1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8dac5494..27f74dba 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ PYTHON
 SORT
 AWK
 XSLTPROC
+POW_LDFLAGS
 LD_STATIC_FLAG
 EGREP
 GREP
@@ -3714,6 +3715,32 @@ freebsd*)	LD_STATIC_FLAG='-static';;
 esac
 
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether compiler and linker support -Wl,-Bsymbolic" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether compiler and linker support -Wl,-Bsymbolic... " >&6; }
+old_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-Bsymbolic"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { return 0; }
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  linker_supports_Bsymbolic=yes
+else
+  linker_supports_Bsymbolic=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $linker_supports_Bsymbolic" >&5
+$as_echo "$linker_supports_Bsymbolic" >&6; }
+LDFLAGS="$old_LDFLAGS"
+unset old_LDFLAGS
+if test $linker_supports_Bsymbolic = yes
+then
+	POW_LDFLAGS='-Wl,-Bsymbolic'
+else
+	POW_LDFLAGS=''
+fi
+
 
 # Extract the first word of "xsltproc", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy xsltproc; ac_word=$2