Update some autoconf macros

m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # ===========================================================================
-#   http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_check_compile_flag.html
+#  https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_check_compile_flag.html
 # ===========================================================================
 #
 # SYNOPSIS
 #
-#   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(FLAG, [ACTION-SUCCESS], [ACTION-FAILURE], [EXTRA-FLAGS])
+#   AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG(FLAG, [ACTION-SUCCESS], [ACTION-FAILURE], [EXTRA-FLAGS], [INPUT])
 #
 # DESCRIPTION
 #
@@ -29,33 +29,12 @@
 #   Copyright (c) 2008 Guido U. Draheim <guidod@gmx.de>
 #   Copyright (c) 2011 Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans@gmail.com>
 #
-#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
-#   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
-#   Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+#   and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is, without any
-#   option) any later version.
+#   warranty.
-#
-#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
-#   Public License for more details.
-#
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#   with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#   As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner
-#   gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
-#   scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
-#   need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
-#   or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
-#   Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
-#   all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
-#
-#   This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
-#   Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
-#   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
-#   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
 
-#serial 5
+#serial 6
 
 AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG],
 [AC_PREREQ(2.64)dnl for _AC_LANG_PREFIX and AS_VAR_IF
@@ -63,8 +42,7 @@ AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([CACHEVAR],[ax_cv_check_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]flags_$4_$1])dnl
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether _AC_LANG compiler accepts $1], CACHEVAR, [
   ax_check_save_flags=$[]_AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS
   _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS="$[]_AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS $4 $1"
-  AC_TRY_LINK([#include <time.h>],
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE([m4_default([$5],[AC_LANG_PROGRAM()])],
-    [time_t x; int fodder = 0; if (fodder > -1000 && time(&x)) return (int) x],
     [AS_VAR_SET(CACHEVAR,[yes])],
     [AS_VAR_SET(CACHEVAR,[no])])
   _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS=$ax_check_save_flags])

m4/ax_pthread.m4

@@ -14,20 +14,24 @@
 #   flags that are needed. (The user can also force certain compiler
 #   flags/libs to be tested by setting these environment variables.)
 #
-#   Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for
+#   Also sets PTHREAD_CC and PTHREAD_CXX to any special C compiler that is
-#   multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise). (This
+#   needed for multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC
-#   is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.)
+#   respectively CXX otherwise). (This is necessary on e.g. AIX to use the
+#   special cc_r/CC_r compiler alias.)
 #
 #   NOTE: You are assumed to not only compile your program with these flags,
 #   but also to link with them as well. For example, you might link with
 #   $PTHREAD_CC $CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS
+#   $PTHREAD_CXX $CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS
 #
 #   If you are only building threaded programs, you may wish to use these
 #   variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
 #
 #     LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
 #     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+#     CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
 #     CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
+#     CXX="$PTHREAD_CXX"
 #
 #   In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute constant
 #   has a nonstandard name, this macro defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE to
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@
 #
 #   Copyright (c) 2008 Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
 #   Copyright (c) 2011 Daniel Richard G. <skunk@iSKUNK.ORG>
+#   Copyright (c) 2019 Marc Stevens <marc.stevens@cwi.nl>
 #
 #   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 #   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -82,11 +87,11 @@
 #   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
 #   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
 
-#serial 24
+#serial 30
 
 AU_ALIAS([ACX_PTHREAD], [AX_PTHREAD])
 AC_DEFUN([AX_PTHREAD], [
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_TARGET])
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_SED])
 AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ if test "x$PTHREAD_CFLAGS$PTHREAD_LIBS" != "x"; then
         ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
         ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
         AS_IF([test "x$PTHREAD_CC" != "x"], [CC="$PTHREAD_CC"])
+        AS_IF([test "x$PTHREAD_CXX" != "x"], [CXX="$PTHREAD_CXX"])
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
         LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join using $CC $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS])
@@ -123,10 +129,12 @@ fi
 # (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
 # libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
 
-# Create a list of thread flags to try.  Items starting with a "-" are
+# Create a list of thread flags to try. Items with a "," contain both
-# C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
+# C compiler flags (before ",") and linker flags (after ","). Other items
-# which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
+# starting with a "-" are C compiler flags, and remaining items are
-# which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
+# library names, except for "none" which indicates that we try without
+# any flags at all, and "pthread-config" which is a program returning
+# the flags for the Pth emulation library.
 
 ax_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
 
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ ax_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --
 # --thread-safe: KAI C++
 # pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
 
-case $host_os in
+case $target_os in
 
         freebsd*)
 
@@ -194,36 +202,10 @@ case $host_os in
         # that too in a future libc.)  So we'll check first for the
         # standard Solaris way of linking pthreads (-mt -lpthread).
 
