+echo $ac_n "checking whether system() can handle command substitution""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:1631: checking whether system() can handle command substitution" >&5
+if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
+ CROSSCOMPILE=1
+else
+ cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 1636 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+
+#include "stdlib.h"
+int main (int argc, char*argv[])
+{
+ return system("echo `echo 0` > config.tmp2");
+}
+
+EOF
+if { (eval echo configure:1646: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} && (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null
+then
+ OK=OK
+else
+ echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+ cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+fi
+rm -fr conftest*
+fi
+
+
+if test "x${OK}" = "xOK";then
+ test -s config.tmp2 || OK=
+fi
+
+if test "x${CROSSCOMPILE}" = "x1";then
+ OK=OK;
+fi
+if test "x${OK}" = "xOK";then
+rm -f config.tmp2
+echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
+export SYSTEM_BACKTICKS=1
+cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define SYSTEM_BACKTICKS 1
+EOF
+
+else
+echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
+
+
+