From 00b846cd1f5a0054a1ce7ebcd1d7908887dc5a23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:13:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure compiler supports static-libgcc before using it.

---
 configure.in | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e2b460070..503a8c5b9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1920,7 +1920,21 @@ AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
 AC_C_CONST
 AC_C_VOLATILE
 if test X"$with_gnu_ld" != "yes" -a -n "$GCC"; then
-    LTLDFLAGS="$LTLDFLAGS -Wc,-static-libgcc"
+    _CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -static-libgcc"
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $CC understands -static-libgcc],
+	[sudo_cv_var_gcc_static_libgcc],
+	[AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+	    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])],
+		[sudo_cv_var_gcc_static_libgcc=yes],
+		[sudo_cv_var_gcc_static_libgcc=no]
+	    )
+	]
+    )
+    CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS"
+    if test "$sudo_cv_var_gcc_static_libgcc" = "yes"; then
+	LTLDFLAGS="$LTLDFLAGS -Wc,-static-libgcc"
+    fi
 fi
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