-        ax_pthread_flags="-mt,pthread pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
+        ax_pthread_flags="-mt,-lpthread pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
         ;;
 esac
 
-# GCC generally uses -pthread, or -pthreads on some platforms (e.g. SPARC)
-
-AS_IF([test "x$GCC" = "xyes"],
-      [ax_pthread_flags="-pthread -pthreads $ax_pthread_flags"])
-
-# The presence of a feature test macro requesting re-entrant function
-# definitions is, on some systems, a strong hint that pthreads support is
-# correctly enabled
-
-case $host_os in
-        darwin* | hpux* | linux* | osf* | solaris*)
-        ax_pthread_check_macro="_REENTRANT"
-        ;;
-
-        aix*)
-        ax_pthread_check_macro="_THREAD_SAFE"
-        ;;
-
-        *)
-        ax_pthread_check_macro="--"
-        ;;
-esac
-AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_check_macro" = "x--"],
-      [ax_pthread_check_cond=0],
-      [ax_pthread_check_cond="!defined($ax_pthread_check_macro)"])
-
 # Are we compiling with Clang?
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $CC is Clang],
@@ -242,83 +224,47 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $CC is Clang],
     ])
 ax_pthread_clang="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG"
 
-ax_pthread_clang_warning=no
 
-# Clang needs special handling, because older versions handle the -pthread
+# GCC generally uses -pthread, or -pthreads on some platforms (e.g. SPARC)
-# option in a rather... idiosyncratic way
 
-if test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"; then
+# Note that for GCC and Clang -pthread generally implies -lpthread,
+# except when -nostdlib is passed.
+# This is problematic using libtool to build C++ shared libraries with pthread:
+# [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25460
+# [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661333
+# [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468555
+# To solve this, first try -pthread together with -lpthread for GCC
 
-        # Clang takes -pthread; it has never supported any other flag
+AS_IF([test "x$GCC" = "xyes"],
+      [ax_pthread_flags="-pthread,-lpthread -pthread -pthreads $ax_pthread_flags"])
 
-        # (Note 1: This will need to be revisited if a system that Clang
+# Clang takes -pthread (never supported any other flag), but we'll try with -lpthread first
-        # supports has POSIX threads in a separate library.  This tends not
-        # to be the way of modern systems, but it's conceivable.)
 
-        # (Note 2: On some systems, notably Darwin, -pthread is not needed
+AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"],
-        # to get POSIX threads support; the API is always present and
+      [ax_pthread_flags="-pthread,-lpthread -pthread"])
-        # active.  We could reasonably leave PTHREAD_CFLAGS empty.  But
-        # -pthread does define _REENTRANT, and while the Darwin headers
-        # ignore this macro, third-party headers might not.)
 
-        PTHREAD_CFLAGS="-pthread"
-        PTHREAD_LIBS=
 
-        ax_pthread_ok=yes
+# The presence of a feature test macro requesting re-entrant function
+# definitions is, on some systems, a strong hint that pthreads support is
+# correctly enabled
 
-        # However, older versions of Clang make a point of warning the user
+case $target_os in
-        # that, in an invocation where only linking and no compilation is
+        darwin* | hpux* | linux* | osf* | solaris*)
-        # taking place, the -pthread option has no effect ("argument unused
+        ax_pthread_check_macro="_REENTRANT"
-        # during compilation").  They expect -pthread to be passed in only
+        ;;
-        # when source code is being compiled.
-        #
-        # Problem is, this is at odds with the way Automake and most other
-        # C build frameworks function, which is that the same flags used in
-        # compilation (CFLAGS) are also used in linking.  Many systems
-        # supported by AX_PTHREAD require exactly this for POSIX threads
-        # support, and in fact it is often not straightforward to specify a
-        # flag that is used only in the compilation phase and not in
-        # linking.  Such a scenario is extremely rare in practice.
-        #
-        # Even though use of the -pthread flag in linking would only print
-        # a warning, this can be a nuisance for well-run software projects
-        # that build with -Werror.  So if the active version of Clang has
-        # this misfeature, we search for an option to squash it.
 
