Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 05:03:58 -0800 (PST) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu Cc: mike@smith.net.au, mark@grondar.za, obrien@NUXI.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution Message-ID: <199901271303.FAA65753@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901270644.WAA09457@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> (message from Steve Kargl on Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:44:11 -0800 (PST))
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
* From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> * g77 is a frontend to the FSF compiler backend, and thus it is bound * to specific versions. So, it could become a support nightmare to ensure * a g77 port is in sync with the egcs backend in the base distribution. I don't think it would be that much of a support nightmare. Compilers in the base system don't change that often. If the port maintainer takes care to synchronize it with the system compiler, we should be fine. * It might even be impractical to try to build a standalone g77 port. That I don't know. I believe the compiler driver (gcc) can be instructed to call frontends in places other than /usr/libexec though. Maybe it would be feasible if we leave in hooks for that. (That is, if people want to compile fortran programs with /usr/bin/gcc.) Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199901271303.FAA65753>