diff --git a/hawk/configure b/hawk/configure
index 12cc28e3..dc170f1a 100755
--- a/hawk/configure
+++ b/hawk/configure
@@ -677,16 +677,16 @@ HAVE_LIBUCI_FALSE
 HAVE_LIBUCI_TRUE
 UCI_LIBS
 UNICOWS_LIBS
+PTHREAD_CFLAGS
+PTHREAD_LIBS
+PTHREAD_CC
+ax_pthread_config
 SOCKET_LIBS
 UNWIND_LIBS
 FFI_LIBS
 DYNCALL_LIBS
 LTDL_LIBS
 DL_LIBS
-PTHREAD_CFLAGS
-PTHREAD_LIBS
-PTHREAD_CC
-ax_pthread_config
 LIBM
 MACOSX_FALSE
 MACOSX_TRUE
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ enable_libltdl
 enable_libunwind
 enable_mod_mysql
 enable_mod_uci
+enable_pthread_flags
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1514,6 +1515,8 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-libunwind      use libunwind(default. no)
   --enable-mod-mysql      enable mod/mysql (default. yes)
   --enable-mod-uci        enable mod/uci (default. no)
+  --enable-pthread-flags  add thread flags to CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, LIBS(default.
+                          yes)
 
 Optional Packages:
   --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
@@ -18408,670 +18411,6 @@ esac
 LIBM=$LIBM
 
 
-
-
-
-
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
-
-ax_pthread_ok=no
-
-# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
-# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on Tru64 or Sequent).
-# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
-
-# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
-# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
-# them:
-if test "x$PTHREAD_CFLAGS$PTHREAD_LIBS" != "x"; then
-        ax_pthread_save_CC="$CC"
-        ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-        ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        if test "x$PTHREAD_CC" != "x"; then :
-  CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
-fi
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for pthread_join using $CC $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for pthread_join using $CC $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS... " >&6; }
-        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char pthread_join ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return pthread_join ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ax_pthread_ok=yes
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_pthread_ok" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_pthread_ok" >&6; }
-        if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xno"; then
-                PTHREAD_LIBS=""
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
-        fi
-        CC="$ax_pthread_save_CC"
-        CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$ax_pthread_save_LIBS"
-fi
-
-# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
-# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
-# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
-# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
-
-# Create a list of thread flags to try. Items with a "," contain both
-# C compiler flags (before ",") and linker flags (after ","). Other items
-# starting with a "-" are C compiler flags, and remaining items are
-# library names, except for "none" which indicates that we try without
-# any flags at all, and "pthread-config" which is a program returning
-# the flags for the Pth emulation library.
-
-ax_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
-
-# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important.  Some notes on the
-# individual items follow:
-
-# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
-# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
-#       other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
-# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
-# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads), Tru64
-#           (Note: HP C rejects this with "bad form for `-t' option")
-# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc (Note: HP C also rejects)
-# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
-#      doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads and
-#      -D_REENTRANT too), HP C (must be checked before -lpthread, which
-#      is present but should not be used directly; and before -mthreads,
-#      because the compiler interprets this as "-mt" + "-hreads")
-# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
-# pthread: Linux, etcetera
-# --thread-safe: KAI C++
-# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
-
-case $host_os in
-
-        freebsd*)
-
-        # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
-        # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
-
-        ax_pthread_flags="-kthread lthread $ax_pthread_flags"
-        ;;
-
-        hpux*)
-
-        # From the cc(1) man page: "[-mt] Sets various -D flags to enable
-        # multi-threading and also sets -lpthread."
-
-        ax_pthread_flags="-mt -pthread pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
-        ;;
-
-        openedition*)
-
-        # IBM z/OS requires a feature-test macro to be defined in order to
-        # enable POSIX threads at all, so give the user a hint if this is
-        # not set. (We don't define these ourselves, as they can affect
-        # other portions of the system API in unpredictable ways.)
