From f13ac35edf919292bfd0f42a134adbacb8df0859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:43:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Check whether gcc supports --enable-hidden-symbols before
 allowing it.

---
 configure.ac | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bb44612cf9..54395de019 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1967,10 +1967,20 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-hidden-symbols],[Leave all symbols with default visibi
   no)
        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
        ;;
-  *)   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-       AC_DEFINE(CURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS, 1, [to enable hidden symbols])
-       AC_SUBST(CURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS)
-       CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
+  *)   
+       if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
+         AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $CC supports it])
+         if $CC --help --verbose 2>&1 | grep fvisibility= > /dev/null ; then
+	   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+	   AC_DEFINE(CURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS, 1, [to enable hidden symbols])
+	   AC_SUBST(CURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS)
+	   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
+         else
+            AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+          fi
+       else
+          AC_MSG_RESULT([no (not gcc)])
+       fi
        ;;
   esac ],
        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)