RE: libtool 2-0-disable-fortran.patch

[Peter Ekberg]

Albert Chin wrote:
> Ick. Why not just F77=?

Because that doesn't disable the fortran tests in the testsuite?

$ ../configure F77=?
*snip*
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether ? accepts -g... no
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for ? option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT
checking if ? PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT works... no
checking if ? static flag -static works... no
checking if ? supports -c -o file.o... no
checking if ? supports -c -o file.o... (cached) no
checking whether the ? linker (C:/MinGW/mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports
shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 link.exe
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... Yes
*snip*

$ grep "TESTS = " Makefile 
CXX_TESTS = \
F77_TESTS = \
COMMON_TESTS = \
##TESTS = $(COMMON_TESTS)
#TESTS = $(COMMON_TESTS) $(F77_TESTS)
#TESTS = $(COMMON_TESTS) $(CXX_TESTS)
TESTS = $(COMMON_TESTS) $(CXX_TESTS) $(F77_TESTS)

Cheers,
Peter