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+dnl BEGIN CF_GNU_SOURCE from lynx 2.8.5 distibution
+dnl $Id: ac_cf_gnu_source.m4,v 1.1 2003/06/07 02:56:50 dnelson Exp $
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl Check if we must define _GNU_SOURCE to get a reasonable value for
+dnl _XOPEN_SOURCE, upon which many POSIX definitions depend. This is a defect
+dnl (or misfeature) of glibc2, which breaks portability of many applications,
+dnl since it is interwoven with GNU extensions.
+dnl
+dnl Well, yes we could work around it...
+AC_DEFUN([CF_GNU_SOURCE],
+[
+AC_CACHE_CHECK(if we must define _GNU_SOURCE,cf_cv_gnu_source,[
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>],[
+#ifndef _XOPEN_SOURCE
+make an error
+#endif],
+ [cf_cv_gnu_source=no],
+ [cf_save="$CPPFLAGS"
+ CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE"
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>],[
+#ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE
+make an error
+#endif],
+ [cf_cv_gnu_source=no],
+ [cf_cv_gnu_source=yes])
+ CPPFLAGS="$cf_save"
+ ])
+])
+test "$cf_cv_gnu_source" = yes && CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE"
+])dnl
+dnl END CF_GNU_SOURCE from lynx 2.8.5 distibution