On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 09:32 -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:30:23 +0100, NGUYEN Dang-Truc wrote: > > gcc-gfortran doesn't support fortran77. > > are you sure? looking at the upstream gfortran webpages for the > project.. they seem to suggest that f77 code will compile using > gfortran. And even link to existing g77 compiled binaries in some > circumstances. > http://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/usage.html#g77 > > In any event, the specifics about how gfortran handles fortran77 code > is something you probably need to take to the upstrream gfortran > project. Fedora as a distributor entity probably can't affect much > change on this front. Here's the story. gfortran is the new Fortran front-end; the primary focus of the gfortran maintainers has been F90/F95 capabilities. While gfortran does have some capability to compile F77 code, it is not as complete as the older g77 compiler. For that reason Fedora has a g77 compat package which can be used to provide the older g77 front-end for those who need to compile older F77 code which uses features not yet available in the gfortran compiler. compat-gcc-32-g77-<version> I hope this helps, Jeff