gfortran and g77

[Ben Gamari]

It seems that as of gcc-4 (or on the Ubuntu timeline, Intrepid), g77 has
been superseded by gfortran. Unfortunately, it seems that the gfortran
packaging was not updated to account for this fact: gfortran does not
provide an alternative for f77. I believe this should not be the case,
as according to reliable sources[1], gfortran should now be a drop-in
alternative to g77 in most cases. I've opened a launchpad bug
(LP #494209 [2]) for this issue. Hope things are going well,

- Ben


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gfortran
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-defaults/+bug/494209