Satoshi Asami wrote: > * From: Glenn Johnson <gjohn...@nola.srrc.usda.gov> > > * 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The g77-0.5.19(.1) is *extremely* out-of-date.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 ka...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
