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.
- Re: Fortran libs. Marcin Dalecki
- Re: Fortran libs. Paul Brook