-        AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether Clang needs flag to prevent "argument unused" warning when linking with -pthread],
+        aix*)
-            [ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG],
+        ax_pthread_check_macro="_THREAD_SAFE"
-            [ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG=unknown
+        ;;
-             # Create an alternate version of $ac_link that compiles and
-             # links in two steps (.c -> .o, .o -> exe) instead of one
-             # (.c -> exe), because the warning occurs only in the second
-             # step
-             ax_pthread_save_ac_link="$ac_link"
-             ax_pthread_sed='s/conftest\.\$ac_ext/conftest.$ac_objext/g'
-             ax_pthread_link_step=`$as_echo "$ac_link" | sed "$ax_pthread_sed"`
-             ax_pthread_2step_ac_link="($ac_compile) && (echo ==== >&5) && ($ax_pthread_link_step)"
-             ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-             for ax_pthread_try in '' -Qunused-arguments -Wno-unused-command-line-argument unknown; do
-                AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "xunknown"], [break])
-                CFLAGS="-Werror -Wunknown-warning-option $ax_pthread_try -pthread $ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-                ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
-                AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[int main(void){return 0;}]])],
-                    [ac_link="$ax_pthread_2step_ac_link"
-                     AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[int main(void){return 0;}]])],
-                         [break])
-                    ])
-             done
-             ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
-             CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-             AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "x"], [ax_pthread_try=no])
-             ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG="$ax_pthread_try"
-            ])
 
-        case "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" in
+        *)
-                no | unknown) ;;
+        ax_pthread_check_macro="--"
-                *) PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" ;;
+        ;;
-        esac
+esac
+AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_check_macro" = "x--"],
+      [ax_pthread_check_cond=0],
+      [ax_pthread_check_cond="!defined($ax_pthread_check_macro)"])
 
-fi # $ax_pthread_clang = yes
 
 if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xno"; then
 for ax_pthread_try_flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
@@ -328,10 +274,10 @@ for ax_pthread_try_flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
                 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
                 ;;
 
-                -mt,pthread)
+                *,*)
-                AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with -mt -lpthread])
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=`echo $ax_pthread_try_flag | sed "s/^\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\1/"`
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="-mt"
+                PTHREAD_LIBS=`echo $ax_pthread_try_flag | sed "s/^\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\2/"`
-                PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with "$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" and "$PTHREAD_LIBS"])
                 ;;
 
                 -*)
@@ -371,7 +317,13 @@ for ax_pthread_try_flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
 #                       if $ax_pthread_check_cond
 #                        error "$ax_pthread_check_macro must be defined"
 #                       endif
-                        static void routine(void *a) { a = 0; }
+                        static void *some_global = NULL;
+                        static void routine(void *a)
+                          {
+                             /* To avoid any unused-parameter or
+                                unused-but-set-parameter warning.  */
+                             some_global = a;
+                          }
                         static void *start_routine(void *a) { return a; }],
                        [pthread_t th; pthread_attr_t attr;
                         pthread_create(&th, 0, start_routine, 0);
@@ -393,6 +345,80 @@ for ax_pthread_try_flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
 done
 fi
 
+
+# Clang needs special handling, because older versions handle the -pthread
+# option in a rather... idiosyncratic way
+
+if test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"; then
+
+        # Clang takes -pthread; it has never supported any other flag
+
+        # (Note 1: This will need to be revisited if a system that Clang
+        # supports has POSIX threads in a separate library.  This tends not
+        # to be the way of modern systems, but it's conceivable.)
+
+        # (Note 2: On some systems, notably Darwin, -pthread is not needed
+        # to get POSIX threads support; the API is always present and
+        # active.  We could reasonably leave PTHREAD_CFLAGS empty.  But
+        # -pthread does define _REENTRANT, and while the Darwin headers
+        # ignore this macro, third-party headers might not.)
+
+        # However, older versions of Clang make a point of warning the user
+        # that, in an invocation where only linking and no compilation is
+        # taking place, the -pthread option has no effect ("argument unused
+        # during compilation").  They expect -pthread to be passed in only
+        # when source code is being compiled.
+        #
+        # Problem is, this is at odds with the way Automake and most other
+        # C build frameworks function, which is that the same flags used in
+        # compilation (CFLAGS) are also used in linking.  Many systems
+        # supported by AX_PTHREAD require exactly this for POSIX threads
+        # support, and in fact it is often not straightforward to specify a
+        # flag that is used only in the compilation phase and not in
+        # linking.  Such a scenario is extremely rare in practice.
+        #
+        # Even though use of the -pthread flag in linking would only print
+        # a warning, this can be a nuisance for well-run software projects
+        # that build with -Werror.  So if the active version of Clang has
+        # this misfeature, we search for an option to squash it.
+
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether Clang needs flag to prevent "argument unused" warning when linking with -pthread],
+            [ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG],
+            [ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG=unknown
+             # Create an alternate version of $ac_link that compiles and
+             # links in two steps (.c -> .o, .o -> exe) instead of one
+             # (.c -> exe), because the warning occurs only in the second
+             # step
+             ax_pthread_save_ac_link="$ac_link"
+             ax_pthread_sed='s/conftest\.\$ac_ext/conftest.$ac_objext/g'
+             ax_pthread_link_step=`AS_ECHO(["$ac_link"]) | sed "$ax_pthread_sed"`
+             ax_pthread_2step_ac_link="($ac_compile) && (echo ==== >&5) && ($ax_pthread_link_step)"
+             ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+             for ax_pthread_try in '' -Qunused-arguments -Wno-unused-command-line-argument unknown; do
+                AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "xunknown"], [break])
+                CFLAGS="-Werror -Wunknown-warning-option $ax_pthread_try -pthread $ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+                ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
+                AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[int main(void){return 0;}]])],
+                    [ac_link="$ax_pthread_2step_ac_link"
+                     AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[int main(void){return 0;}]])],
+                         [break])
+                    ])
+             done
+             ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
+             CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+             AS_IF([test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "x"], [ax_pthread_try=no])
+             ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG="$ax_pthread_try"
+            ])
+
+        case "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" in
+                no | unknown) ;;
+                *) PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" ;;
+        esac
+
+fi # $ax_pthread_clang = yes
+
+
+
 # Various other checks:
 if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
         ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
@@ -424,7 +450,7 @@ if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
         AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether more special flags are required for pthreads],
             [ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS],
             [ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS=no
-             case $host_os in
+             case $target_os in
              solaris*)
              ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS="-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
              ;;
@@ -438,7 +464,8 @@ if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
         AC_CACHE_CHECK([for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT],
             [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT],
             [AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pthread.h>]],
-                                             [[int i = PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT;]])],
+                                             [[int i = PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT;
+                                               return i;]])],
                             [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=yes],
                             [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=no])
             ])
@@ -453,25 +480,35 @@ if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
 
