Re: F77 code under gcc

[Alex Tzanov <alex.tzanov@nyu.edu>]

Dear Sir


I am redirected my question to you following the advise by gcc developer.

From your site:

http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.0/changes.html#4.0.2

Fortran

    * A new Fortran front end has replaced the aging GNU Fortran 77 front end. The new front
end supports Fortran 90 and Fortran 95. It may not yet be as stable as the old Fortran front
end.

So shall I understand no support for F77 at all? Or there are options for F77 dialect?
Novell site claims support for F77, but seems to me that is not true.


Richard Guenther wrote:

> On 11/4/05, Alex Tzanov <alex.tzanov@nyu.edu> wrote:
> > Dear developers,
> >
> >
> > I have recently upgraded my PC to Suse Linux 10 (from 9.3). The
> > distribution
> > comes with gcc 4.0.2. The problem that arrised after the upgrade is that
> > I
> > cannot compile f77 codes anymore. More precisely when I try to compile a
> >
> > Fortran file (*.f) I am getting the error:
> >
> > "gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'f951': No such file or
> > directory
>
> First of all, you should report installation problems of vendor packages
> to the vendor, i.e. SUSE or NOVELL in this case.  Second, this list
> is for development _of_ gcc, not with, for such kind of questions please
> refer to gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org.
>
> You are probably missing an installed rpm, like gcc-fortran or whatever
> it is called.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard.
>
> >
> >
> > This is rather confusing since Novell claims that the provided rpm
> >
> > has been created with support of F77. Assuming the problem could come from
> >
> > formated input I tried
> >
> > -ffree-form
> >
> > -x f77
> >
> > but nothing works. Do you have any clue about that? How I can compile F77 code or should I
> >
> > downgrade to gcc 2.95 or 3.0.x?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Alexander
> >
> > --
> > Alexander Tzanov
> > Scientific Computing and Visualization
> > New York University, WWH
> > 251 Mercer Street
> > phone: 212 998 3159
> > fax:   212 995 4120
> > e-mail: alex.tzanov@nyu.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >

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Alexander Tzanov
Scientific Computing and Visualization
New York University, WWH
251 Mercer Street
phone: 212 998 3159
fax:   212 995 4120
e-mail: alex.tzanov@nyu.edu