set(check_cxx_linker_flag_patterns
    FAIL_REGEX "[Uu]nrecogni[sz]ed .*option"               # GNU, NAG
    FAIL_REGEX "switch .* is no longer supported"          # GNU
    FAIL_REGEX "unknown .*option"                          # Clang
    FAIL_REGEX "optimization flag .* not supported"        # Clang
    FAIL_REGEX "unknown argument ignored"                  # Clang (cl)
    FAIL_REGEX "ignoring unknown option"                   # MSVC, Intel
    FAIL_REGEX "warning D9002"                             # MSVC, any lang
    FAIL_REGEX "option.*not supported"                     # Intel
    FAIL_REGEX "invalid argument .*option"                 # Intel
    FAIL_REGEX "ignoring option .*argument required"       # Intel
    FAIL_REGEX "ignoring option .*argument is of wrong type" # Intel
    FAIL_REGEX "[Uu]nknown option"                         # HP
    FAIL_REGEX "[Ww]arning: [Oo]ption"                     # SunPro
    FAIL_REGEX "command option .* is not recognized"       # XL
    FAIL_REGEX "command option .* contains an incorrect subargument" # XL
    FAIL_REGEX "Option .* is not recognized.  Option will be ignored." # XL
    FAIL_REGEX "not supported in this configuration. ignored"       # AIX
    FAIL_REGEX "File with unknown suffix passed to linker" # PGI
    FAIL_REGEX "[Uu]nknown switch"                         # PGI
    FAIL_REGEX "WARNING: unknown flag:"                    # Open64
    FAIL_REGEX "Incorrect command line option:"            # Borland
    FAIL_REGEX "Warning: illegal option"                   # SunStudio 12
    FAIL_REGEX "[Ww]arning: Invalid suboption"             # Fujitsu
    FAIL_REGEX "An invalid option .* appears on the command line" # Cray
  )

function(check_cxx_linker_flag _flag _var)
    set (_source "int main() { return 0; }")
    include (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
    check_cxx_source_compiles("${_source}" _result ${check_cxx_linker_flag_patterns})
    set(${_var} "${_result}" PARENT_SCOPE)
endfunction()