From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13575 invoked by alias); 7 Dec 2007 15:59:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 13567 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Dec 2007 15:59:21 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.45.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:59:14 +0000 Received: from zps78.corp.google.com (zps78.corp.google.com [172.25.146.78]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id lB7Fx9jw003314; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 07:59:09 -0800 Received: from smtp.corp.google.com (spacemonkey1.corp.google.com [192.168.120.115]) by zps78.corp.google.com with ESMTP id lB7Fx8t3022275 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 07:59:08 -0800 Received: from localhost.localdomain.google.com (69-36-227-131.cust.layer42.net [69.36.227.131] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.corp.google.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB7Fx6hm029079 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 07:59:07 -0800 To: Martin Krischik Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: GCC does not build gfortran !! References: <765852.6744.qm@web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20071207162437.2vor9b2qpwosgkk0@server265-han.de-nserver.de> From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:59:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20071207162437.2vor9b2qpwosgkk0@server265-han.de-nserver.de> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00163.txt.bz2 Martin Krischik writes: > In the past The GNU Ada Project created Fortran just for the fun of it > - but we have given up on it - not because we don't like Fortran or > compiling Fortran is troublesome. > > No it's because of GMP and MPFR. Fortran now needs those two libraries > to be installed. And those two are a real pain in the arse. If your > distribution hasn't got them I pity you. Note that in gcc 4.3, all languages will require GMP and MPFR, not just Fortran. Ian