On e.g. QNX it is in an external library, not libc.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754875
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ppoll])
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pselect])
+dnl check for socketpair()
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(socketpair, [], [
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socketpair, [
+ SOCKET_LIBS="-lsocket"
+ AC_SUBST(SOCKET_LIBS)
+ ])
+])
+
dnl ****************************************
dnl *** GLib POLL* compatibility defines ***
dnl ****************************************
$(GST_PRINTF_LA) \
$(GST_ALL_LIBS) \
$(WIN32_LIBS) \
+ $(SOCKET_LIBS) \
$(LIBM)
libgstreamer_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = \