Brian T. Brunner <brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:45:51 -0800: >> I would recommend to the package-wrapper folks to put a sym link >> named f77 alongside f90 & f95 & gfortran. Please do NOT do that. The gcc family runs on many different operating systems where there are already vendor-provided compilers named f77, f90, and f95. Historically, the GNU compilers have had names like gcc, g++, g77, gpc, gnat, gfortran, ..., avoiding name collisions with compiler products from other suppliers. It is generally only in the GNU/Linux and BSD worlds that the GNU compilers have also been installed in /usr/bin under the names cc and f77. Let's keep distinctive names for the GNU compilers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: beebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@xxxxxxx beebe@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
