+if test "x$visibility" = xauto ; then
+# This test checks toolchain support for several things:
+# - the -include option
+# - the attributes/pragmas used in vis.h
+# - linking code that takes the address of protected symbols
+# - gcc 3.x bug that wrongly claims declarations mismatch
+printf "checking whether global visibility preinclude works... "
+cat > "$tmpc" <<EOF
+__attribute__((__visibility__("default")))
+extern struct a *const x;
+typedef struct a b;
+extern b *const x;
+b *const x;
+int (*fp)(void);
+int foo(void) { }
+int bar(void) { fp = foo; return foo(); }
+EOF
+if $CC $CFLAGS_C99FSE $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS \
+ -DSHARED -fPIC -I$srcdir/src/internal -include vis.h \
+ -nostdlib -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions \
+ -o /dev/null "$tmpc" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+visibility=yes
+else
+visibility=no
+fi
+printf "%s\n" "$visibility"
+fi
+
+if test "x$visibility" = xyes ; then
+CFLAGS_AUTO="$CFLAGS_AUTO -include vis.h"
+CFLAGS_AUTO="${CFLAGS_AUTO# }"
+fi
+
+# Determine if the compiler produces position-independent code (PIC)
+# by default. If so, we don't need to compile separate object files
+# for libc.a and libc.so.
+if trycppif __PIC__ "$CFLAGS_C99FSE $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS" ; then
+pic_default=yes
+else
+pic_default=no
+fi
+
+# Reduce space lost to padding for alignment purposes by sorting data
+# objects according to their alignment reqirements. This approximates
+# optimal packing.
+tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--sort-section,alignment
+tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--sort-common
+
+# When linking shared library, drop dummy weak definitions that were
+# replaced by strong definitions from other translation units.
+tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--gc-sections
+