[Numpy-discussion] Fortran 95 compiler (from gcc 4.1.1) is not recognized by scipy

[Nadav Horesh]

I recently upgraded to gcc4.1.1. When I tried to compile scipy from today's svn repository it halts with the following message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 50, in ?
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 42, in setup_package
    configuration=configuration )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 170, in
setup
    return old_setup(**new_attr)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build.py", line 112, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/command/build_ext.py",
line 109, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 405, in build_e
xtensions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/distutils/command/build_ext.py",
line 301, in build_extension
    link = self.fcompiler.link_shared_object
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'link_shared_object'

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The output of gfortran --version:

GNU Fortran 95 (GCC) 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

GNU Fortran comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Fortran
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING

I have also the old g77 compiler installed (g77-3.4.6). Is there a way to force numpy/scipy to use it?

  Nadav