>From 87b30dcb90572bd46c8eb087efe7d75db362f59b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dftxbs3e <address@hidden>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 19:58:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: gcc-boot0: Enable 128 bit long double for POWER9.

---
 gnu/packages/commencement.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 8bf7704598..bfdba4dbd2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -1576,6 +1576,9 @@ exec " gcc "/bin/" program
                            "--disable-shared"
                            "--enable-languages=c,c++"
 
+                           ;; On POWER9 (little endian) glibc needs the 128 bit long double type.
+                           "--with-long-double-128"
+
                            ;; libstdc++ cannot be built at this stage
                            ;; ("Link tests are not allowed after
                            ;; GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES.").
-- 
2.21.0