[R] repeated - R package - Now rmutil Compilation Errors

[rab45+@pitt.edu]

>
> Please note that you are using gfortran rather than g77 - they are not the
> same, and very possibly differ in how they react to code. The 1e301
> constants do overflow the maximum real value (of the order of 3e+38), but
> 1d301 is less than the maximum double value of the order of 1.7e+308. So
> the variable declarations in the code do not seem to match the constants
> being used, which probably ought to have been written as "d" rather than
> "e" anyway. It doesn't look as though you'll be able to compile this code
> with your chosen compiler, could you rather try g77? There seems to be
> useful advice on the Fedora lists.
>
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>> Rick B.
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I think you are correct. Before I read your message I did a man page for
gfortran and it says that it is not complete. Why FC4 choose this
incomplete fortran compiler is beyond me. I have installed g77 and now
trying to remove gfortran.

Thanks.

Rick B.