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+#### Cantera Fortran configuration file
+
+#if (NOT BUILD_WITH_F2C)
+
+#### Fortran 90
+
+if (BUILD_F90_INTERFACE)
+    if (F90 STREQUAL "default")
+         FIND_LIBRARY(GFORTRAN_LIB  gfortran ${F90_LIB_DIR} /usr/local/lib)
+         IF (GFORTRAN_LIB)
+             MESSAGE("${GFORTRAN_LIB}")
+         ENDIF (GFORTRAN_LIB)
+    endif (F90 STREQUAL "default")
+endif (BUILD_F90_INTERFACE)