-
-        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-#            if !defined(_OPEN_THREADS) && !defined(_UNIX03_THREADS)
-             AX_PTHREAD_ZOS_MISSING
-#            endif
-
-_ACEOF
-if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
-  $EGREP "AX_PTHREAD_ZOS_MISSING" >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: IBM z/OS requires -D_OPEN_THREADS or -D_UNIX03_THREADS to enable pthreads support." >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: IBM z/OS requires -D_OPEN_THREADS or -D_UNIX03_THREADS to enable pthreads support." >&2;}
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
-
-        ;;
-
-        solaris*)
-
-        # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
-        # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
-        # tests will erroneously succeed. (N.B.: The stubs are missing
-        # pthread_cleanup_push, or rather a function called by this macro,
-        # so we could check for that, but who knows whether they'll stub
-        # that too in a future libc.)  So we'll check first for the
-        # standard Solaris way of linking pthreads (-mt -lpthread).
-
-        ax_pthread_flags="-mt,-lpthread pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-# Are we compiling with Clang?
-
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC is Clang" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC is Clang... " >&6; }
-if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG=no
-     # Note that Autoconf sets GCC=yes for Clang as well as GCC
-     if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
-        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-/* Note: Clang 2.7 lacks __clang_[a-z]+__ */
-#            if defined(__clang__) && defined(__llvm__)
-             AX_PTHREAD_CC_IS_CLANG
-#            endif
-
-_ACEOF
-if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
-  $EGREP "AX_PTHREAD_CC_IS_CLANG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG=yes
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
-
-     fi
-
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG" >&6; }
-ax_pthread_clang="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG"
-
-
-# GCC generally uses -pthread, or -pthreads on some platforms (e.g. SPARC)
-
-# Note that for GCC and Clang -pthread generally implies -lpthread,
-# except when -nostdlib is passed.
-# This is problematic using libtool to build C++ shared libraries with pthread:
-# [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25460
-# [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661333
-# [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468555
-# To solve this, first try -pthread together with -lpthread for GCC
-
-if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then :
-  ax_pthread_flags="-pthread,-lpthread -pthread -pthreads $ax_pthread_flags"
-fi
-
-# Clang takes -pthread (never supported any other flag), but we'll try with -lpthread first
-
-if test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"; then :
-  ax_pthread_flags="-pthread,-lpthread -pthread"
-fi
-
-
-# The presence of a feature test macro requesting re-entrant function
-# definitions is, on some systems, a strong hint that pthreads support is
-# correctly enabled
-
-case $host_os in
-        darwin* | hpux* | linux* | osf* | solaris*)
-        ax_pthread_check_macro="_REENTRANT"
-        ;;
-
-        aix*)
-        ax_pthread_check_macro="_THREAD_SAFE"
-        ;;
-
-        *)
-        ax_pthread_check_macro="--"
-        ;;
-esac
-if test "x$ax_pthread_check_macro" = "x--"; then :
-  ax_pthread_check_cond=0
-else
-  ax_pthread_check_cond="!defined($ax_pthread_check_macro)"
-fi
-
-
-if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xno"; then
-for ax_pthread_try_flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
-
-        case $ax_pthread_try_flag in
-                none)
-                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads work without any flags" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether pthreads work without any flags... " >&6; }
-                ;;
-
-                *,*)
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=`echo $ax_pthread_try_flag | sed "s/^\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\1/"`
-                PTHREAD_LIBS=`echo $ax_pthread_try_flag | sed "s/^\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\2/"`
-                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads work with \"$PTHREAD_CFLAGS\" and \"$PTHREAD_LIBS\"" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether pthreads work with \"$PTHREAD_CFLAGS\" and \"$PTHREAD_LIBS\"... " >&6; }
-                ;;
-
-                -*)
-                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads work with $ax_pthread_try_flag" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether pthreads work with $ax_pthread_try_flag... " >&6; }
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_try_flag"
-                ;;
-
-                pthread-config)
-                # Extract the first word of "pthread-config", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy pthread-config; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ax_pthread_config"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config="$ax_pthread_config" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config="yes"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config" && ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config="no"
-fi
-fi
-ax_pthread_config=$ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config
-if test -n "$ax_pthread_config"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_pthread_config" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_pthread_config" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-                if test "x$ax_pthread_config" = "xno"; then :
-  continue
-fi
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
-                PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
-                ;;
-
-                *)
-                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for the pthreads library -l$ax_pthread_try_flag" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for the pthreads library -l$ax_pthread_try_flag... " >&6; }
-                PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$ax_pthread_try_flag"
-                ;;
-        esac
-
-        ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-        ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-
-        # Check for various functions.  We must include pthread.h,
-        # since some functions may be macros.  (On the Sequent, we
-        # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
-        # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
-        # while pthread_create is in libc.  We check for pthread_attr_init
-        # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads.  We check for
-        # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
-        # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
-        # We try pthread_create on general principles.
