diff -urN french/aster.orig/Makefile french/aster/Makefile
--- french/aster.orig/Makefile	Wed Aug 13 16:38:44 2003
+++ french/aster/Makefile	Sun Aug 17 16:11:15 2003
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 EXTRACT_CMD=	${TAR}
 EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=	-xf
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	# empty
+USE_GCC=	3.2
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 REINPLACE_ARGS=	-i ""
@@ -60,10 +61,6 @@
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if ${OSVERSION} < 500000
-#BROKEN=		Does not build on systems prior 5.x - work in progress...
-.endif
-
 .if defined(WITH_BLAS)
 LIB_DEPENDS=	blas.1:${PORTSDIR}/math/blas
 .else
@@ -106,7 +103,11 @@
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYNUMERIC}
 .endif
 
+.if ${OSVERSION} < 500039
+F77=		g77-${USE_GCC:C/\.//}
+.else
 F77?=		f77
+.endif
 FFLAGS?=	-O2
 
 TK_VER?=	8.3
diff -urN french/aster.orig/files/config.txt french/aster/files/config.txt
--- french/aster.orig/files/config.txt	Wed Aug 13 16:38:44 2003
+++ french/aster/files/config.txt	Sun Aug 17 16:05:17 2003
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 BIBL | tcl    | 8.3 | OPT_TCL
 BIBL | tk     | 8.3 | OPT_TK
 BIBL | X11    | ?   | OPT_X11
-BIBL | sys    | ?   | -Xlinker -export-dynamic PTHREAD -lutil -lm -lz
+BIBL | sys    | ?   | -Xlinker -export-dynamic PTHREAD -lutil -lm -lz -lg2c
 #
 INCL | python | 2.1 | -IHOME_PYTHON/include/pythonPYTHON_VERSION
 #
 PYTHON | python | 2.1 | HOME_PYTHON/bin/PYTHON_BIN
 #
-LINK | link | ? | %%F77%%
+LINK | link | ? | %%CC%% -v
 #
 OPTL | f90    | ?   | -v  
 #