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+dnl Copyright (C) 2010 Vincent Torri <vtorri at univ-evry dot fr>
+dnl                and Albin Tonnerre <albin dot tonnerre at gmail dot com>
+dnl That code is public domain and can be freely used or copied.
+
+dnl Macro that checks if a compiler flag is supported by the compiler.
+
+dnl Usage: EFL_COMPILER_FLAG(flag)
+dnl flag is added to CFLAGS if supported.
+
+AC_DEFUN([EFL_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+
+CFLAGS_save="${CFLAGS}"
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} $1"
+  
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the compiler supports $1])
+
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+   [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]])],
+   [have_flag="yes"],
+   [have_flag="no"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_flag}])
+
+if test "x${have_flag}" = "xno" ; then
+   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_save}"
+fi
+AC_LANG_POP([C])
+
+])
+
+dnl Macro that checks if a linker flag is supported by the compiler.
+
+dnl Usage: EFL_LINKER_FLAG(flag)
+dnl flag is added to LDFLAGS if supported (will be passed to ld anyway).
+
+AC_DEFUN([EFL_LINKER_FLAG],
+[
+
+LDFLAGS_save="${LDFLAGS}"
+LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} $1"
+  
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the compiler supports $1])
+
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+   [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]])],
+   [have_flag="yes"],
+   [have_flag="no"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_flag}])
+
+if test "x${have_flag}" = "xno" ; then
+   LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS_save}"
+fi
+AC_LANG_POP([C])
+
+])