-
-        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <pthread.h>
-#                       if $ax_pthread_check_cond
-#                        error "$ax_pthread_check_macro must be defined"
-#                       endif
-                        static void *some_global = NULL;
-                        static void routine(void *a)
-                          {
-                             /* To avoid any unused-parameter or
-                                unused-but-set-parameter warning.  */
-                             some_global = a;
-                          }
-                        static void *start_routine(void *a) { return a; }
-int
-main ()
-{
-pthread_t th; pthread_attr_t attr;
-                        pthread_create(&th, 0, start_routine, 0);
-                        pthread_join(th, 0);
-                        pthread_attr_init(&attr);
-                        pthread_cleanup_push(routine, 0);
-                        pthread_cleanup_pop(0) /* ; */
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ax_pthread_ok=yes
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-
-        CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$ax_pthread_save_LIBS"
-
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_pthread_ok" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_pthread_ok" >&6; }
-        if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then :
-  break
-fi
-
-        PTHREAD_LIBS=""
-        PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
-done
-fi
-
-
-# Clang needs special handling, because older versions handle the -pthread
-# option in a rather... idiosyncratic way
-
-if test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"; then
-
-        # Clang takes -pthread; it has never supported any other flag
-
-        # (Note 1: This will need to be revisited if a system that Clang
-        # supports has POSIX threads in a separate library.  This tends not
-        # to be the way of modern systems, but it's conceivable.)
-
-        # (Note 2: On some systems, notably Darwin, -pthread is not needed
-        # to get POSIX threads support; the API is always present and
-        # active.  We could reasonably leave PTHREAD_CFLAGS empty.  But
-        # -pthread does define _REENTRANT, and while the Darwin headers
-        # ignore this macro, third-party headers might not.)
-
-        # However, older versions of Clang make a point of warning the user
-        # that, in an invocation where only linking and no compilation is
-        # taking place, the -pthread option has no effect ("argument unused
-        # during compilation").  They expect -pthread to be passed in only
-        # when source code is being compiled.
-        #
-        # Problem is, this is at odds with the way Automake and most other
-        # C build frameworks function, which is that the same flags used in
-        # compilation (CFLAGS) are also used in linking.  Many systems
-        # supported by AX_PTHREAD require exactly this for POSIX threads
-        # support, and in fact it is often not straightforward to specify a
-        # flag that is used only in the compilation phase and not in
-        # linking.  Such a scenario is extremely rare in practice.
-        #
-        # Even though use of the -pthread flag in linking would only print
-        # a warning, this can be a nuisance for well-run software projects
-        # that build with -Werror.  So if the active version of Clang has
-        # this misfeature, we search for an option to squash it.
