Re: gFortran problem compiling complex character strings

[Colin Tuckley <colin@tuckley.org>]

Atwood, Robert C wrote:

> Sorry , I was unclear, what I meant was: why DIDN'T it fail to compile
> in g77? 
> (i.e. why did it work for Colin previously?)

Yes, that was my main question too. Note that I am NOT the author or
maintainer of this package. I've just been tasked with converting it to use
gfortran.

> Unless some flags were used that were not mentioned in the original
> post, shoudn't the 73-character line fail just as much whether it's
> compiled with  g77 or gfortran, because of that same punchcard-style
> statement requirement?

I've checked the makefile and the log, the actual command was as stated:

gfortran -g -O2 -c fortestF.f

Attempting to build the original package on my x86 system it does:

g77 -g -O2 -c fortestF.f

which builds ok.

So it would appear that the Debian version of g77 does not have the 72 char
limit.

regards,

Colin

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