dnl Determine this platform
DC_CHK_OS_INFO

dnl Determine how to create shared objects on this platform
DC_GET_SHOBJFLAGS

ACX_PTHREAD(, [
	AC_WARN([Can't figure out how to compile with pthreads support, run-time will likely fail.])
	AC_MSG_WARN([Can not figure out how to compile with pthreads support, run-time will likely fail.])
])

dnl Determine how to create static archives on this platform
AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib)

dnl Determine how to strip executables