-
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether Clang needs flag to prevent \"argument unused\" warning when linking with -pthread" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether Clang needs flag to prevent \"argument unused\" warning when linking with -pthread... " >&6; }
-if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG=unknown
-             # Create an alternate version of $ac_link that compiles and
-             # links in two steps (.c -> .o, .o -> exe) instead of one
-             # (.c -> exe), because the warning occurs only in the second
-             # step
-             ax_pthread_save_ac_link="$ac_link"
-             ax_pthread_sed='s/conftest\.\$ac_ext/conftest.$ac_objext/g'
-             ax_pthread_link_step=`$as_echo "$ac_link" | sed "$ax_pthread_sed"`
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-             ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-             for ax_pthread_try in '' -Qunused-arguments -Wno-unused-command-line-argument unknown; do
-                if test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "xunknown"; then :
-  break
-fi
-                CFLAGS="-Werror -Wunknown-warning-option $ax_pthread_try -pthread $ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-                ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
-                cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-int main(void){return 0;}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_link="$ax_pthread_2step_ac_link"
-                     cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-int main(void){return 0;}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  break
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-             done
-             ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
-             CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-             if test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "x"; then :
-  ax_pthread_try=no
-fi
-             ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG="$ax_pthread_try"
-
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" >&6; }
-
-        case "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" in
-                no | unknown) ;;
-                *) PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" ;;
-        esac
-
-fi # $ax_pthread_clang = yes
-
-
-
-# Various other checks:
-if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
-        ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-        ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-
-        # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for joinable pthread attribute" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for joinable pthread attribute... " >&6; }
-if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR=unknown
-             for ax_pthread_attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
-                 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <pthread.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-int attr = $ax_pthread_attr; return attr /* ; */
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR=$ax_pthread_attr; break
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-             done
-
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" >&6; }
-        if test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" != "xunknown" && \
-               test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" != "xPTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE" && \
-               test "x$ax_pthread_joinable_attr_defined" != "xyes"; then :
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE $ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR
-_ACEOF
-
-               ax_pthread_joinable_attr_defined=yes
-
-fi
-
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads... " >&6; }
-if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS=no
-             case $host_os in
-             solaris*)
-             ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS="-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
-             ;;
-             esac
-
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS" >&6; }
-        if test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS" != "xno" && \
-               test "x$ax_pthread_special_flags_added" != "xyes"; then :
-  PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-               ax_pthread_special_flags_added=yes
-fi
-
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... " >&6; }
-if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <pthread.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-int i = PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT;
-                                               return i;
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=yes
-else
-  ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" >&5
-$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" >&6; }
-        if test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" = "xyes" && \
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-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-               ax_pthread_prio_inherit_defined=yes
-
-fi
-
-        CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$ax_pthread_save_LIBS"
-
-        # More AIX lossage: compile with *_r variant
-        if test "x$GCC" != "xyes"; then
-            case $host_os in
-                aix*)
-                case "x/$CC" in #(
-  x*/c89|x*/c89_128|x*/c99|x*/c99_128|x*/cc|x*/cc128|x*/xlc|x*/xlc_v6|x*/xlc128|x*/xlc128_v6) :
-    #handle absolute path differently from PATH based program lookup
-                     case "x$CC" in #(
-  x/*) :
-    if as_fn_executable_p ${CC}_r; then :
-  PTHREAD_CC="${CC}_r"
-fi ;; #(
-  *) :
-    for ac_prog in ${CC}_r
-do
-  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
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-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$PTHREAD_CC"; then
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-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC="$ac_prog"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-PTHREAD_CC=$ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC
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-$as_echo "$PTHREAD_CC" >&6; }
-else
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-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-  test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" && break
-done
-test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
- ;;
-esac ;; #(
-  *) :
-     ;;
-esac
-                ;;
-            esac
-        fi
-fi
-
-test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
-
-
-
-
-
-# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
-if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_PTHREAD 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-        :
-else
-        ax_pthread_ok=no
-
-fi
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
-
-
-
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 if test "${enable_unicode+set}" = set; then :
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@@ -20151,6 +19490,668 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
+
+
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+ax_pthread_ok=no
+
+# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
+# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on Tru64 or Sequent).
+# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
+
+# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
+# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
+# them:
+if test "x$PTHREAD_CFLAGS$PTHREAD_LIBS" != "x"; then
+        ax_pthread_save_CC="$CC"
+        ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        if test "x$PTHREAD_CC" != "x"; then :
+  CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
+fi
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for pthread_join using $CC $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for pthread_join using $CC $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS... " >&6; }
+        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char pthread_join ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return pthread_join ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ax_pthread_ok=yes
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_pthread_ok" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_pthread_ok" >&6; }
+        if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xno"; then
+                PTHREAD_LIBS=""
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+        fi
+        CC="$ax_pthread_save_CC"
+        CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$ax_pthread_save_LIBS"
+fi
+
+# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
+# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
+# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
+# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
+
+# Create a list of thread flags to try. Items with a "," contain both
+# C compiler flags (before ",") and linker flags (after ","). Other items
+# starting with a "-" are C compiler flags, and remaining items are
+# library names, except for "none" which indicates that we try without
+# any flags at all, and "pthread-config" which is a program returning
+# the flags for the Pth emulation library.
