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diff --git a/development/f2c/README b/development/f2c/README index f0e77ae559..5f2431f228 100644 --- a/development/f2c/README +++ b/development/f2c/README @@ -1,14 +1,22 @@ + f2c is a Fortran-to-C converter. -This package includes libf77 and libi77 rolled together as libf2c, -which must be linked to the resulting C code. Thus the general idea -is +This package includes libf2c, which must be linked to the resulting C +code. - f2c foo.f - gcc foo.c -lf2c +Thus the general idea is: f2c foo.f; gcc foo.c -lf2c Or use the fc script provided in the docs directory. Beware, fc is also a bash builtin. -If combining with gfortran, you may want to use gfortran's -ff2c -option. See the gfortran man page. +f2c used to use two separate libraries, libi77 and libf77. These are +now rolled together into libf2c. Beware, libf2c carries a separate +version number from f2c itself. The version number associated with the +SlackBuilds package is the f2c version number. + +If combining with gfortran, you may want to use gfortran -ff2c. See the +gfortran man page. + +Multiple files must be downloaded because netlib doesn't provide a +convenient single tarball. + |