Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 06:20:27PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > > Sun did that for us 11 years ago in Java 5 ;) Try this replacement: > > > > s = String.format(fmtstr, o); > > What do I need to import to access this? Forget this question - I've found --- a/util/Makefile +++ b/util/Mak

Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Fernando C. Estrada
Hi Andreas, El Vie, 29 de Ene de 16, a las 11:20 AM, Andreas Tille escribió: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 04:58:48PM +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > Le 29/01/2016 16:44, Andreas Tille a écrit : > > > > > I wonder whether some Java programmer could provide some simple > > > replacement. > > > > Sun

Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 04:58:48PM +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 29/01/2016 16:44, Andreas Tille a écrit : > > > I wonder whether some Java programmer could provide some simple > > replacement. > > Sun did that for us 11 years ago in Java 5 ;) Try this replacement: > > s = String.format(

Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 29/01/2016 16:44, Andreas Tille a écrit : > I wonder whether some Java programmer could provide some simple > replacement. Sun did that for us 11 years ago in Java 5 ;) Try this replacement: s = String.format(fmtstr, o); Emmanuel Bourg

Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi again, On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 01:44:14PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > > I got a quick look and you might be right, the goto_trans stuff seems > > optional. What happens if you don't install javab in the f2j package? > > I did a quick test with a local build. I can easily build > libnet

Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Emmanuel, On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:54:16AM +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > So my question is: Do we possibly rely here on a non-free tool that > > is really not needed and we could simply drop it? > > I got a quick look and you might be right, the goto_trans stuff seems > optional. What ha

Re: Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 29/01/2016 11:19, Andreas Tille a écrit : > So my question is: Do we possibly rely here on a non-free tool that > is really not needed and we could simply drop it? I got a quick look and you might be right, the goto_trans stuff seems optional. What happens if you don't install javab in the f2

Trying to free f2c

2016-01-29 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, since I'm really bored by the non-free f2c package which throws a certain number of packages into contrib I checked again what we could do. It seems the main reason why f2c is non-free is that it includes goto_trans (non-commercial use, no fee). The code describes itself as JAVAB -- A proto