(970922) install-f2c-header problem and suggestion

[Dave Love]

>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:

 Jeffrey>   In message < 199709291543.LAA20696@melange.gnu.ai.mit.edu >you write:
 >> >It's not even clear to me that we need or want anything from
 >> >install-f2c-header.  Does anyone know why we want this?
 >> 
 >> I think the idea is to install g77's version of f2c.h so that
 >> people using f2c to compile Fortran code can safely link the
 >> resulting objects with g77-compiled objects.
 Jeffrey> But isn't that purpose served by putting a copy into
 Jeffrey> $(libsubdir)/include?

Yes, but you particularly want to avoid g77 finding the wrong f2c.h
and libf2c in (say) /usr/local/{include,lib} from an f2c installation.