fortran/542: GNU Fortran doesn't support direct access files bigger than 2G

[vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br]

>Number:         542
>Category:       fortran
>Synopsis:       GNU Fortran doesn't support direct access files bigger than 2G
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 16 09:56:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br
>Release:        gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 3 and/or 4
>Description:
g77 can't write/read/access direct access files
beyond 2G, this is not a limit on UFS but, it seems,
on the I/O routines in libg2c .
>How-To-Repeat:
Run any molecular electronic structure programs
with large data sets
>Fix:
unknown, have tried to locate the problem before sending
this report but failed
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: