disable unused result warnings when possible
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 67ae35c..1674837 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5561,6 +5561,49 @@
BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
fi
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if we can turn off $CC unused result warning" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking if we can turn off $CC unused result warning... " >&6; }
+ ac_save_cc="$CC"
+ CC="$CC -Wunused-result -Werror"
+ save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ if ${ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning+:} false; then :
+ $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+ cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h. */
+
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+ ;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+ ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning=yes
+
+else
+
+ ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning=no
+
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+ CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+ CC="$ac_save_cc"
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning" >&6; }
+
+ if test $ac_cv_disable_unused_result_warning = yes
+ then
+ BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-unused-result"
+ fi
+
# if using gcc on alpha, use -mieee to get (near) full IEEE 754
# support. Without this, treatment of subnormals doesn't follow
# the standard.