--- test/mpi/configure.orig	2012-10-08 19:02:24 UTC
+++ test/mpi/configure
@@ -9835,7 +9835,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$
 	# The best solution is to turn off errors on particular routines
 	# if that isn't possible (e.g., too many of them), then
 	# just try arguments that turn off all checking
-	for flags in  "-mismatch" ; do
+	for flags in  "-fallow-argument-mismatch" "-mismatch" ; do
             testok=no
             FFLAGS="$FFLAGS $flags"
             cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
@@ -9877,17 +9877,7 @@ the same routine with arguments of different types." "
 fi
 
 addarg=$pac_cv_prog_f77_mismatched_args_parm
-
-    if test "X$addarg" != "X" ; then
-        # We could add the names of all of the MPI routines that
-        # accept different types.  Instead, we fail cleanly.
-        # Some Fortran compilers allow you to turn off checking for
-        # mismatched arguments for *all* routines.  Adding an argument
-	# that turns off checking for *everything* is not something that
-	# configure should do - if the user wants this, they can follow
-	# the instructions in the following error message.
-	as_fn_error $? "The Fortran compiler $F77 does not accept programs that call the same routine with arguments of different types without the option $addarg.  Rerun configure with FFLAGS=$addarg" "$LINENO" 5
-    fi
+FFLAGS="$FFLAGS $addarg"
 
     # Check whether we need -lU77 to get iargc and getarg, which
     # are used for a few of the tests in spawn (U77 was needed with