trying to fix the first part of #310033 by detecting gcc <= 3.2 Daniel

* configure.in: trying to fix the first part of #310033 by
  detecting gcc <= 3.2
Daniel
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a608d05..ac3c3ed 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -812,9 +812,25 @@
 	   THREAD_CFLAGS="$THREAD_CFLAGS -DHAVE_BEOS_THREADS"
        ;;
        *linux*)
-           if test "${GCC}" = "yes" -a "${THREAD_LIBS}" = "-lpthread" ; then
-	       THREAD_LIBS=""
-	       BASE_THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
+           if test "${GCC}" = "yes" ; then
+	       GCC_VERSION=`${CC} --version | head -1 | awk '{print $3}'`
+	       GCC_MAJOR=`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | sed 's+\..*++'`
+	       GCC_MEDIUM=`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | sed 's+[[0-9]]*\.++' | sed 's+\..*++'`
+	       if test "${THREAD_LIBS}" = "-lpthread" ; then
+	           if expr ${GCC_MEDIUM} \> 2 \& ${GCC_MAJOR} = 3 > /dev/null
+		   then
+		       THREAD_LIBS=""
+		       BASE_THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
+		   else
+		   if expr ${GCC_MAJOR} \> 3 > /dev/null 
+		   then
+		       THREAD_LIBS=""
+		       BASE_THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
+		   else
+		       echo old GCC disabling weak symbols for pthread
+		   fi
+		   fi
+	       fi
 	   fi
        ;;
     esac