dnl
dnl Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1995-on
dnl
-dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.451 2008/08/04 10:26:11 tom Exp $
+dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.452 2008/08/16 23:19:46 tom Exp $
dnl Macros used in NCURSES auto-configuration script.
dnl
dnl These macros are maintained separately from NCURSES. The copyright on
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])dnl
dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl CF_WEAK_SYMBOLS version: 1 updated: 2008/08/16 19:18:06
+dnl ---------------
+dnl Check for compiler-support for weak symbols.
+dnl This works with "recent" gcc.
+AC_DEFUN([CF_WEAK_SYMBOLS],[
+AC_CACHE_CHECK(if $CC supports weak symbols,cf_cv_weak_symbols,[
+
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <stdio.h>],
+[
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+# if defined __USE_ISOC99
+# define _cat_pragma(exp) _Pragma(#exp)
+# define _weak_pragma(exp) _cat_pragma(weak name)
+# else
+# define _weak_pragma(exp)
+# endif
+# define _declare(name) __extension__ extern __typeof__(name) name
+# define weak_symbol(name) _weak_pragma(name) _declare(name) __attribute__((weak))
+#endif
+
+weak_symbol(fopen);
+],[cf_cv_weak_symbols=yes],[cf_cv_weak_symbols=no])
+])
+])dnl
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
dnl CF_WITH_ABI_VERSION version: 1 updated: 2003/09/20 18:12:49
dnl -------------------
dnl Allow library's ABI to be overridden. Generally this happens when a