[bug #68485] Configure system fails to detect flang Fortran compiler

asch <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:30:08 -0400 (EDT)
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URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68485>=0A=0A                 Summa=
ry: Configure system fails to detect flang Fortran=0Acompiler=0A           =
        Group: GNU Octave=0A               Submitter: asch=0A              =
 Submitted: Mon 29 Jun 2026 04:30:02 PM UTC=0A                Category: Con=
figuration and Build System=0A                Severity: 3 - Normal=0A      =
          Priority: 5 - Normal=0A              Item Group: Build Failure=0A=
                  Status: None=0A             Assigned to: None=0A         =
Originator Name:=0A        Originator Email:=0A             Open/Closed: Op=
en=0A         Discussion Lock: Unlocked=0A                 Release: 11.1.0=
=0A        Operating System: GNU/Linux=0A           Fixed Release: None=0A =
        Planned Release: None=0A=0A=0A    _________________________________=
______________________=0A=0AFollow-up Comments:=0A=0A=0A-------------------=
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C By: asch <asch>=0Achecking for rsvg-convert... rsvg-convert=0Achecking wh=
ether the compiler supports GNU C++... yes=0Achecking whether clang++ accep=
ts -g... yes=0Achecking for clang++ option to enable C++11 features... none=
 needed=0Achecking dependency style of clang++... none=0Achecking how to ru=
n the C++ preprocessor... clang++ -E=0Achecking whether clang++ supports C+=
+17 features by default... yes=0Achecking whether std::pmr::polymorphic_all=
ocator is available... yes=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-gcc... (cach=
ed) clang=0Achecking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes=0A=
checking whether clang accepts -g... (cached) yes=0Achecking for clang opti=
on to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed=0Achecking whether clang =
understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes=0Achecking whether the compi=
ler is clang... (cached) yes=0Achecking for compiler option needed when che=
cking for declarations... (cached)=0A-Werror=3Dimplicit-function-declaratio=
n=0Achecking dependency style of clang... (cached) none=0Achecking how to r=
un the C preprocessor... clang-cpp=0Achecking for Minix Amsterdam compiler.=
.. no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-ar... llvm-ar=0Achecking for _LAR=
GEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... no=0Achecking for clang optio=
n to support large files... none needed=0Achecking g++ compiler version num=
ber...=0Achecking gcc compiler version number...=0Aconfigure: defining __NO=
_MATH_INLINES avoids buggy GNU libc exp function=0Achecking for sin in -lm.=
.. yes=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-gfortran... no=0Achecking for gf=
ortran... no=0Achecking whether the compiler supports GNU Fortran 77... no=
=0Achecking whether  accepts -g... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-g=
77... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-xlf... no=0Achecking for x86_6=
4-pc-linux-musl-f77... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-frt... no=0Ac=
hecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-pgf77... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux=
-musl-cf77... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-fort77... no=0Acheckin=
g for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-fl32... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-a=
f77... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-xlf90... no=0Achecking for x8=
6_64-pc-linux-musl-f90... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-pgf90... n=
o=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-pghpf... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-=
linux-musl-epcf90... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-gfortran... no=
=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-g95... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-lin=
ux-musl-xlf95... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-f95... no=0Acheckin=
g for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-fort... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-i=
fort... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-ifc... no=0Achecking for x86=
_64-pc-linux-musl-efc... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-pgfortran..=
. no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-pgf95... no=0Achecking for x86_64-=
pc-linux-musl-lf95... no=0Achecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-ftn... no=0Ach=
ecking for x86_64-pc-linux-musl-nagfor... no=0Achecking for g77... no=0Ache=
cking for xlf... no=0Achecking for f77... no=0Achecking for frt... no=0Ache=
cking for pgf77... no=0Achecking for cf77... no=0Achecking for fort77... no=
=0Achecking for fl32... no=0Achecking for af77... no=0Achecking for xlf90..=
. no=0Achecking for f90... no=0Achecking for pgf90... no=0Achecking for pgh=
pf... no=0Achecking for epcf90... no=0Achecking for gfortran... no=0Achecki=
ng for g95... no=0Achecking for xlf95... no=0Achecking for f95... no=0Achec=
king for fort... no=0Achecking for ifort... no=0Achecking for ifc... no=0Ac=
hecking for efc... no=0Achecking for pgfortran... no=0Achecking for pgf95..=
. no=0Achecking for lf95... no=0Achecking for ftn... no=0Achecking for nagf=
or... no=0Achecking whether the compiler supports GNU Fortran 77... (cached=
) no=0Achecking whether  accepts -g... (cached) no=0Achecking whether a usa=
ble Fortran compiler was found... no=0Aconfigure: error: a Fortran compiler=
 is required to build Octave=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AThis doesn't happen if =
I set the F77 variable manually. Please check attached=0Aconfig.log for det=
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