[Numpy-discussion] fortran 90 compiler problem

[Robert Kern]

Charles R Harris wrote:
> On 10/10/07, *Robert Kern* <robert.kern@gmail.com
> <mailto:robert.kern@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     humufr@yahoo.fr <mailto:humufr@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>     >               Hello,
>     >
>     > I'm using the last svn version of numpy (.
>     >
>     > I tried the solution found on the mail list:
>     >
>     > python setup.py config_fc --fcompiler=gnu95 build
>     >
>     > the two interesting part (at least for me) in the building process
>     are:
>     >
>     > customize GnuFCompiler Found executable /usr/bin/g77
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found
>     > customize GnuFCompiler
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found
>     > customize GnuFCompiler using config
>     >
>     > and later:
>     > customize G95FCompiler Found executable /usr/local/bin/g95
>     >
>     > but I still have the same answer when I'm trying to do: f2py -c -m
>     hello
>     > hello.f90
>     >
>     > customize GnuFCompiler Found executable /usr/bin/g77
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found gnu: no Fortran 90
>     > compiler found customize GnuFCompiler
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found
>     > gnu: no Fortran 90 compiler found
> 
>     This is a correct message and does not imply that no Fortran 90
>     compiler exists.
>     The GnuFCompiler ("gnu") only looks at g77, which is not a Fortran
>     90 compiler.
>     That message only applies to the "gnu" compiler, not any other.
> 
> 
> I have always found these messages confusing. Perhaps they could be
> better worded to reflect the process, or, even better, silenced. All
> that really matters is success or failure and the reason, not every
> little dead end explored on the way. If they are needed for debugging,
> write the whole mess to a file in the build directory instead of the
> console.

Go for it.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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