[R] R-1.1.0 - f2c in configure

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Torsten Hothorn <Torsten.Hothorn at rzmail.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

> > When trying to build R-1.1.0, the configure script reported no Fortran
> > compiler, even though '/usr/bin/f2c' was present, and R-1.0.1 had found
> > and successfully used this.  I traced this to an apparent typo in line
> > 2067 of configure:
> > 
> >   for name in g77 fort77 f77 f90 xlf cf77 fc; do
> > 
> > changing this to:
> > 
> >   for name in g77 fort77 f77 f90 xlf cf77 f2c; do
> > 
> > allowed the script to 'find' f2c.  However, it then reported that f2c
> > didn't work (although it had worked with R-1.0.1).
> > 
> > checking whether the Fortran 77 compiler (f2c  ) works... no
> 
> We discussed this thing with Kurt privately, Kurt fixed it 2 days ago. As
> a workaround, use
> 
> ./configure --with-f2c
> 
> which works for me (SuSE 6.4, R-1.1.0)
> 

Fine. Just let me add that "fc" is not a typo. The Fortran compiler
really is called by that name on some systems. f2c is not a Fortran
compiler (it outputs C code, not .o files) so detecting it as one is
not going to work.

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