[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 04/14] gcc: fix Fortran support

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Sep 15 21:07:04 UTC 2013


>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

 Thomas> This commit fixes the Fortran support in the gcc package by making
 Thomas> sure that the runtime Fortran library is properly installed to the
 Thomas> target.

 Thomas> It also takes this opportunity to slightly reword the Config.in option
 Thomas> help text, to no longer mention gcc < 4.2 since they are no longer
 Thomas> supported in Buildroot, and to have a more meaningful explanation.

 Thomas> Finally, it fixes the gcc-final.mk code to use the correct
 Thomas> BR2_INSTALL_FORTRAN option rather than the non-existing
 Thomas> BR2_GCC_CROSS_FORTRAN option, to decide whether Fortran support should
 Thomas> be enabled or not in the cross-compiler.

Committed, thanks.

I wonder if we shouldn't deprecate fortran (and objc) support and get
rid of them. Is there really a use case for them? Any interesting sw
that needs them?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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