[MacPorts] #56582: gfortran not found when updating octave

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#56582: gfortran not found when updating octave
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 Reporter:  lpn25             |      Owner:  mcalhoun@…
     Type:  defect            |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  ports             |    Version:  2.5.0
 Keywords:  octave, gfortran  |       Port:  octave
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 When trying to update octave from 4.2.2_1 to 4.4.0_1 I get the following:


 {{{
 Warning: No port gfortran found in the index.
 --->  Fetching archive for mpi_select
 --->  Attempting to fetch mpi_select-0.0_3.darwin_16.noarch.tbz2 from
 https://packages.macports.org/mpi_select
 --->  Attempting to fetch mpi_select-0.0_3.darwin_16.noarch.tbz2.rmd160
 from https://packages.macports.org/mpi_select
 --->  Installing mpi_select @0.0_3
 --->  Activating mpi_select @0.0_3
 --->  Cleaning mpi_select
 --->  Fetching archive for mpi-doc
 --->  Attempting to fetch mpi-doc-3.2_0.darwin_16.noarch.tbz2 from
 https://packages.macports.org/mpi-doc
 --->  Attempting to fetch mpi-doc-3.2_0.darwin_16.noarch.tbz2.rmd160 from
 https://packages.macports.org/mpi-doc
 --->  Installing mpi-doc @3.2_0
 --->  Activating mpi-doc @3.2_0
 --->  Cleaning mpi-doc
 --->  Computing dependencies for mpich-default
 Error: Dependency 'gfortran' not found.
 Error: Problem while installing mpich-default
 Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.

 }}}

 and it can't update octave. During the installation, it installs/updates a
 lot of ports including gcc7:


 {{{
 --->  Computing dependencies for gcc7
 --->  Fetching archive for gcc7
 --->  Attempting to fetch gcc7-7.3.0_1.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from
 https://packages.macports.org/gcc7
 --->  Attempting to fetch gcc7-7.3.0_1.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from
 https://packages.macports.org/gcc7
 --->  Installing gcc7 @7.3.0_1
 --->  Activating gcc7 @7.3.0_1
 --->  Cleaning gcc7
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56582>
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