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<dt>AC_TRY_COMPILE
<dt>AC_TRY_COMPILE</dt>
<dd>Try to compile a program with a specified set of compile and linker flags.
<dd>Try to compile a program with a specified set of compile and linker flags.</dd>
 
<dt>AC_TRY_RUN</dt>
<dt>AC_TRY_RUN
<dd>Try to compile and run a program with a specified set of compile and linker flags.</dd>
<dd>Try to compile and run a program with a specified set of compile and linker flags.
<dt>Checking for headers and libraries</dt>
 
<dd>Search the system for the existence of required and optional headers and libraries.</dd>
<dt>Checking for headers and libraries
<dt>Using pkgconfig to locate headers and libraries</dt>
<dd>Search the system for the existence of required and optional headers and libraries.
<dd>Use pkgconfig to get correct compile and link flags for a specified package.</dd>
 
<dt>Custom tests</dt>
<dt>Using pkgconfig to locate headers and libraries
<dd>e.g. Compiling a file to assembly and searching the resulting file for a particular pattern</dd>
<dd>Use pkgconfig to get correct compile and link flags for a specified package.
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