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Date:      Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:51:57 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: removing f2c from base distribution
Message-ID:  <19990128005157.D563@relay.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990127122008.A17603@symbion.srrc.usda.gov>; from Glenn Johnson on Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 12:20:08PM -0600
References:  <199901271718.JAA11594@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <199901271729.JAA67196@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <19990127122008.A17603@symbion.srrc.usda.gov>

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> Getting g77 from egcs is the best option right now. However, it seems to
> me that this adds a lot of bloat (duplication of C, C++, etc.) to the
> system for someone wanting to use FreeBSD as a scientific workstation
> platform. 

Then update the g77 port to fetch egcs-core-XYZ.tar.gz and
egcs-g77-XYZ.tar.gz and build it that way.  You will have no C, C++ or
objC support in the result.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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