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Subject: Re: USES=fortran can't mix with the libraries requiring
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To: Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
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On 12/23/2015 09:23, Diane Bruce wrote:
>>> > >No. The core problem is due to our version of libgcc not having quadmath
>>> > >support.
>>> > >
>> is not that simple. Please read the various threads to understand why. 

What does it take to update the base libgcc to the version with quadmath 
support?

This is a very bad problem, because it prevents most science and math 
software from running on FreeBSD.

Yuri