Index: Reusable-Cluster-Components-glue-1.0/configure.ac
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--- Reusable-Cluster-Components-glue-1.0.orig/configure.ac	2009-10-20 17:16:25.000000000 +0400
+++ Reusable-Cluster-Components-glue-1.0/configure.ac	2009-10-20 17:25:00.000000000 +0400
@@ -428,25 +428,9 @@
 AC_MSG_RESULT($BUILD_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_VERSION)
 
-
-dnl check if there are getpid() inconsistency
-dnl	Note: reduce LIBS; in particular, ltdl can cause confusion.
-dnl	Possibly better:  move 'LIBS="$LIBS -lltdl"' from above to beyond here.
-dnl
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for getpid() consistency in multi-process/threads program)
-ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lpthread"
-AC_TRY_RUN(`cat $srcdir/config/pidtest.c`, 
-AC_MSG_RESULT(ok), 
-[AC_MSG_RESULT(fail); AC_DEFINE(GETPID_INCONSISTENT, 1 , [pid inconsistent])],)
-LIBS=$ac_save_LIBS
-
-dnl check byte order
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for byteorder)
-AC_TRY_RUN(`cat $srcdir/config/byteorder_test.c`,
-[AC_MSG_RESULT(little-endian); AC_DEFINE(CONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN, 1, [little-endian])],
-[AC_MSG_RESULT(big-endian); AC_DEFINE(CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN, 1, [big-endian])],)
-
+AC_C_BIGENDIAN(
+  [AC_DEFINE(CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN, 1, [big])],
+  [AC_DEFINE(CONFIG_LITTLE_ENDIAN, 1, [little])])
 
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