Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output: Change Dir: /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_55cba/fast" make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/build make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/bin/powerpc64le-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -DNDEBUG -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -c /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_55cba /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/bin/powerpc64le-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -DNDEBUG -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -o cmTC_55cba CMakeFiles/cmTC_55cba.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o:(.toc+0x0): undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [cmTC_55cba] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: *** [cmTC_55cba/fast] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' File /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: /* */ #include int main(int argc, char** argv) { (void)argv; #ifndef pthread_create return ((int*)(&pthread_create))[argc]; #else (void)argc; return 0; #endif } Determining if the function pthread_create exists in the pthreads failed with the following output: Change Dir: /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_6e8ac/fast" make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_6e8ac.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_6e8ac.dir/build make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_6e8ac.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/bin/powerpc64le-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -DNDEBUG -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_6e8ac.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -c /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/share/cmake-3.8/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_6e8ac /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_6e8ac.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/bin/powerpc64le-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -DNDEBUG -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_6e8ac.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -o cmTC_6e8ac -lpthreads /home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/host/opt/ext-toolchain/bin/../lib/gcc/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/7.4.0/../../../../powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthreads collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [cmTC_6e8ac] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: *** [cmTC_6e8ac/fast] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dawncrow/buildroot-test/scripts/instance-0/output/build/pulseview-0.4.1/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'