[oe] fortran and octave

[Alain2210]

Selon Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.kabel.utwente.nl>:

> 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 :)
>

Thanks for the quick answer. I will try 4.2.1

Sincerely,

Alain