it. > The best way to add fortran to the system is to use either pkg_add or install the port: pkg_add -r g95-0.92.20090624.tbz cd /usr/ports/lang/g95 ; make install Scot
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