diff -r 000000000000 -r 1918ee327afb config.tests/unix/bsymbolic_functions.test
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/config.tests/unix/bsymbolic_functions.test	Mon Jan 11 14:00:40 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+BSYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORT=no
+COMPILER=$1
+VERBOSE=$2
+
+cat >>bsymbolic_functions.c << EOF
+int main() { return 0; }
+EOF
+
+"$COMPILER" -o libtest.so -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIC bsymbolic_functions.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && BSYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORT=yes
+rm -f bsymbolic_functions.c libtest.so
+
+# done
+if [ "$BSYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORT" != "yes" ]; then
+    [ "$VERBOSE" = "yes" ] && echo "Symbolic function binding disabled."
+    exit 0
+else
+    [ "$VERBOSE" = "yes" ] && echo "Symbolic function binding enabled."
+    exit 1
+fi