Fortran libs.

Marcin Dalecki martin@dalecki.de
Wed Mar 2 02:38:00 GMT 2005


After trying to build the fortran compiler I'm convinced that at a cut
down version of the multi precision libraries it requires should be 
included
in to the compiler tree. The reasons are as follows:

1. They should be there for reference in bug checking.
2. This would make installation on systems which don't fall in to the 
category of
    JBLD (Joe Users Bloated Linux Distro) much easier.
3. Stuff not required for the proper operation of the compiler could be 
taken out.
    It's actually just a tinny subset of the library, which the compiler 
truly required.
4. It would see just to be consequent in face of a copy of the zip 
library./
5. It would make it easier to guarantee that the source code setup 
choices between what the
    fortran compiler expects and how the library was build match.
6. Since there are multiple releases of the libraries in question this 
would just reduce
    the combinatorial complexity of the maintainance issues.



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