--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -874,10 +874,6 @@ F77
 FFLAGS
 ac_ct_F77
 LIBTOOL
-acx_pthread_config
-PTHREAD_CC
-PTHREAD_LIBS
-PTHREAD_CFLAGS
 LIBOBJS
 LTLIBOBJS'
 ac_subst_files=''
@@ -21946,430 +21942,6 @@ ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS con
 ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
-acx_pthread_ok=no
-
-# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
-# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
-# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
-
-# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
-# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
-# them:
-if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
-        save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-        cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char pthread_join ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return pthread_join ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext &&
-       $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext; then
-  acx_pthread_ok=yes
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-
-fi
-
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $acx_pthread_ok" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$acx_pthread_ok" >&6; }
-        if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
-                PTHREAD_LIBS=""
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
-        fi
-        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-fi
-
-# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
-# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
-# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
-# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
-
-# Create a list of thread flags to try.  Items starting with a "-" are
-# C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
-# which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
-# which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
-
-acx_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
-
-# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important.  Some notes on the
-# individual items follow:
-
-# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
-# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
-#       other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
-# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
-# -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
-# lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
-# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
-# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
-# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
-# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
-#      doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
-#      also defines -D_REENTRANT)
-#      ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
-# pthread: Linux, etcetera
-# --thread-safe: KAI C++
-# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
-
-case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
-        *solaris*)
-
-        # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
-        # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
-        # tests will erroneously succeed.  (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
-        # -lpthread.)  (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
-        # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
-        # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.)  So,
-        # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
-
-        acx_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $acx_pthread_flags"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
-for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
-
-        case $flag in
-                none)
-                { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether pthreads work without any flags" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking whether pthreads work without any flags... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-                ;;
-
-                -*)
-                { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether pthreads work with $flag" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking whether pthreads work with $flag... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
-                ;;
-
-		pthread-config)
-		# Extract the first word of "pthread-config", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy pthread-config; ac_word=$2
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_acx_pthread_config+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$acx_pthread_config"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_acx_pthread_config="$acx_pthread_config" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_acx_pthread_config="yes"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_acx_pthread_config" && ac_cv_prog_acx_pthread_config="no"
-fi
-fi
-acx_pthread_config=$ac_cv_prog_acx_pthread_config
-if test -n "$acx_pthread_config"; then
-  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $acx_pthread_config" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$acx_pthread_config" >&6; }
-else
-  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-		if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
-		PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
-		PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
-		;;
-
-                *)
-                { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for the pthreads library -l$flag" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for the pthreads library -l$flag... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-                PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
-                ;;
-        esac
-
-        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-
-        # Check for various functions.  We must include pthread.h,
-        # since some functions may be macros.  (On the Sequent, we
-        # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
-        # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
-        # while pthread_create is in libc.  We check for pthread_attr_init
-        # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads.  We check for
-        # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
-        # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
-        # We try pthread_create on general principles.
-        cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <pthread.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
-                     pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
-                     pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0);
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext &&
-       $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext; then
-  acx_pthread_ok=yes
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-
-fi
-
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-
-        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $acx_pthread_ok" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$acx_pthread_ok" >&6; }
-        if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
-                break;
-        fi
-
-        PTHREAD_LIBS=""
-        PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
-done
-fi
-
-# Various other checks:
-if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
-        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-        save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-
-        # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
-	{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for joinable pthread attribute" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for joinable pthread attribute... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-	attr_name=unknown
-	for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
-	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <pthread.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-int attr=$attr; return attr;
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext &&
-       $as_test_x conftest$ac_exeext; then
-  attr_name=$attr; break
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-
-fi
-
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-	done
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $attr_name" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$attr_name" >&6; }
-        if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE $attr_name
-_ACEOF
-
-        fi
-
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if more special flags are required for pthreads" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-        flag=no
-        case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
-            *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
-            *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
-        esac
-        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${flag}" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}${flag}" >&6; }
-        if test "x$flag" != xno; then
-            PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-        fi
-
-        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-
-        # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlc_r or cc_r
-	if test x"$GCC" != xyes; then
-          for ac_prog in xlc_r cc_r
-do
-  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$PTHREAD_CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC="$PTHREAD_CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC="$ac_prog"
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-PTHREAD_CC=$ac_cv_prog_PTHREAD_CC
-if test -n "$PTHREAD_CC"; then
-  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $PTHREAD_CC" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$PTHREAD_CC" >&6; }
-else
-  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-  test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" && break
-done
-test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="${CC}"
-
-        else
-          PTHREAD_CC=$CC
-	fi
-else
-        PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
-fi
-
-
-
-
-
-# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
-if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_PTHREAD 1
-_ACEOF
-
-        :
-else
-        acx_pthread_ok=no
-
-fi
-ac_ext=c
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
-ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
-ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
-
-
-
-LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
-
 
 	{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing gethostbyname" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing gethostbyname... $ECHO_C" >&6; }