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> But please tell me again why do I need a buildsystem that needs to check if I have Fortran or if I'm running AIX under MIPS again? If you need Fortran suppor
by rurban 5y ago
> But please tell me again why do I need a buildsystem that needs to check if I have Fortran or if I'm running AIX under MIPS again?
If you need Fortran support you need to check for it. Ditto for AIX. Hardcoding assumptions is fragile.
- trasz 5y agoWhy would you need to check for it? The name of compiler is well known, the build will properly fail if it’s not there, and work otherwise. Autotools doesn’t serve any purpose here.