AC_DEFUN([AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__], [ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for __attribute__) AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv___attribute__, [ AC_TRY_COMPILE( [#include static void foo(void) __attribute__ ((unused)); void foo(void) { exit(1); }], [], ac_cv___attribute__=yes, ac_cv___attribute__=no )]) if test "$ac_cv___attribute__" = "yes"; then AC_DEFINE(HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__, 1, [define if your compiler has __attribute__]) fi AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv___attribute__) ])