My error: g77, g90, g95... the point being that if the new compiler is a true superset of the old (this is not true for gcc v3.4 which is not a true superset of gcc 2.97) then simple name links give everybody what they want and need. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (610)796-5838 >>> "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 11/04/05 02:16PM >>> 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated
