+## mark RPi support as available if the required headers and libs were found
+if test "x$use_rpi" != "xno"; then
+ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_RPI_API],[1],[Define to 1 to include RPi support])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_RPI_API, true)
+ features="$features\n Raspberry Pi support :\t\tyes"
+ LIB_INFO="$LIB_INFO 'RPi'"
+else
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_RPI_API, false)
+ features="$features\n Raspberry Pi support :\t\tno"
+fi
+
+## check if our build system is complete
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(algorithm,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(ctype.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(dlfcn.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(errno.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(fcntl.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(functional,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(locale,,AC_DEFINE([SS_NO_LOCALE],[1],[Define to 1 to exclude locale support]))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(map,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(netdb.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(poll.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(queue,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(semaphore.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(set,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdarg.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdint.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdio.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdlib.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(string,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(string.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(termios.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(unistd.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(vector,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(wchar.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(wctype.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(arpa/inet.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(netinet/in.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(netinet/tcp.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/socket.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/time.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/types.h,,AC_MSG_ERROR($msg_required_header_missing))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([close fcntl select write read shutdown send recv memset sprintf getaddrinfo getsockopt setsockopt connect poll sched_yield open strerror tcsetattr tcgetattr cfsetispeed cfsetospeed bind freeaddrinfo listen accept socket])
+
+## add the build date to LIB_INFO
+AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_GIT, git, yes)
+if test "x$HAVE_GIT" = "xyes"; then
+ revision=$(git --no-pager log --abbrev=7 -n 1 --pretty=format:"%h" HEAD)
+fi
+if test "x$revision" != "x"; then
+ LIB_INFO="$LIB_INFO, git revision: ${revision}"
+fi
+
+AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_DATE, date, yes)
+if test "x$HAVE_DATE" = "xyes"; then
+ LIB_INFO="$LIB_INFO, compiled on: `date -u`"
+else
+ LIB_INFO="$LIB_INFO, compiled on: (unknown date)"
+fi