Do direct Linux system calls in the preloader to avoid trouble with

configure

@@ -14607,56 +14607,6 @@ esac
 
 case $host_os in
   linux*)
-    ac_wine_try_cflags_saved=$CFLAGS
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -static"
-cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  :
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: You need to install the static version of glibc to build Wine." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: You need to install the static version of glibc to build Wine." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-fi
-rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-CFLAGS=$ac_wine_try_cflags_saved
     WINE_BINARIES="wine-glibc wine-kthread wine-pthread wine-preloader"
 
     MAIN_BINARY="wine-glibc"

configure.ac

@@ -989,7 +989,6 @@ esac
 
 case $host_os in
   linux*)
-    WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-static],,AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to install the static version of glibc to build Wine.]))
     AC_SUBST(WINE_BINARIES,"wine-glibc wine-kthread wine-pthread wine-preloader")
     AC_SUBST(MAIN_BINARY,"wine-glibc")
     ;;

loader/Makefile.in

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ wine-glibc: glibc.o Makefile.in
 	$(CC) -o $@ glibc.o $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 wine-preloader: preloader.o Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ -static -nostartfiles -Wl,-Ttext=0x78000000 preloader.o $(LIBPORT) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ -static -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs -Wl,-Ttext=0x78000000 preloader.o $(LIBPORT) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 wine-kthread: $(KTHREAD_OBJS) Makefile.in
 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDEXECFLAGS) $(KTHREAD_OBJS) $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS)