devtoolset-2: gfortran 4.8.1 problem with "REAL (KIND=16)"

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Issue

We see the following error when using "real (kind=16)" with gfortran version coming from devtoolset 2:

$ gfortran /tmp/kul.f90 
/tmp/ccg1VSEr.o: In function `MAIN__':
kul.f:(.text+0x67): undefined reference to `_gfortran_transfer_real128_write'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
$ cat /tmp/kul.f90 
       program main
       implicit none
       real ( kind=16 ) x
       x = 1.0
       write (*,*) x
       end
$ gfortran --version
GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.1 20130715 (Red Hat 4.8.1-4)
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

GNU Fortran comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Fortran
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • devtoolset-2-gcc-gfortran-4.8.1-4.el6.1.x86_64

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