[oe] fortran and octave

[Koen Kooi]

Alain2210 schreef:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to bitbake octave for org.openembedded.dev.
> But octave needs fortran ou f2c.
> It seems that fortran has been remove from gcc-cross_4.1.2.bb (or perhaps
> before).
> So I have tried to
> 1) add fortran in gcc-cross_4.1.2.bb but I get an error.
> 2) compile octave with f2c without success. (even with the f2c of the host)
> 
> So what is the good way to compile octave and/or fortran and/or f2c ?

For gcc 3.4 through 4.1.x fortran is broken for arm (gcc ICEs on compiling gcc), Lennert
Buytenhek had some patches for it, I don't know if they fix and and if yes, I don't know
if they are in 4.2.1. I'm firing of a build of 4.2.1 with fortran enabled anyway :)

regards,

Koen