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 $ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> lhecking writes:> 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 > $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 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._