From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 09:17:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA11785 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:17:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA11764; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:17:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA11594; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:18:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199901271718.JAA11594@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution In-Reply-To: <199901271709.JAA67094@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> from Satoshi Asami at "Jan 27, 1999 9: 9: 5 am" To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:18:49 -0800 (PST) Cc: gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov, gljohns@bellsouth.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@NUXI.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Satoshi Asami wrote: > * 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. > The g77-0.5.19(.1) is *extremely* out-of-date. It should be dropped from the ports collection, and if someone wants to use g77, then they should install egcs. The newer versions of g77 do not work with gcc-2.7.2.x. The author of g77 states that you shouldn't even try to back port g77 to any version of gcc earlier than gcc-2.8 -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message