Subject: Re: bug#9795: Disabling fortran (what's it for?)

From: Bob Friesenhahn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:03:27 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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> * For what reason is libtool looking for a fortran compiler at all? What does it use it for?

Libtool supports building and linking Fortran code so it tests the 
Fortran compiler.  The libltdl library should *not* be dependent on 
Fortran in any way.

Bob
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