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diff --git a/gdb/configure.ac b/gdb/configure.ac
index d7409d0..5ae3a6b 100644
--- a/gdb/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/configure.ac
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ dnl along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+dnl Provide more thorough testing by -lmcheck.
+dnl Set it to 'true' for development snapshots, 'false' for releases or
+dnl pre-releases.
+development=true
+
AC_PREREQ(2.59)dnl
AC_INIT(main.c)
AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.in)
@@ -640,6 +645,11 @@ AC_SUBST(READLINE_DEPS)
AC_SUBST(READLINE_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(READLINE_TEXI_INCFLAG)
+dnl -lmcheck provides cheap enough memory mangling for debugging purposes.
+if $development; then
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(mcheck, main)
+fi
+
# Generate jit-reader.h
# This is typedeffed to GDB_CORE_ADDR in jit-reader.h
@@ -1822,8 +1832,8 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(werror,
*) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-werror) ;;
esac])
-# Enable -Werror by default when using gcc
-if test "${GCC}" = yes -a -z "${ERROR_ON_WARNING}" ; then
+# Enable -Werror by default when using gcc. Turn it off for releases.
+if test "${GCC}" = yes -a -z "${ERROR_ON_WARNING}" && $development; then
ERROR_ON_WARNING=yes
fi