+
+ax_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
+
+# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important.  Some notes on the
+# individual items follow:
+
+# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
+# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
+#       other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
+# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
+# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads), Tru64
+#           (Note: HP C rejects this with "bad form for `-t' option")
+# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc (Note: HP C also rejects)
+# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
+#      doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads and
+#      -D_REENTRANT too), HP C (must be checked before -lpthread, which
+#      is present but should not be used directly; and before -mthreads,
+#      because the compiler interprets this as "-mt" + "-hreads")
+# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
+# pthread: Linux, etcetera
+# --thread-safe: KAI C++
+# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
+
+case $host_os in
+
+        freebsd*)
+
+        # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
+        # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
+
+        ax_pthread_flags="-kthread lthread $ax_pthread_flags"
+        ;;
+
+        hpux*)
+
+        # From the cc(1) man page: "[-mt] Sets various -D flags to enable
+        # multi-threading and also sets -lpthread."
+
+        ax_pthread_flags="-mt -pthread pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
+        ;;
+
+        openedition*)
+
+        # IBM z/OS requires a feature-test macro to be defined in order to
+        # enable POSIX threads at all, so give the user a hint if this is
+        # not set. (We don't define these ourselves, as they can affect
+        # other portions of the system API in unpredictable ways.)
+
+        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+#            if !defined(_OPEN_THREADS) && !defined(_UNIX03_THREADS)
+             AX_PTHREAD_ZOS_MISSING
+#            endif
+
+_ACEOF
+if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
+  $EGREP "AX_PTHREAD_ZOS_MISSING" >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: IBM z/OS requires -D_OPEN_THREADS or -D_UNIX03_THREADS to enable pthreads support." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: IBM z/OS requires -D_OPEN_THREADS or -D_UNIX03_THREADS to enable pthreads support." >&2;}
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+
+        ;;
+
+        solaris*)
+
+        # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
+        # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
+        # tests will erroneously succeed. (N.B.: The stubs are missing
+        # pthread_cleanup_push, or rather a function called by this macro,
+        # so we could check for that, but who knows whether they'll stub
+        # that too in a future libc.)  So we'll check first for the
+        # standard Solaris way of linking pthreads (-mt -lpthread).
+
+        ax_pthread_flags="-mt,-lpthread pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Are we compiling with Clang?
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC is Clang" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC is Clang... " >&6; }
+if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG=no
+     # Note that Autoconf sets GCC=yes for Clang as well as GCC
+     if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
+        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+/* Note: Clang 2.7 lacks __clang_[a-z]+__ */
+#            if defined(__clang__) && defined(__llvm__)
+             AX_PTHREAD_CC_IS_CLANG
+#            endif
+
+_ACEOF
+if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
+  $EGREP "AX_PTHREAD_CC_IS_CLANG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG=yes
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+
+     fi
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG" >&6; }
+ax_pthread_clang="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG"
+
+
+# GCC generally uses -pthread, or -pthreads on some platforms (e.g. SPARC)
+
+# Note that for GCC and Clang -pthread generally implies -lpthread,
+# except when -nostdlib is passed.
