fi
## check for atomics library before anything that might need it
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([__atomic_load_8],[atomic],[ATOMICLIB="-latomic"],[])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([__atomic_load_8],[atomic])
+if test "x$ac_cv_search___atomic_load_8" = "-latomic"; then
+ ATOMICLIB="-latomic"
+fi
AC_SUBST(ATOMICLIB)
AC_SEARCH_LIBS([shm_open], [rt])