diff --git a/m4/gcov.m4 b/m4/gcov.m4
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+++ b/m4/gcov.m4
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+# Checks for existence of coverage tools:
+#  * gcov
+#  * lcov
+#  * genhtml
+#  * gcovr
+# 
+# Sets ac_cv_check_gcov to yes if tooling is present
+# and reports the executables to the variables LCOV, GCOVR and GENHTML.
+AC_DEFUN([AC_TDD_GCOV],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gcov,
+  AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gcov],
+		 [enable coverage testing with gcov]),
+  [use_gcov=$enableval], [use_gcov=no])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GCOV, test "x$use_gcov" = "xyes")
+
+  if test "x$use_gcov" = "xyes"; then
+  # we need gcc:
+  if test "$GCC" != "yes"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([GCC is required for --enable-gcov])
+  fi
+
+  # Check if ccache is being used
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(SHTOOL, shtool, shtool)
+  case `$SHTOOL path $CC` in
+    *ccache*[)] gcc_ccache=yes;;
+    *[)] gcc_ccache=no;;
+  esac
+
+  if test "$gcc_ccache" = "yes" && (test -z "$CCACHE_DISABLE" || test "$CCACHE_DISABLE" != "1"); then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([ccache must be disabled when --enable-gcov option is used. You can disable ccache by setting environment variable CCACHE_DISABLE=1.])
+  fi
+
+  lcov_version_list="1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10"
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(LCOV, lcov, lcov)
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(GENHTML, genhtml, genhtml)
+
+  if test "$LCOV"; then
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for lcov version], glib_cv_lcov_version, [
+      glib_cv_lcov_version=invalid
+      lcov_version=`$LCOV -v 2>/dev/null | $SED -e 's/^.* //'`
+      for lcov_check_version in $lcov_version_list; do
+        if test "$lcov_version" = "$lcov_check_version"; then
+          glib_cv_lcov_version="$lcov_check_version (ok)"
+        fi
+      done
+    ])
+  else
+    lcov_msg="To enable code coverage reporting you must have one of the following lcov versions installed: $lcov_version_list"
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([$lcov_msg])
+  fi
+
+  case $glib_cv_lcov_version in
+    ""|invalid[)]
+      lcov_msg="You must have one of the following versions of lcov: $lcov_version_list (found: $lcov_version)."
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([$lcov_msg])
+      LCOV="exit 0;"
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  if test -z "$GENHTML"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find genhtml from the lcov package])
+  fi
+
+  # Remove all optimization flags from CFLAGS
+  changequote({,})
+  CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | $SED -e 's/-O[0-9]*//g'`
+  changequote([,])
+
+  # Add the special gcc flags
+  COVERAGE_CFLAGS="-O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
+  COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS="-O0 -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"	
+  COVERAGE_LDFLAGS="-lgcov"
+  AC_SUBST(COVERAGE_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(COVERAGE_LDFLAGS)
+
+fi
+]) # AC_TDD_GCOV
+
diff --git a/m4/openssl.m4 b/m4/openssl.m4
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index 0000000..0f947bd
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+++ b/m4/openssl.m4
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+AC_DEFUN([AC_OPENSSL],
+[
+	AC_ARG_ENABLE(openssl,
+		AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-openssl],
+		               [disable usage of openssl]))
+
+	AS_IF([test "x$enable_openssl" != "xno"], [
+		AC_MSG_NOTICE("Use openssl if available")
+		m4_include([m4/ax_check_openssl.m4])
+		AX_CHECK_OPENSSL([OPENSSL="-DHAS_OPENSSL"],[OPENSSL=""])
+		AC_SUBST([OPENSSL])
+	])
+])
+
+# vim: set ft=m4 ts=2 sw=2: