--- hdf5-1.14.4-2/configure.ac	2024-04-16 05:47:31.000000000 +1000
+++ hdf5-1.14.3/configure.ac	2023-10-27 06:47:09.000000000 +1000
@@ -4635,5 +4266,11 @@
   esac
 fi
 
+## HDF5 configure code created by autotools with gcc 4.9.2 is adding problematic
+## linker flags:  -l with no library name; -l <libname>, specifically gfortran or m.
+## This sed script corrects "-l <libname>" first and then "-l " with no library name.
+## If the order is not preserved, all instances of "-l " will be removed.
+sed -e '/^postdeps/ s/-l \([a-zA-Z]\)/-l\1/g' -e '/^postdeps/ s/-l //g' -i libtool
+
 ## show the configure settings
 cat src/libhdf5.settings