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f2c is a Fortran-to-C converter.
-This package includes libf2c, which must be linked to the resulting C
-code. Thus the general idea is
+This package includes libf77 and libi77 rolled together as libf2c,
+which must be linked to the resulting C code. Thus the general idea
+is
f2c foo.f
gcc foo.c -lf2c
@@ -9,5 +10,5 @@ code. Thus the general idea is
Or use the fc script provided in the docs directory. Beware, fc is also
a bash builtin.
-If combining with gfortran, you may want to use the gfortran -ff2c
+If combining with gfortran, you may want to use gfortran's -ff2c
option. See the gfortran man page.