+AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
+
+# Check for symbol versioning (copied from libssp).
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether symbol versioning is supported])
+cat > conftest.map <<EOF
+FOO_1.0 {
+ global: *foo*; bar; local: *;
+};
+EOF
+save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC -shared -Wl,--version-script,./conftest.map"
+AC_TRY_LINK([int foo;],[],[gfortran_use_symver=yes],[gfortran_use_symver=no])
+LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
+AC_MSG_RESULT($gfortran_use_symver)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGFOR_USE_SYMVER, [test "x$gfortran_use_symver" = xyes])
+
+# Figure out whether the compiler supports "-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections",
+# similarly to how libstdc++ does it
+ac_test_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS+set}"
+ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+
+# Check for -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gcc that supports -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections])
+CFLAGS='-Werror -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections'
+AC_TRY_COMPILE(, [int foo;], [ac_fdsections=yes], [ac_fdsections=no])
+if test "$ac_test_CFLAGS" = set; then
+ CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+else
+ # this is the suspicious part
+ CFLAGS=""
+fi
+if test x"$ac_fdsections" = x"yes"; then
+ SECTION_FLAGS='-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections'
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_fdsections)
+AC_SUBST(SECTION_FLAGS)