+# soft links (symbolic links) are useful for some systems where hard links do
+# not work, or to make it simpler to copy terminfo trees around.
+if test "x$ac_cv_func_symlink" = xyes ; then
+ echo "$as_me:8620: checking if tic should use symbolic links" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if tic should use symbolic links... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+# Check whether --enable-symlinks or --disable-symlinks was given.
+if test "${enable_symlinks+set}" = set; then
+ enableval="$enable_symlinks"
+ with_symlinks=$enableval
+else
+ with_symlinks=no
+fi;
+ echo "$as_me:8630: result: $with_symlinks" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$with_symlinks" >&6
+fi
+
+# If we have hard links and did not choose to use soft links instead, there is
+# no reason to make this choice optional - use the hard links.
+if test "$with_symlinks" = no ; then
+ echo "$as_me:8637: checking if tic should use hard links" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if tic should use hard links... $ECHO_C" >&6
+ if test "x$ac_cv_func_link" = xyes ; then
+ with_links=yes
+ else
+ with_links=no
+ fi
+ echo "$as_me:8644: result: $with_links" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$with_links" >&6
+fi
+
+test "x$with_links" = xyes &&
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define USE_LINKS 1
+EOF
+
+test "x$with_symlinks" = xyes &&
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define USE_SYMLINKS 1
+EOF
+
+### use option --enable-broken-linker to force on use of broken-linker support
+echo "$as_me:8659: checking if you want broken-linker support code" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if you want broken-linker support code... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+# Check whether --enable-broken_linker or --disable-broken_linker was given.
+if test "${enable_broken_linker+set}" = set; then
+ enableval="$enable_broken_linker"
+ with_broken_linker=$enableval
+else
+ with_broken_linker=${BROKEN_LINKER:-no}
+fi;
+echo "$as_me:8669: result: $with_broken_linker" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$with_broken_linker" >&6
+
+BROKEN_LINKER=0
+if test "x$with_broken_linker" = xyes ; then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define BROKEN_LINKER 1
+EOF
+
+ BROKEN_LINKER=1
+elif test "$DFT_LWR_MODEL" = shared ; then
+ case $cf_cv_system_name in
+ (cygwin*)
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define BROKEN_LINKER 1
+EOF
+
+ BROKEN_LINKER=1
+ test -n "$verbose" && echo " cygwin linker is broken anyway" 1>&6
+
+echo "${as_me:-configure}:8691: testing cygwin linker is broken anyway ..." 1>&5
+
+ ;;
+ esac
+fi
+
+### use option --enable-bsdpad to have tputs process BSD-style prefix padding
+echo "$as_me:8698: checking if tputs should process BSD-style prefix padding" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if tputs should process BSD-style prefix padding... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+# Check whether --enable-bsdpad or --disable-bsdpad was given.
+if test "${enable_bsdpad+set}" = set; then
+ enableval="$enable_bsdpad"
+ with_bsdpad=$enableval
+else
+ with_bsdpad=no
+fi;
+echo "$as_me:8708: result: $with_bsdpad" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$with_bsdpad" >&6
+test "x$with_bsdpad" = xyes &&
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define BSD_TPUTS 1
+EOF
+
+### use option --enable-widec to turn on use of wide-character support
+NCURSES_CH_T=chtype
+NCURSES_LIBUTF8=0
+
+NEED_WCHAR_H=0
+NCURSES_MBSTATE_T=0
+NCURSES_WCHAR_T=0
+NCURSES_WINT_T=0
+
+# Check to define _XOPEN_SOURCE "automatically"
+CPPFLAGS_before_XOPEN="$CPPFLAGS"
+
+cf_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+cf_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L
+cf_xopen_source=
+
+case $host_os in
+(aix[4-7]*)
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_ALL_SOURCE"
+ ;;
+(msys)
+ cf_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+ ;;
+(darwin[0-8].*)
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_APPLE_C_SOURCE"
+ ;;
+(darwin*)
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE"
+ cf_XOPEN_SOURCE=
+ ;;
+(freebsd*|dragonfly*)
+ # 5.x headers associate
+ # _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 with _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L
+ # _XOPEN_SOURCE=500 with _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L
+ cf_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L
+ cf_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_BSD_TYPES -D__BSD_VISIBLE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=$cf_POSIX_C_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=$cf_XOPEN_SOURCE"
+ ;;
+(hpux11*)
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_HPUX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500"
+ ;;
+(hpux*)
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_HPUX_SOURCE"
+ ;;
+(irix[56].*)
+ cf_xopen_source="-D_SGI_SOURCE"
+ cf_XOPEN_SOURCE=
+ ;;
+(linux*|uclinux*|gnu*|mint*|k*bsd*-gnu|cygwin)
+
+cf_gnu_xopen_source=$cf_XOPEN_SOURCE
+
+echo "$as_me:8767: checking if this is the GNU C library" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if this is the GNU C library... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${cf_cv_gnu_library+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line 8774 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
+int
+main (void)
+{
+
+ #if __GLIBC__ > 0 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 0
+ return 0;
+ #else
+ # error not GNU C library
+ #endif
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:8791: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:8794: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); } &&
+ { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:8797: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:8800: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+ cf_cv_gnu_library=yes
+else
+ echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+cf_cv_gnu_library=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+
+fi
+echo "$as_me:8811: result: $cf_cv_gnu_library" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$cf_cv_gnu_library" >&6
+
+if test x$cf_cv_gnu_library = xyes; then
+
+ # With glibc 2.19 (13 years after this check was begun), _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+ # was changed to help a little...
+ echo "$as_me:8818: checking if _DEFAULT_SOURCE can be used as a basis" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if _DEFAULT_SOURCE can be used as a basis... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${cf_cv_gnu_library_219+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+ cf_save="$CPPFLAGS"
+
+ test -n "$CPPFLAGS" && CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS "
+ CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE"
+
+ cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line 8830 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
+int
+main (void)
+{
+
+ #if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 19) || (__GLIBC__ > 2)
+ return 0;
+ #else
+ # error GNU C library __GLIBC__.__GLIBC_MINOR__ is too old
+ #endif
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:8847: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:8850: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); } &&
+ { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+ { (eval echo "$as_me:8853: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+ (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+ ac_status=$?
+ echo "$as_me:8856: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+ (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+ cf_cv_gnu_library_219=yes
+else
+ echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+cf_cv_gnu_library_219=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ CPPFLAGS="$cf_save"
+
+fi
+echo "$as_me:8868: result: $cf_cv_gnu_library_219" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$cf_cv_gnu_library_219" >&6
+
+ if test "x$cf_cv_gnu_library_219" = xyes; then
+ cf_save="$CPPFLAGS"
+ echo "$as_me:8873: checking if _XOPEN_SOURCE=$cf_gnu_xopen_source works with _DEFAULT_SOURCE" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking if _XOPEN_SOURCE=$cf_gnu_xopen_source works with _DEFAULT_SOURCE... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${cf_cv_gnu_dftsrc_219+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else