FreeBSD Port: gcc-4.0.0_20050109

[David Steen]

Hi,

I am experiencing problems to build Scilab with gcc 3.4 (that are 
included in the FreeBSD 5.3 release). They seem to be related to the 
fortran compiler, because when installing gcc 3.2 ang using g77-32 for 
the fortran compilations the build works. I have not tried gcc 3.3. Do 
You know of any changes in g77 that might have caused this 
incompatibility? The error symptom is that the build works, but when 
running Scilab, simple operations such as 1 diveded by 2 hangs (the 
program seems to get stuck in a loop, since it is using a lot of 
processor time). I do not have enough insight into Scilab to know what 
fortran code gets called.

I see that a gcc 4.0 have emerged in the FeeBSD ports. Is this a 
prerelease version (I could not find any info on the gcc website about a 
4.0 release)? I noticed that there are one version with the new gfortran 
compiler. Do You have any idea regarding which of the two fortran 
compilers will have the best chance of building Scilab?

Regards
  David Steen