Determining if the pthread_create exist failed with the following output: Change Dir: /var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/gmake" "cmTC_7fdce/fast" /usr/bin/gmake -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/build gmake[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DNDEBUG -O2 -pipe -march=native -Wall -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -c /var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp/CheckSymbolExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_7fdce /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -pipe -march=native -Wall -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o -o cmTC_7fdce CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/CheckSymbolExists.c.o: In function `main': CheckSymbolExists.c:(.text.startup+0x6): undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_7fdce.dir/build.make:98: cmTC_7fdce] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' gmake: *** [Makefile:126: cmTC_7fdce/fast] Error 2 File /var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/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: /var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp Run Build Command:"/usr/bin/gmake" "cmTC_f1061/fast" /usr/bin/gmake -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/build gmake[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DNDEBUG -O2 -pipe -march=native -Wall -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -c /usr/share/cmake/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c Linking C executable cmTC_f1061 /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/link.txt --verbose=1 /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -pipe -march=native -Wall -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=pthread_create -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -rdynamic CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o -o cmTC_f1061 -lpthreads /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/6.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpthreads collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_f1061.dir/build.make:98: cmTC_f1061] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/dev-ros/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48/work/dynamic_reconfigure-1.5.48_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp' gmake: *** [Makefile:126: cmTC_f1061/fast] Error 2