Re: Forcing FC instead of F77

[Steven G. Johnson]

Daily, Jeff A wrote:
> I thought I was forced to use AC_PROG_F77 since when I used AC_PROG_FC instead, I was 
> issued the warning "Fortran 77 source seen but 'F77' is undefined".  I was 
> hoping AC_FC_SRCEXT([f]) would help, but I didn't get my hopes up and validated it didn't 
> work as hoped.  Yes, it is technically Fortran 77 source, but why can't I use AC_PROG_FC 
> in lieu of AC_PROG_F77 without complaints?

Note that this is an automake problem, not an autoconf problem.

(I agree that AC_FC_SRCEXT(f) should be used by automake as an 
indication to use FC for .f files rather than F77; I suggested this on 
the automake list back in 2005, but perhaps the suggestion should be 
repeated.)

Regards,
Steven G. Johnson