--- Lib/Slatec/ExtUtils/F77.pm.orig	Thu May  6 17:38:29 1999
+++ Lib/Slatec/ExtUtils/F77.pm	Thu May  6 18:06:10 1999
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@
 $F77config{Freebsd}{F77}{Trail_} = 1;
 $F77config{Freebsd}{F77}{Link}   = '-L/usr/lib -lf2c -lm';
 $F77config{Freebsd}{DEFAULT}     = 'F77';
+if (`f77 -v 2>\&1` =~ /^g77 version egcs/) {
+   # newer FreeBSD 4.0
+   $F77config{Freebsd}{F77}{Compiler} = 'f77';
+   $F77config{Freebsd}{F77}{Link}   = '-L/usr/lib -lg2c -lm';
+}
 
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