Re: G77 compiler install issue

2005-08-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 02:01:13PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > or, if it is on a "testing" box, debian-testing. Please, no. The debian-testing list exists for identifying upgrade issues for the next stable release -- this is not that. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long e

Re: G77 compiler install issue

2005-08-12 Thread Justin Pryzby
-mentors is the wrong list, you might try debian-user, or, if it is on a "testing" box, debian-testing. On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 09:10:45AM -0700, Bill Frame wrote: > I just tried to install the G77 compiler, and the Which package? I don't know what the present: "g77" default is; looks like g77-3.

G77 compiler install issue

2005-08-12 Thread Bill Frame
I just tried to install the G77 compiler, and the install script decided to remove the modutils package. I got a very draconian warning message telling me that I could lose the use of the machine if I allowed this to happen. When I told it to leave the modutils in place, the install aborted. Why