Re: Mainline in regression-fix mode after Thanksgiving

[Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 04:17, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Toon Moene wrote:
> > Mark Mitchell wrote:
> > 
> >> I realize that people are agressively using the compiler, and that
> >> bugs reported is partially a function of the amount of use.  I also
> >> understand that with all the changes we've got in this release, there
> >> are bound to be some problems.  However, I think that we've got to
> >> take steps to get things in hand.
> > 
> > 
> > Note that the Fortran list (both fortran and libfortran) contain 
> > "regressions" of gfortran vs. g77.  Because these are completely 
> > separate front ends, these are not really regressions, but extensions to 
> > Fortran 77 that g77 supports that gfortran does not (yet).
> > 
> > As we assume that distributors will provide both gfortran and (in a 
> > separate directory) g77, these "regressions" do not really count.
> 
> That's very useful information; thank you.

Whilst on the issue of g77 vs g95.  I still regard the fact that you
have to build and install (in a system directory) a non-standard build
of a non-standard library (gmp with mpf) as a major build bug.  This
makes it impossible for folks who don't have root access on their
machines to build and install the fortran compiler unless they are
prepared to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or whatever) every time they want to
run the resulting compiler.

R.