Bug 1861365 - Detect statically linking with libstdc++ r=glandium

Do this by scanning for lib(std)c++ in the dynamic section.

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D194744

build/autoconf/compiler-opts.m4

@@ -102,6 +102,41 @@ if test "$GNU_CC" -a "$GCC_USE_GNU_LD" -a -z "$MOZ_DISABLE_ICF" -a -z "$DEVELOPE
     fi
 fi
 
+dnl ========================================================
+dnl = Detect static linkage of libstdc++
+dnl ========================================================
+
+if test "$OS_TARGET" = Linux; then
+
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether we're trying to statically link with libstdc++],
+    moz_cv_opt_static_libstdcxx,
+    [moz_cv_opt_static_libstdcxx=no
+     AC_LANG_SAVE
+     AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+     cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#include <iostream>
+int main() { std::cout << 1; }
+EOF
+     dnl This test is quite conservative: it assumes dynamic linkage if the compilation step fails or if
+     dnl the binary format is not supported. But it still detects basic issues.
+     if AC_TRY_EVAL([ac_link]) && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} && $LLVM_OBJDUMP --private-headers conftest${ac_exeext} 2> conftest.err 1> conftest.out
+     then
+         if test -s conftest.err
+         then :
+         elif grep -q -E 'NEEDED.*lib(std)?c\+\+' conftest.out
+         then :
+         else moz_cv_opt_static_libstdcxx=yes
+         fi
+     fi
+     AC_LANG_RESTORE
+     rm -f conftest*
+])
+if test "$moz_cv_opt_static_libstdcxx" = "yes"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Firefox does not support linking statically with libstdc++])
+fi
+
+fi
+
 dnl ========================================================
 dnl = Automatically remove dead symbols
 dnl ========================================================