On Apr 21, 2012, at 15:30, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 21/04/2012 19:49, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On Apr 21, 2012, at 08:14, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to use f2c to compile ratfor but there's no fort77 >>> script so I'm getting: >>> >>> `checking for f2c... f2c checking whether the Fortran 77 compiler >>> (f2c ) works... no configure: error: installation or >>> configuration problem: Fortran 77 compiler cannot create >>> executables.` >>> >>> Any workarounds to this or shall I just go grab a tarball? >> >> >> Can you give a reproduction recipe? What files did you download and >> what commands did you run to try to compile ratfor with f2c? > > As I understand it, f2c is a fortran77-to-c source code translator > which obviates the need for a Fortran compiler but should contain a > fort77 script in order to function correctly. > > I installed ratfor on Debian using apt-get & so I checked the package > list & then went here: > > <http://www.webmo.net/support/fortran_osx.html> > > & grabbed a copy of g77 & then it installed fine. There was no ratfor > port but I thought I'd grab f2c for which there was a port as my build > set-up is based almost wholly on the ports in /opt/local minus Apple's > dev tools of course. > > I'm guessing the problem was the fort77 script but of course may be > completely wrong...
I'm still unsure how to reproduce the problem on my system. Can you provide a list of steps I should follow so that I would see the same error you saw? _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