+# This is problematic using libtool to build C++ shared libraries with pthread:
+# [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25460
+# [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661333
+# [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468555
+# To solve this, first try -pthread together with -lpthread for GCC
+
+if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then :
+  ax_pthread_flags="-pthread,-lpthread -pthread -pthreads $ax_pthread_flags"
+fi
+
+# Clang takes -pthread (never supported any other flag), but we'll try with -lpthread first
+
+if test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"; then :
+  ax_pthread_flags="-pthread,-lpthread -pthread"
+fi
+
+
+# The presence of a feature test macro requesting re-entrant function
+# definitions is, on some systems, a strong hint that pthreads support is
+# correctly enabled
+
+case $host_os in
+        darwin* | hpux* | linux* | osf* | solaris*)
+        ax_pthread_check_macro="_REENTRANT"
+        ;;
+
+        aix*)
+        ax_pthread_check_macro="_THREAD_SAFE"
+        ;;
+
+        *)
+        ax_pthread_check_macro="--"
+        ;;
+esac
+if test "x$ax_pthread_check_macro" = "x--"; then :
+  ax_pthread_check_cond=0
+else
+  ax_pthread_check_cond="!defined($ax_pthread_check_macro)"
+fi
+
+
+if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xno"; then
+for ax_pthread_try_flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
+
+        case $ax_pthread_try_flag in
+                none)
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads work without any flags" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether pthreads work without any flags... " >&6; }
+                ;;
+
+                *,*)
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=`echo $ax_pthread_try_flag | sed "s/^\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\1/"`
+                PTHREAD_LIBS=`echo $ax_pthread_try_flag | sed "s/^\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\2/"`
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads work with \"$PTHREAD_CFLAGS\" and \"$PTHREAD_LIBS\"" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether pthreads work with \"$PTHREAD_CFLAGS\" and \"$PTHREAD_LIBS\"... " >&6; }
+                ;;
+
+                -*)
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads work with $ax_pthread_try_flag" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether pthreads work with $ax_pthread_try_flag... " >&6; }
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_try_flag"
+                ;;
+
+                pthread-config)
+                # Extract the first word of "pthread-config", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy pthread-config; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ax_pthread_config"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config="$ax_pthread_config" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config="yes"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config" && ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config="no"
+fi
+fi
+ax_pthread_config=$ac_cv_prog_ax_pthread_config
+if test -n "$ax_pthread_config"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_pthread_config" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_pthread_config" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+                if test "x$ax_pthread_config" = "xno"; then :
+  continue
+fi
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
+                PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
+                ;;
+
+                *)
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for the pthreads library -l$ax_pthread_try_flag" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for the pthreads library -l$ax_pthread_try_flag... " >&6; }
+                PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$ax_pthread_try_flag"
+                ;;
+        esac
+
+        ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+
+        # Check for various functions.  We must include pthread.h,
+        # since some functions may be macros.  (On the Sequent, we
+        # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
+        # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
+        # while pthread_create is in libc.  We check for pthread_attr_init
+        # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads.  We check for
+        # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
+        # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
+        # We try pthread_create on general principles.
+
+        cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <pthread.h>
+#                       if $ax_pthread_check_cond
+#                        error "$ax_pthread_check_macro must be defined"
+#                       endif
+                        static void *some_global = NULL;
+                        static void routine(void *a)
+                          {
+                             /* To avoid any unused-parameter or
+                                unused-but-set-parameter warning.  */
+                             some_global = a;
+                          }
+                        static void *start_routine(void *a) { return a; }
+int
+main ()
+{
+pthread_t th; pthread_attr_t attr;
+                        pthread_create(&th, 0, start_routine, 0);
+                        pthread_join(th, 0);
+                        pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+                        pthread_cleanup_push(routine, 0);
+                        pthread_cleanup_pop(0) /* ; */
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ax_pthread_ok=yes
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+
+        CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$ax_pthread_save_LIBS"
+
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_pthread_ok" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_pthread_ok" >&6; }
+        if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then :
+  break
+fi
+
+        PTHREAD_LIBS=""
+        PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+done
+fi
+
+
+# Clang needs special handling, because older versions handle the -pthread
+# option in a rather... idiosyncratic way
+
+if test "x$ax_pthread_clang" = "xyes"; then
+
+        # Clang takes -pthread; it has never supported any other flag
+
+        # (Note 1: This will need to be revisited if a system that Clang
+        # supports has POSIX threads in a separate library.  This tends not
+        # to be the way of modern systems, but it's conceivable.)
