f2c ELF -- finally!

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

About recompiling f2c for ELF:

As has been noted before, the compile goes OK, but the resulting
binary cannot covert the "hello.f" programme shipped with the
source (segmentation fault).

As gdb told me the offending function was called "free", I tried relinking
with libc5.3.8, build with the old malloc -- but no change.

As a last resort, I simply removed the "malloc.o" from the gcc command
line in the linking process -- and the resulting binary CAN convert
hello.f (!).

Now, I don't know if hello.f is the only programme that can be 
(I don't use fortran myself), but I'll mail the maintainer about
it (maybe he has some more interesting fortran programmes than hello.f).

Anyway, I think the ELF release of f2c will be there by April the 15:)


(Does anyone on this list have any interesting fortran programmes, that
converted correctly with the old f2c? could you send them to me?)

Thanks,

-- 
joost witteveen
            joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl
          joostje@dds.hacktic.nl
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