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>From: alan anderson <address@hidden> >Organization: St. Cloud State >Keywords: 199910261419.IAA15836 gcc/f2c Solaris x86 Alan, >As I proceed with the setup of another terminal, using solaris for intel, >and using gcc and f2c compilers, I have gcc-2.95 from Sunfreeware. This is good. >I note that for a setup earlier this year, I was pointed to unidata's >ftp site to find the f2c files in the dir /unix/740/fortran/... That was so that sites could get the f2c distribution from it source. This is necessary for those platforms that we don't provide binaries for. >Can I still use these f2c files for building 7.60 ? Actually I have already >done this on one machine and had no problems, but I see the web pages for >mcidasx installs now show Bell Labs as the source. I say, use what works. If we start running into problems with old versions of gcc or f2x, I will update the McIDAS web pages to reflect the necessary versions for the various platforms. >Thanks Talk to you later... Tom