[R] compile R-1.9.1 with Portland fortran

[Liaw, Andy]

I managed to compile R-1.9.1 with gcc and pgf77 on x86_64 (SUSE enterprise
server 8).  Was not successful configuring with pgcc/pgf77.

I've heard that the Pathscale compilers are even better than the Portland.
Has anyone tried?

Andy

> From: Jin Shusong
> 
> Dear R-users,
> 
>   Has any one compiled R-1.9.1  successfully with Portland
> pgcc pgCC and pgf77?  I can not configurate it with
> ./configure since it told me 
>     checking for Fortran name-mangling scheme... configure:
>     error: cannot compile a simple Fortran program
>   Can any one give me some advice.  Thank you.
> 
>   My platform: Linux-2.4.26, pentium4, portland compiler 5.1 
> 
>                                  Jin
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