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authorJudah Milgram <milgram@cgpp.com>2021-03-11 05:56:23 +0000
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2021-03-13 09:02:38 +0700
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Signed-off-by: Dave Woodfall <dave@slackbuilds.org> Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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+
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.
+