f2c

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 21, 2012, at 15:30, Phil Dobbin wrote:

> On 21/04/2012 19:49, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 21, 2012, at 08:14, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm trying to use f2c to compile ratfor but there's no fort77
>>> script so I'm getting:
>>> 
>>> `checking for f2c... f2c checking whether the Fortran 77 compiler
>>> (f2c  ) works... no configure: error: installation or
>>> configuration problem: Fortran 77 compiler cannot create
>>> executables.`
>>> 
>>> Any workarounds to this or shall I just go grab a tarball?
>> 
>> 
>> Can you give a reproduction recipe? What files did you download and
>> what commands did you run to try to compile ratfor with f2c?
> 
> As I understand it, f2c is a fortran77-to-c source code translator
> which obviates the need for a Fortran compiler but should contain a
> fort77 script in order to function correctly.
> 
> I installed ratfor on Debian using apt-get & so I checked the package
> list & then went here:
> 
> <http://www.webmo.net/support/fortran_osx.html>
> 
> & grabbed a copy of g77 & then it installed fine. There was no ratfor
> port but I thought I'd grab f2c for which there was a port as my build
> set-up is based almost wholly on the ports in /opt/local minus Apple's
> dev tools of course.
> 
> I'm guessing the problem was the fort77 script but of course may be
> completely wrong...

I'm still unsure how to reproduce the problem on my system. Can you provide a list of steps I should follow so that I would see the same error you saw?