Re: changing build dependencies in a distribution from g77 to gfortran

[Tobias SchlÃter <tobias dot schlueter at physik dot uni-muenchen dot de>]

Kevin McCarthy wrote on Fri, 26 Jan 2007:
> Let me ask another vaguely related question too, although I'm aware you
> guys may not be the best audience to answer it.  Do you happen to know
> whether/how the ABI of "g95" differs from that of gfortran?  Would
> people using g95 need their own set of Fortran-using libraries built
> specifically with that compiler?  Just wondering, since there has been
> occasional interest expressed in also getting g95 packaged for Debian.

It's calling interface is not documented, the documentation talks  
about f2c conventions, but only WRT -fno-second-underscore.  Making it  
a Debian package could turn out difficult because g95 has a past  
history of a cavalier attitute towards copyright law and FSF  
assignment policies, so you will probably have to check extra  
carefully that everything is in order.

Regards,
- Tobi


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