Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output:
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/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/build/libiio-0.18/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c: In function 'main':
/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/build/libiio-0.18/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c:8:11: warning: ISO C forbids conversion of function pointer to object pointer type [-Wpedantic]
   return ((int*)(&pthread_create))[argc];
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Linking C executable cmTC_ec556
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/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/host/bin/powerpc64le-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/host/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/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_ec556.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o  -o cmTC_ec556 
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File /home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/build/libiio-0.18/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c:
/* */
#include <pthread.h>

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/build/instance-0/output-1/build/libiio-0.18/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/make" "cmTC_663f3/fast"
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/build/libiio-0.18/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
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make[2]: Entering directory '/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/build/libiio-0.18/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_663f3.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o
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Linking C executable cmTC_663f3
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/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/host/bin/powerpc64le-linux-gcc --sysroot=/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/host/powerpc64le-buildroot-linux-gnu/sysroot -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wpedantic -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create  -DNDEBUG    -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_663f3.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o  -o cmTC_663f3 -lpthreads 
/home/buildroot/build/instance-0/output-1/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
CMakeFiles/cmTC_663f3.dir/build.make:97: recipe for target 'cmTC_663f3' failed
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