Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output: Change Dir: /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_31945/fast" make[1]: Entering directory '/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/build make[2]: Entering directory '/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/host/bin/arm-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/host/arm-buildroot-linux-gnueabihf/sysroot -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DNDEBUG -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -c /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: In function 'main': /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/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_31945 /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/host/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/host/bin/arm-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/host/arm-buildroot-linux-gnueabihf/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DNDEBUG -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -o cmTC_31945 CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o: In function `main': CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text.startup+0xc): undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status CMakeFiles/cmTC_31945.dir/build.make:97: recipe for target 'cmTC_31945' failed make[2]: *** [cmTC_31945] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Makefile:126: recipe for target 'cmTC_31945/fast' failed make[1]: *** [cmTC_31945/fast] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' File /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output/build/libiio-0.10/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: /* */ #include int main(int argc, char** argv) { (void)argv; 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