From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Hinsen Subject: Re: gfortran seems to require gcc-toolchain Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 09:44:18 +0100 Message-ID: References: <878soomz3q.fsf@devup.no> <871ru9ghpc.fsf@devup.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56957) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iVtgw-0005ww-N6 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Nov 2019 03:44:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iVtgu-0000Bj-JV for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Nov 2019 03:44:26 -0500 Received: from wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.24]:37549) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iVtgu-0000Aw-59 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Nov 2019 03:44:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: <871ru9ghpc.fsf@devup.no> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Marius Bakke , help-guix@gnu.org Hi Marius, >> With your patch, I can compile Fortran programs in an environment >> containing nothing but "gfortran", so I'd say it works! > > On second though, the patch increases the size of 'gcc' from 238.0 MiB > to 291.5 MiB. It may also make it difficult to use a different 'as' > executable. > > So I'm not sure whether the added convenience is worth it. I'd prefer a compiler that works at 291.5 MiB to a compiler that doesn't work at 238.0 MiB. When you know how to fix the problem (by installing binutils), it's perhaps just a convenience. If you don't know, it's a show-stopper. I see the point of wanting to use a different 'as', but are there any concrete alternatives in Guix that someone might wish to substitute? Personally I have never cared much about 'as'. It's a necessary tool but also a very boring and predictable one. I don't see what I could gain by replacing it. Cheers, Konrad.