configuring octave-2.0.6

[John W. Eaton]

On 30-May-1997, JIANG MING <address@hidden> wrote:

| I have download the new release octave-2.0.6. When I tro to install it on
| my system
|       machine = sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
|       OS      = SunOS 5.5
|       CC      = gcc 2.7.1
|       
| I want to use the FORTRAN compiler from Sun,
|       FC      = f77: SC3.0.1 13 Jul 1994
| 
| I have invoked configure as
| configure --prefix=$HOME --with-f77=yes --with-f2c=no \
|           --enable-dl=yes --enable-shared=yes         \
|           --enable-rpath=yes --enable-picky-flags=yes
|  
| However, configure still choose to use f2c even if I have specified 
| --with-f2c=no. Why ? 

Please try the following patch.  After applying it, remove
config.cache and run configure again.  If configure still doesn't use
f77, please submit a bug report to address@hidden

Thanks,

jwe



*** configure.in~       Mon May 19 17:17:11 1997
--- configure.in        Fri May 30 14:59:59 1997
***************
*** 340,346 ****
  ### installed as /opt/gnu/bin/f77.
  
  if $use_f77; then
!   if test "$with_g77" = yes; then
      F77=f77
    else
      F77="$with_f77"
--- 340,346 ----
  ### installed as /opt/gnu/bin/f77.
  
  if $use_f77; then
!   if test "$with_f77" = yes; then
      F77=f77
    else
      F77="$with_f77"
*** configure~  Fri May 30 15:00:55 1997
--- configure   Fri May 30 15:01:01 1997
***************
*** 1437,1443 ****
  ### installed as /opt/gnu/bin/f77.
  
  if $use_f77; then
!   if test "$with_g77" = yes; then
      F77=f77
    else
      F77="$with_f77"
--- 1437,1443 ----
  ### installed as /opt/gnu/bin/f77.
  
  if $use_f77; then
!   if test "$with_f77" = yes; then
      F77=f77
    else
      F77="$with_f77"