During the octave port install from source I noticed that a fortran compiler was requested and not found

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi;

During the octave port install from source I noticed that a fortran
compiler was requested and not found

  Since the octave port itself and its many dependencies heavily use
Fortran, it is puzzling to me that a working (suitable) Fortran
compiler is not required.

  Many times (100s's??) an install step paused, looking for fortran
compiler, fails, continues...

  I think I already had a Fortran compiler successfully installed (flang-19).

  Is it possible, due to MacPorts naming schemes, that these packages
were unable to find the fortran compiler?

  I am just learning how to use the numerical packages; I know that
Fortran is required for most of them to work properly; I'm curious
that the install casually going forwards without the Fortran compiler
is a good thing, but hey I'm the newbie here, what do I know...

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott