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+2016-09-09  Steven G. Kargl  <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/77420
+	* module.c (load_equiv): If the current namespace has a list of
+	equivalence statements, initialize duplicate to false and then
+	look for duplicates; otherwise, initialize it to true.
+
 2016-09-09  Steven G. Kargl  <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/77506