In message <v03020702af65db82ddaa@[192.44.82.44]>, Nico van Eikema Hommes write
s:

>>>Now what had prompted me to update in the firs place? I would like to
>>>install g77 and that requires gcc 2.7.2.2. The -current snapshot has
>>>version 2.7.2; the newer release might have come with the newer gcc.
>>>Unfortunately, it did not.
>>Well I have two answers to this one:  The first answer is that I think
>>there are very few code lines that were changed between 2.7.2 and 2.7.2.2
>>so I think g77 should still install over it with no problem.  (I haven't
>>tried.)

Do you require g77 or can you use f2c and gcc?  I know its
more preferable to just do it right and have a fortran compiler,
but I have had pretty
good success with f2c.  Its available from ftp.netlib.com
I believe.  It comes with a shell script which does a decent
job of emulating f77.  The only real difference I've noticed
is that compiles last twice as long.  I seem to remember
that f2c compiled right out of the box, but if you have
any troubles I could dig out my install notes.

Dan