Bug#1107056: libhdf4 FTCBFS: gfortran dependency not satisfiable

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

Control: tags -1 upstream

Thanks for the patch, but I'm hesitant to apply it (in git) as we can't upstream git.

The 4.4.0 release will drop FORTRAN 77 and NetCDF 2.3.2 support which will allow us to drop the -alt packages and greatly simplify the build.

This will likely also solve or at least ease cross building.

The release is tentatively scheduled for February 2026, but that's likely to slip as the May 2025 4.3.1 release hasn't happened yet.

I've already announced my intention to drop the variant with Fortran and NetCDF support [0], doing that for the 4.4.0 release would be ideal, but I may not wait for that and do the package reworking earlier in the forky development cycle.

[0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2025/02/msg00003.html

Kind Regards,

Bas

-- 
  GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1
Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146  50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1