+
+        # (Note 2: On some systems, notably Darwin, -pthread is not needed
+        # to get POSIX threads support; the API is always present and
+        # active.  We could reasonably leave PTHREAD_CFLAGS empty.  But
+        # -pthread does define _REENTRANT, and while the Darwin headers
+        # ignore this macro, third-party headers might not.)
+
+        # However, older versions of Clang make a point of warning the user
+        # that, in an invocation where only linking and no compilation is
+        # taking place, the -pthread option has no effect ("argument unused
+        # during compilation").  They expect -pthread to be passed in only
+        # when source code is being compiled.
+        #
+        # Problem is, this is at odds with the way Automake and most other
+        # C build frameworks function, which is that the same flags used in
+        # compilation (CFLAGS) are also used in linking.  Many systems
+        # supported by AX_PTHREAD require exactly this for POSIX threads
+        # support, and in fact it is often not straightforward to specify a
+        # flag that is used only in the compilation phase and not in
+        # linking.  Such a scenario is extremely rare in practice.
+        #
+        # Even though use of the -pthread flag in linking would only print
+        # a warning, this can be a nuisance for well-run software projects
+        # that build with -Werror.  So if the active version of Clang has
+        # this misfeature, we search for an option to squash it.
+
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether Clang needs flag to prevent \"argument unused\" warning when linking with -pthread" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether Clang needs flag to prevent \"argument unused\" warning when linking with -pthread... " >&6; }
+if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG=unknown
+             # Create an alternate version of $ac_link that compiles and
+             # links in two steps (.c -> .o, .o -> exe) instead of one
+             # (.c -> exe), because the warning occurs only in the second
+             # step
+             ax_pthread_save_ac_link="$ac_link"
+             ax_pthread_sed='s/conftest\.\$ac_ext/conftest.$ac_objext/g'
+             ax_pthread_link_step=`$as_echo "$ac_link" | sed "$ax_pthread_sed"`
+             ax_pthread_2step_ac_link="($ac_compile) && (echo ==== >&5) && ($ax_pthread_link_step)"
+             ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+             for ax_pthread_try in '' -Qunused-arguments -Wno-unused-command-line-argument unknown; do
+                if test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "xunknown"; then :
+  break
+fi
+                CFLAGS="-Werror -Wunknown-warning-option $ax_pthread_try -pthread $ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+                ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
+                cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+int main(void){return 0;}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_link="$ax_pthread_2step_ac_link"
+                     cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+int main(void){return 0;}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+             done
+             ac_link="$ax_pthread_save_ac_link"
+             CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+             if test "x$ax_pthread_try" = "x"; then :
+  ax_pthread_try=no
+fi
+             ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG="$ax_pthread_try"
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" >&6; }
+
+        case "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG" in
+                no | unknown) ;;
+                *) PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_CLANG_NO_WARN_FLAG $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" ;;
+        esac
+
+fi # $ax_pthread_clang = yes
+
+
+
+# Various other checks:
+if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
+        ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        ax_pthread_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+
+        # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for joinable pthread attribute" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for joinable pthread attribute... " >&6; }
+if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR=unknown
+             for ax_pthread_attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
+                 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <pthread.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+int attr = $ax_pthread_attr; return attr /* ; */
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR=$ax_pthread_attr; break
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+             done
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" >&6; }
+        if test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" != "xunknown" && \
+               test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR" != "xPTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE" && \
+               test "x$ax_pthread_joinable_attr_defined" != "xyes"; then :
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE $ax_cv_PTHREAD_JOINABLE_ATTR
+_ACEOF
+
+               ax_pthread_joinable_attr_defined=yes
+
+fi
+
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads... " >&6; }
+if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS=no
+             case $host_os in
+             solaris*)
+             ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS="-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
+             ;;
+             esac
