Package: libextutils-f77-perl (1.16-2)

Simple interface to F77 libs

This module tries to figure out how to link C programs with Fortran subroutines on your system. Basically one must add a list of Fortran runtime libraries. The problem is their location and name varies with each OS/compiler combination!

This module tries to implement a simple 'rule-of-thumb' database for various flavours of UNIX systems. A simple self-documenting Perl database of knowledge/code for figuring out how to link for various combinations of OS and compiler is embedded in the modules Perl code. Please help save the world by sending database entries for your system to kgb@aaoepp.aao.gov.au

The library list which the module returns can be explicitly overridden by setting the environment variable F77LIBS, e.g.

  % setenv F77LIBS "-lfoo -lbar"
  % perl Makefile.PL
  ...

Tags: Software Development: Fortran Development, Perl Development, Libraries, Implemented in: Perl, Role: Shared Library