Re: Compiling 2.1.71 on FC4

[Quentin Spencer]

Shai Ayal wrote:

> Hi
>
> As promised I upgraded to FC4. This is not a vanilla install of FC4, 
> rather FC1 upgraded to FC4.
> My previously compiled 2.1.71, (compiled on FC1) is still working, 
> however, I decided I need to recompile just in case. I know there are 
> binary rpm's, but I feel safer if I can compile it myself.
>
> Recompliation fails when trying to link the octave binary


I suspect part of your problem has to do with the compiler. FC4 uses gcc 
4, which no longer uses g77, but a new compiler called gfortran. It 
appears the octave configure script is picking up g++ from gcc4, but g77 
from the old gcc that is on your system from FC1. I would suggest 
removing the gcc-g77 package, installing gcc-gfortran from FC4 (if it 
isn't already), and trying the compile again.

-Quentin



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