f2c

[Phil Dobbin]

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On 22/04/2012 01:12, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> 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?

$ cd src
$ src tar -zxvf ratfor.xxx.tar.gz
$ cd ratfor.xxx
$ ratfor.xxx ./configure
$ creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /opt/local/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... no
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.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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