> From: "Steven G. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:04:45 -0400
>
> 2) Remove 'fc' from the list of names checked, letting the user specify
> it manually with F77=fc if necessary. (fc was in the "historical"
> autoconf 2.13 list, if I remember correctly. I've never actually seen a
> program of this name myself. Anyone?)
Thanks for the suggestion. I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
dead, so I installed this patch.
2002-08-17 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_PROG_F77): Remove fc from the
default list of compilers to try, since it was long ago superseded
by the ksh fc builtin. Suggested by Steven G. Johnson.
Index: fortran.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.159
retrieving revision 1.160
diff -p -u -r1.159 -r1.160
--- fortran.m4 22 May 2002 23:35:54 -0000 1.159
+++ fortran.m4 18 Aug 2002 00:47:25 -0000 1.160
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ AU_DEFUN([ac_cv_prog_g77],
# 2. Good/tested native compilers, bad/untested native compilers
# 3. Wrappers around f2c go last.
#
-# `fort77' and `fc' are wrappers around `f2c', `fort77' being better.
+# `fort77' is a wrapper around `f2c'.
# It is believed that under HP-UX `fort77' is the name of the native
# compiler. On some Cray systems, fort77 is a native compiler.
# frt is the Fujitsu F77 compiler.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ AC_ARG_VAR([FFLAGS], [Fortran 77 compile
_AC_ARG_VAR_LDFLAGS()dnl
AC_CHECK_TOOLS(F77,
[m4_default([$1],
- [g77 f77 xlf frt pgf77 fl32 af77 fort77 f90 xlf90 pgf90 epcf90 f95
fort xlf95 lf95 g95 fc])])
+ [g77 f77 xlf frt pgf77 fl32 af77 fort77 f90 xlf90 pgf90 epcf90 f95
+fort xlf95 lf95 g95])])
# Provide some information about the compiler.
echo "$as_me:__oline__:" \
