From help-request at octave dot org Fri Dec 24 05:59:23 2004
Subject: Re: More 2.1.64 troubles under  MacOS X
From: Samir Sharshar <samir dot sharshar at mac dot com>
To: Jean-Francois Cardoso <cardoso at tsi dot enst dot fr>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:02:19 +0100

Hello,

Le 24 d=E9c. 04, =E0 12:50, Jean-Francois Cardoso a =E9crit :

>
> Hello list,
>
> I have been following the thread on the octave mailing list about
> building octave 2.1.64 on MacOs X.  I have tried to follow Samir's
> path but without success.
>
> I have Xcode 1.5 with the november 2004 update:
> $ gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/specs
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1671)
>

Right...

>
> I have noticed that Samir uses the flag
>
> --with-f77=3D/usr/local/bin/g77
>
> However my Fortran compiler comes from Fink
> $ which g77
> /sw/bin/g77
>

Remove with fink commander the fortran installation
Go to hpc.sourceforge.net and take the fortran g77 binaries 3.4 and=20
follow the instructions on the page. It will install g77 in=20
/usr/local/.



> and ths scary thing is:
> $ g77 -dumpversion
> GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.4.1
> Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> So I am afraid things from 3.4 (fink) and from 3.3 (Apple) will
> collide.
>
> I have also tried builds after removing the fink compiler.  If I
> understand correctly, f2c will then do the job but I also got failures
> along this route (different kinds of failures, like the infamous
> xerbla etc......)
>
> Question: Can anyone advise me about the path of sanity regarding
> Fortran compiler.  Where does the /usr/local/bin/g77 come from?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> JF
>
>
>
>
>
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