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+# - Provide C wrappers for Fortran code
+#
+# Synopsis:
+#	define_fc_func (APPEND config.h)
+
+function (define_fc_func verb file)
+  # check that we are being called correctly
+  if (NOT (("${verb}" STREQUAL "APPEND") OR
+		   ("${verb}" STREQUAL "WRITE")))
+	message (FATAL_ERROR
+	  "Unknown verb \"${verb}\" passed as first argument."
+	  )
+  endif (NOT (("${verb}" STREQUAL "APPEND") OR
+		      ("${verb}" STREQUAL "WRITE")))
+
+  # only do something if we actually have some components which requires
+  # the interaction -- don't load the Fortran compiler just to write
+  # this macro (which apparently nobody uses then)
+  if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LOADED AND CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_LOADED)
+	# get a temporary file
+	set (_tmp_hdr ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/config_f.h)
+
+	# write a small config file that contains the proper convention for
+	# calling Fortran from C
+	include (FortranCInterface)
+	fortrancinterface_header (${_tmp_hdr})
+
+	# read the definition back in from the file
+	file (STRINGS
+	  ${_tmp_hdr}
+	  _str
+	  REGEX "^#define FortranCInterface_GLOBAL\\(name,NAME\\) .*$"
+	  )
+
+	# massage it to look like the one AC_FC_WRAPPERS provide
+	string (REPLACE "FortranCInterface_GLOBAL" "FC_FUNC" _str ${_str})
+
+	# write this definition to the end of our own configuration file
+	file (${verb} ${file}
+	  "\n/* Define to a macro mangling the given C identifier (in lower and upper
+   case), which must not contain underscores, for linking with Fortran. */\n"
+      ${_str}
+	  "\n"
+	  )
+  else (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LOADED AND CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_LOADED)
+	message (STATUS "Fortran/C interface not activated")
+  endif (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LOADED AND CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_LOADED)
+endfunction (define_fc_func)