-dnl ** check for ld, and whether ld has -x option
-AC_PATH_PROG(LdCmdRaw, ld)
-case $HostOS_CPP in
- mingw32)
- if test "${OSTYPE}" == "msys"
- then
- LdCmd=${LdCmdRaw}
- else
- LdCmd=`cygpath -w ${LdCmdRaw} | sed -e 's@\\\\@/@g' `
- fi
- ;;
- *) LdCmd=${LdCmdRaw}
- ;;
-esac
-AC_SUBST(LdCmd)
-FPTOOLS_LD_X
+dnl ** check for ld, whether it has an -x option, and if it is GNU ld
+FP_PROG_LD_X
+FP_PROG_LD_IS_GNU
+
+dnl ** check for Apple-style dead-stripping support
+dnl (.subsections-via-symbols assembler directive)
+
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for .subsections_via_symbols)
+AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[__asm__ (".subsections_via_symbols");],
+ [
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SUBSECTIONS_VIA_SYMBOLS],[1],
+ [Define to 1 if Apple-style dead-stripping is supported.])
+ ],
+ [
+ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SUBSECTIONS_VIA_SYMBOLS],[0],
+ [Define to 1 if Apple-style dead-stripping is supported.])
+ ])