Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:47:26 -0400 From: Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> To: giffunip@tutopia.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Removal of libobjc from the base system Message-ID: <20110418114726.26ceeef2@kan.dnsalias.net> In-Reply-To: <463183.28445.qm@web113513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <A784A886-1F22-4694-A2D8-22D9BB4F153A@samsco.org> <463183.28445.qm@web113513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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--Sig_/LbaLb=T_89wLX/a7=JtI/=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:37:10 -0700 (PDT) "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> wrote: >=20 > --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: > ... > > > Yeah it's too outdated to be of any use. > > >=20 > > > IMHO, you can axe libf2c too... > > >=20 > >=20 > > Honest question here, is there a newer version of libf2c > > that lives in ports and is adopted by people who use > > fortran?=9A The one that I find in the base system seems > > to be a similar match to the one in ports/devel/f2c.=9A > > Is the one in the base system a pain to maintain or > > otherwise holding back other work, or has it been made > > obsolete by something in ports?=9A Is removing it from > > the base system anything more than just churn? > >=20 >=20 > I am a moderate user of Fortran: when I need it I use > gfortran instead of f2c. lang/f2c is in the ports tree, > and the one port I made (tochnog) that actually depends > on libf2c uses the port, not the system library. >=20 > Considering we are not carrying fortran in base anymore, > it would seem logical to kill libf2c, but it must be said > the f2c port originates in netlib, I have no idea where > the GPL'd libf2c comes from or if there is any significant > difference. >=20 > cheers, >=20 > Pedro. > =20 We do not have f2c in tree and it was disconnected from the build even longer than that. --=20 Alexander Kabaev --Sig_/LbaLb=T_89wLX/a7=JtI/=0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFNrF0TQ6z1jMm+XZYRAiG0AKCZVvptxdc9lhUQoDwioPWDaH+pwQCfcm+q e+iVubKYtfw3CUJH54WJ+ds= =T6L3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/LbaLb=T_89wLX/a7=JtI/=0--
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