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From 5326833697a73826babb6a43c74112da7368d2d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:17:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] do not add check to common cflags/libs

Only the unittests use these flags, so don't go linking them in for
the main library too.
---
 configure.ac | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f23e630..d0654f1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -420,8 +420,7 @@ fi
 
 # The Check unit testing framework is optional. Disable if not found.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([check], [check >= 0.9.4],
-	[have_check="yes"; LIB_CFLAGS="$LIB_CFLAGS $check_CFLAGS";
-	LIBS="$LIBS $check_LIBS"], [have_check="no"])
+	[have_check="yes"], [have_check="no"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CHECK, test x"$have_check" = "xyes")
 
 # The OLS driver uses serial port file descriptors directly, and therefore
-- 
2.0.0