f2c/libf2c

[Paul F. Johnson]

Hi,

> > First, neither has a configure file, just copy the makefile.u to
> > makefile and alter the odd parameter inside (libf2c). Am I okay to copy
> > the file from within the spec file and then run a patch against it?
> 
> I haven't seen the Makefile
> It would be better imho to modify the Makefile with sed so that macros
> can be used - IE
> 
> cp Makefile Makefile.orig
> cat Makefile.orig |sed -e s?"^PREFIX=stuff"?"PREFIX=%{_prefix}" or
> whatever.

The libf2c makefile is actually broken as it stands (as is the f2c one)
as neither correctly identify where to make install to!

> > Second, f2c comes as a tarball. All of the files inside of the directory
> > are gzipped (so it's src.tar -> src -> *.gz rather than src.tar.gz ->
> > src). As long as I write a note to say this is not the original packaged
> > format and make the tarball a tar.gz, would there be any problems?
> 
> Why not unzip them inside the %prep section?

If someone doesn't have gunzip they can't (though I'll hazard a guess
tar will gunzip)

> > Last is the licence. There is nothing explicit in there. The one for f2c
> > & libf2c reads

<snip>

> > It's hard to say what sort of licence that is - it's not GPL in name.
> 
> Not an expert - looks like MIT?
> 
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

It sure does. What are the rules regarding attribution of a licence
which is substantially the same but not explicitly stated as such?

TTFN

Paul
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