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS" >&6; }
+        if test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS" != "xno" && \
+               test "x$ax_pthread_special_flags_added" != "xyes"; then :
+  PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$ax_cv_PTHREAD_SPECIAL_FLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+               ax_pthread_special_flags_added=yes
+fi
+
+        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... " >&6; }
+if ${ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <pthread.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+int i = PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT;
+                                               return i;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=yes
+else
+  ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" >&5
+$as_echo "$ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" >&6; }
+        if test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" = "xyes" && \
+               test "x$ax_pthread_prio_inherit_defined" != "xyes"; then :
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+               ax_pthread_prio_inherit_defined=yes
+
+fi
+
+        CFLAGS="$ax_pthread_save_CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$ax_pthread_save_LIBS"
+
+        # More AIX lossage: compile with *_r variant
+        if test "x$GCC" != "xyes"; then
+            case $host_os in
+                aix*)
+                case "x/$CC" in #(
+  x*/c89|x*/c89_128|x*/c99|x*/c99_128|x*/cc|x*/cc128|x*/xlc|x*/xlc_v6|x*/xlc128|x*/xlc128_v6) :
+    #handle absolute path differently from PATH based program lookup
+                     case "x$CC" in #(
+  x/*) :
+    if as_fn_executable_p ${CC}_r; then :
+  PTHREAD_CC="${CC}_r"
+fi ;; #(
+  *) :
+    for ac_prog in ${CC}_r
+do
+  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$PTHREAD_CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC="$PTHREAD_CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC="$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+PTHREAD_CC=$ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC
+if test -n "$PTHREAD_CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PTHREAD_CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$PTHREAD_CC" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+  test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" && break
+done
+test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
+ ;;
+esac ;; #(
+  *) :
+     ;;
+esac
+                ;;
+            esac
+        fi
+fi
+
+test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
+
+
+
+
+
+# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
+if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = "xyes"; then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_PTHREAD 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+        :
+else
+        ax_pthread_ok=no
+
+fi
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+
+
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for pthread_mutex_timedlock in -lpthread" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for pthread_mutex_timedlock in -lpthread... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_timedlock+:} false; then :
@@ -24107,6 +24108,20 @@ fi
 
 
 
+# Check whether --enable-pthread-flags was given.
+if test "${enable_pthread_flags+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_pthread_flags; enable_pthread_flags_is=$enableval
+else
+  enable_pthread_flags_is=yes
+fi
+
+if test "$enable_pthread_flags_is" = "yes"
+then
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+	CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+	LIBS="$LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
+fi
+
 HAWK_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T=$ac_cv_sizeof_wchar_t
 
 HAWK_SIZEOF_LONG_LONG=$ac_cv_sizeof_long_long
diff --git a/hawk/configure.ac b/hawk/configure.ac
index 22a9422c..63b6fc7d 100644
--- a/hawk/configure.ac
+++ b/hawk/configure.ac
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ dnl check the math library (check if -lm is needed)
 LT_LIB_M
 AC_SUBST(LIBM, $LIBM)
 
-AX_PTHREAD()
-
 dnl ===== enable-unicode =====
 dnl this enable option is placed way above other options
 dnl as -fshort-wchar affects the size of wchar_t.
@@ -343,7 +341,8 @@ then
 fi
 AC_SUBST(SOCKET_LIBS)
 
-
+dnl pthread
+AX_PTHREAD()
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_mutex_timedlock],  [
 	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMEDLOCK],1,[pthreads has pthread_mutex_timedlock()])
 ])
@@ -987,6 +986,17 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_MOD_UCI, test "${enable_mod_uci_is}" = "yes")
 
 
+dnl ==== include pthread options to the default flags ====
+dnl keep this as  the last option as it changes the default compile flags.                                              dnl otherwise, other tests may get affected if this option is on. 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([pthread-flags], [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-pthread-flags],[add thread flags to CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, LIBS(default. yes)])],
+        enable_pthread_flags_is=$enableval,enable_pthread_flags_is=yes)
+if test "$enable_pthread_flags_is" = "yes"
+then
+	[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"]
+	[CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"]
+	[LIBS="$LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"]
+fi
+
 AC_SUBST(HAWK_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T, $ac_cv_sizeof_wchar_t)
 AC_SUBST(HAWK_SIZEOF_LONG_LONG, $ac_cv_sizeof_long_long)
 AC_SUBST(HAWK_SIZEOF_LONG, $ac_cv_sizeof_long)