-dnl don't attemp to use poll on darwin, it can't poll a tty. select will do a better job.
-if test "${SYS}" != "darwin"; then
- AC_SEARCH_LIBS(poll, [poll], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POLL, 1, [Define to 1 if the OS is usabl... err, has poll().])])
+dnl Check for poll
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(poll, [poll], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POLL, 1, [Define to 1 if the OS is usabl... err, has poll().])], [
+if test ${SYS} != "mingw32"
+then
+ AC_MSG_WARN([Your platform does not support poll(). VLC has it's own poll() implementation, but it is only intended to be used on Windows. VLC might crash or be insecure when you see this message. Either switch to an OS with a proper poll() implementation, or implement one for your OS in VLC])