Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:39:35 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel Tourde <daniel.tourde@spray.se> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gdb and gfortran in 7.0? Message-ID: <20070828183935.GB85642@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200708281949.26686.daniel.tourde@spray.se> References: <200708281928.26819.daniel.tourde@spray.se> <20070828172908.GC77256@hub.freebsd.org> <200708281949.26686.daniel.tourde@spray.se>
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 07:49:25PM +0200, Daniel Tourde wrote: > Hello Kris, > > > > > I am trying 7.0-current and I am planning to use CVS. At the moment I > > > have the snapshot of Aug 07 installed on my machine. > > > > > > I saw that by default, during bootstrap, gfortran and gdb aren't built. > > > Do I simply need to comment the two NO_ flags in Makefile.incl to get > > > gfortran and gdb or do I need to do anything else? > > > > gdb is included in 7.0 and should be built by default. gfortran is > > not included in 7.0 and you need to install the port if you want it. > > Thanks for your answer. > Why isn't gfortran (coming from gcc 4.2.1) included in 7.0 when f77 (coming > from gcc-3.4.6) is included in 6.2? Nothing in the base system requires it, and fortran is a niche language (though popular in that niche). This is the very definition of what the ports collection is for. Kris
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