+# Check to see if we should allow the generation of
+# symbols with the ELF standard's STT_COMMON type.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(elf-stt-common,
+[ --enable-elf-stt-common Allow the generation of ELF symbols with the STT_COMMON type],
+[case "${enableval}" in
+ yes) want_elf_stt_common=true ;;
+ no) want_elf_stt_common=false ;;
+ *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for ELF STT_COMMON option) ;;
+ esac],
+# We have to choose a default behaviour. For native builds we could
+# test whether the loader supports the STT_COMMON type, but that would
+# mean that built binaries could not be exported to older systems where
+# the loader does not support it. So by default we always choose to
+# disable this feature.
+ want_elf_stt_common=false)dnl
+if test $want_elf_stt_common = true; then
+ AC_DEFINE(USE_STT_COMMON, 1,
+ [Define if we may generate symbols with ELF's STT_COMMON type])
+fi
+