From: combee AT cambridge DOT scr DOT slb DOT com (Leendert Combee)
Message-Id: <9610082302.AA10382@cambridge.scr.slb.com>
Subject: f2c
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 00:03:00 +0100 (BST)
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   Someone recently made some enquiries about f2c (95201, to be precise).
   As pointed out by others, this version has only been compiled for
   djgpp1.11m4, not v2.0 yet. I gave it a try - the libf77 and libi77
   subdirectory files compiled out of the box (these are support routines
   that are called by the c output from f2c), but creating f2c.exe did not
   succeed yet: 

    - lex.c uses lots of constants (starting with capital S) that are
      nowhere defined!
    - all other routines generate loads of warnings. For the moment I may
      assume I can ignore these?
    - the function next_tab() (for example) is defined in niceprintf.h and
      used in many source files, but niceprintf is never included somewhere.
      This looks like a bug?

    Since I haven't got 1.11m4 installed anymore I can't test why it would
    compile fine there? Anyone with experience on compiling f2c maybe has 
    suggestions on the include file for lex.c, all the warnings, and 
    niceprintf?

    Thanks, Leendert Combee