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+dnl Copyright (C) 2003 OPEN CASCADE, EADS/CCR, LIP6, CEA/DEN,
+dnl CEDRAT, EDF R&D, LEG, PRINCIPIA R&D, BUREAU VERITAS
+dnl
+dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+dnl version 2.1 of the License.
+dnl
+dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
+dnl
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+dnl Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+dnl
+dnl See http://www.opencascade.org/SALOME/ or email : webmaster.salome@opencascade.org
+dnl
+dnl
+dnl
+#@synonpsis CHECK_PTHREADS
+dnl check for pthreads system interfaces.
+dnl set CFLAGS_PTHREADS, CXXFLAGS_PTHREADS and LIBS_PTHREADS to
+dnl flags to compiler flags for multithread program compilation (if exists),
+dnl and library, if one required.
+dnl
+dnl@author (C) Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA>, 1998
+dnl@id $Id$
+dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl CHECK_PTHREADS
+AC_DEFUN(CHECK_PTHREADS,[
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM])dnl
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD_H))
+AC_CHECK_LIB(posix4,nanosleep, LIBS_PTHREADS="-lposix4",LIBS_PTHREADS="")
+AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread,pthread_mutex_lock,
+ LIBS_PTHREADS="-lpthread $LIBS_PTHREADS")
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([parameters for using pthreads])
+case $build_os in
+ freebsd*)
+ CFLAGS_PTHREADS="-pthread"
+ CXXFLAGS_PTHREADS="-pthread"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ ;;
+esac
+AC_MSG_RESULT(["flags: $CFLAGS_PTHREADS\;libs: $LIBS_PTHREADS"])
+threads_ok=yes
+])dnl
+dnl
+dnl
