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configure bug in R-1.2.1 and earlier (PR#836)

3 messages · lhecking@nmrc.ie, Kurt Hornik, Lars Hecking

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Unless I force the Fortran compiler through --with-g77, configure fails to
 find and use the installed g77. I would submit a patch for configure.in,
 but I can't quite follow the logic in configure.in.

$ ./configure 
creating cache ./config.cache
[...]
checking for main in -lm... yes
checking for g77... /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for fort77... (cached) /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for f77... (cached) /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for f90... (cached) /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for xlf... (cached) /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for cf77... (cached) /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for fc... (cached) /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
checking for f2c... no
configure: error: Neither an F77 compiler nor f2c found
$ 


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It might have been helpful to use bug.report() ...

Which platform is this?
Apparently /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77 is the GNU C compiler?
What happens if you do

F77=/usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
file ${F77} | grep script

???

-k
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I'm not a user of R, I just install the stuff :)
Solaris 7 SPARC.
$ file /usr/local/gnu/bin/g77
/usr/local/gnu/bin/g77: executable shell script
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