Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output: Change Dir: /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_3ab5a/fast" make[1]: Entering directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/build make[2]: Entering directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/bin/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -matomic -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DNDEBUG -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -c /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: In function 'main': /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c:8:11: warning: ISO C forbids conversion of function pointer to object pointer type [-Wpedantic] return ((int*)(&pthread_create))[argc]; ^ Linking C executable cmTC_3ab5a /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/bin/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -matomic -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DNDEBUG -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -o cmTC_3ab5a CMakeFiles/cmTC_3ab5a.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o: In function `main': CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text.startup+0x4): undefined reference to `pthread_create' CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text.startup+0x4): undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [cmTC_3ab5a] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: *** [cmTC_3ab5a/fast] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' File /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/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/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_dd863/fast" make[1]: Entering directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_dd863.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_dd863.dir/build make[2]: Entering directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_dd863.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/bin/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -matomic -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -DNDEBUG -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_dd863.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -c /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/share/cmake-3.8/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_dd863 /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_dd863.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/bin/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -matomic -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -DNDEBUG -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_dd863.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -o cmTC_dd863 -lpthreads /home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/host/lib/gcc/arc-buildroot-linux-gnu/7.3.1/../../../../arc-buildroot-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthreads collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [cmTC_dd863] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' make[1]: *** [cmTC_dd863/fast] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/buildroot/buildroot-test/instance-1/output/build/libiio-0.14/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'