http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54463
Bug #: 54463 Summary: -fdefault-real-8 does not promote the BLAS call when using -fexternal-blas Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: domi...@lps.ens.fr From http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2012-09/msg00004.html : > I just tried to compile the simple program program test implicit none real, dimension(3,3) :: A A = matmul(A,A) end program test > with > $ gfortran-4.7 -fexternal-blas -fdefault-real-8 test.f95 > /tmp/cc3ij1CL.o: In function `MAIN__': > test.f95:(.text+0x14e): undefined reference to `sgemm_' > collect2: Fehler: ld gab 1 als Ende-Status zurück > > looks like matmul is replaced with sgemm and not with dgemm