+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC supports -fmerge-constants" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC supports -fmerge-constants... " >&6; }
+if test "${gold_cv_merge_constants+set}" = set; then :
+ $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+
+save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fmerge-constants"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h. */
+const char *s = "foo";
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+ have_merge_constants=yes
+else
+ have_merge_constants=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $gold_cv_merge_constants" >&5
+$as_echo "$gold_cv_merge_constants" >&6; }
+
+if test "$gold_cv_merge_constants" = yes; then :
+ MERGE_CONSTANTS_FLAG=-fmerge-constants
+else
+ MERGE_CONSTANTS_FLAG=
+fi
+