         # More AIX lossage: compile with *_r variant
         if test "x$GCC" != "xyes"; then
-            case $host_os in
+            case $target_os in
                 aix*)
                 AS_CASE(["x/$CC"],
                     [x*/c89|x*/c89_128|x*/c99|x*/c99_128|x*/cc|x*/cc128|x*/xlc|x*/xlc_v6|x*/xlc128|x*/xlc128_v6],
                     [#handle absolute path differently from PATH based program lookup
                      AS_CASE(["x$CC"],
                          [x/*],
-                         [AS_IF([AS_EXECUTABLE_P([${CC}_r])],[PTHREAD_CC="${CC}_r"])],
+                         [
-                         [AC_CHECK_PROGS([PTHREAD_CC],[${CC}_r],[$CC])])])
+			   AS_IF([AS_EXECUTABLE_P([${CC}_r])],[PTHREAD_CC="${CC}_r"])
+			   AS_IF([test "x${CXX}" != "x"], [AS_IF([AS_EXECUTABLE_P([${CXX}_r])],[PTHREAD_CXX="${CXX}_r"])])
+			 ],
+                         [
+			   AC_CHECK_PROGS([PTHREAD_CC],[${CC}_r],[$CC])
+			   AS_IF([test "x${CXX}" != "x"], [AC_CHECK_PROGS([PTHREAD_CXX],[${CXX}_r],[$CXX])])
+			 ]
+                     )
+                    ])
                 ;;
             esac
         fi
 fi
 
 test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
+test -n "$PTHREAD_CXX" || PTHREAD_CXX="$CXX"
 
 AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_LIBS])
 AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_CC])
+AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_CXX])
 
 # Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
 if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then

m4/ax_tls.m4

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
 #   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
 
-#serial 14
+#serial 15
 
 AC_DEFUN([AX_TLS], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for thread local storage (TLS) class])
@@ -52,23 +52,20 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_TLS], [
    [for ax_tls_keyword in thread_local _Thread_local __thread '__declspec(thread)' none; do
        AS_CASE([$ax_tls_keyword],
           [none], [ac_cv_tls=none ; break],
-          [AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+          [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-              [#include <stdlib.h>
+              [#include <stdlib.h>],
-               static void
+              [static  $ax_tls_keyword  int bar;]
-               foo(void) {
+            )],
-               static ] $ax_tls_keyword [ int bar;
+            [ac_cv_tls=$ax_tls_keyword ; break],
-               exit(1);
+            [ac_cv_tls=none]
-               }],
+          )]
-               [],
+        )
-               [ac_cv_tls=$ax_tls_keyword ; break],
+    done ]
-               ac_cv_tls=none
+  )
-           )])
-    done
-  ])
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_tls])
 
   AS_IF([test "$ac_cv_tls" != "none"],
-    [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TLS],[$ac_cv_tls],[If the compiler supports a TLS storage class define it to that here])
+    [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TLS],[$ac_cv_tls],[If the compiler supports a TLS storage class, define it to that here])
-     m4_ifnblank([$1],[$1])],
+     m4_ifnblank([$1],[$1],[[:]])],
-    [m4_ifnblank([$2],[$2])])
+    [m4_ifnblank([$2],[$2],[[:]])])
 ])