From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 09:09:22 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA10637 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vader.cs.berkeley.edu (vader.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.38.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA10615 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:09:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu) Received: from silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (sji-ca13-237.ix.netcom.com [209.109.238.237]) by vader.cs.berkeley.edu (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA02112; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:09:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (8.9.1/8.6.9) id JAA67094; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:09:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:09:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901271709.JAA67094@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> To: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov CC: gljohns@bellsouth.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, obrien@NUXI.com In-reply-to: <19990127102301.A80336@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> (message from Glenn Johnson on Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:23:01 -0600) Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * From: Glenn Johnson * Your points are well taken. I had a local port of g77 that built * against our current gcc. I never submitted it however for a couple * of reasons: * * 1. The port I had was for 0.5.19. This will build against our current * gcc, but g77 has advanced significantly since then. Unfortunately, the * newer versions need gcc 2.8. It was simply easier for me to use the * newer versions of g77 with gcc 2.8 or egcs release versions. Note that I * said easier for me; some colleagues of mine could/would not want to have * to maintain a compiler on their own. Yes, I was told this on a couple * of occasions. I can not see a point in me becoming the g77 0.5.19 port * maintainer when I am using newer versions of g77. I wasn't blaming you (or anyone in particular, for that matter). You don't even have to become a maintainer. But if you have a fix to the build problems, and you think it is an important enough piece of software for you and other people, please send in a patch so it can be built. Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message