http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49178
Summary: Space between linker option and library in gfortran Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: driver AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: jay.veeram...@nrlssc.navy.mil /scratch> gfortran -v helloworld.f90 Driving: gfortran -v helloworld.f90 -l gfortran -l m -shared-libgcc Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gfortran COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilladhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --ble-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --enable-languages=c,c+bjc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar isable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.0 20110509 (Red Hat 4.6.0-7) (GCC) The issue is with the space between "-l" and "gfortran" as well as "-l" and "m" in the first line of output. It becomes an issue when libtool uses the "gfortran -v" command to get the order for linking the fortran libraries and appends it to the postdeps variable. I get: ---------------------- ~/gfortran64bit/src> tail -10 libtool predep_objects="" postdep_objects="/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/../../../../lib64/cr ti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/crtbeginS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/../../../../lib64/crtn.o" predeps="" postdeps="-L/home/veeramon/opt/gnu/1.4.3/lib -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -l -lm -ldl -l -l -L/home/veeramon/opt/gnu/1.4.3/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/../../../../lib64 -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.0/../../.. -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lgfortran -lm -ldl -lgfortran -lm -lgcc_s -lquadmath -lm -lgcc_s -lpthread -lc -lgcc_s" # The library search path used internally by the compiler when linking # a shared library. compiler_lib_search_path="" # ### END LIBTOOL TAG CONFIG: FC ------------------------ The postdeps variable has "-l" with nothing after them that cause the compilation to abort.