(AC__GNU_SOURCE): New file/macro.

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+#serial 1
+# Make sure _GNU_SOURCE is defined where necessary: as early as possible
+# for configure-time tests, as well as for every source file that includes
+# config.h.
+
+# From Jim Meyering.
+
+AC_DEFUN(AC__GNU_SOURCE,
+[
+  # Make sure that _GNU_SOURCE is defined for all subsequent
+  # configure-time compile tests.
+  # This definition must be emitted (into confdefs.h) before any
+  # test that involves compilation.
+  AC_DEFINE(_GNU_SOURCE_KLUDGE, [1
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+# define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif], [This definition has a four-line value, the last three of which
+ensure that _GNU_SOURCE is defined in confdefs.h.])
+
+  # Emit this code into config.h.in.
+  # The ifndef is to avoid redefinition warnings.
+  AH_VERBATIM([_GNU_SOURCE], [#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+# define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif])
+])