+dnl checks for Unix variants
+AC_AIX
+AC_GNU_SOURCE
+
+### Use -Wno-pointer-sign if the compiler supports it
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether gcc understands -Wno-pointer-sign])
+SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-pointer-sign"
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [], has_option=yes, has_option=no,)
+if test $has_option = yes; then
+ C_WARNINGS_SWITCH="-Wno-pointer-sign $C_WARNINGS_SWITCH"
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT($has_option)
+CFLAGS="$SAVE_CFLAGS"
+unset has_option
+unset SAVE_CFLAGS
+