After trying to build the fortran compiler I'm convinced that at a cut
down version of the multi precision libraries it requires should be included
in to the compiler tree. The reasons are as follows:


1. They should be there for reference in bug checking.
2. This would make installation on systems which don't fall in to the category of
JBLD (Joe Users Bloated Linux Distro) much easier.
3. Stuff not required for the proper operation of the compiler could be taken out.
It's actually just a tinny subset of the library, which the compiler truly required.
4. It would see just to be consequent in face of a copy of the zip library./
5. It would make it easier to guarantee that the source code setup choices between what the
fortran compiler expects and how the library was build match.
6. Since there are multiple releases of the libraries in question this would just reduce
the combinatorial complexity of the maintainance issues.


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