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-rw-r--r--winsup/configure.ac8
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/configure.ac b/winsup/configure.ac
index 9205a88..7a2121d 100644
--- a/winsup/configure.ac
+++ b/winsup/configure.ac
@@ -111,10 +111,12 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_BOOTSTRAP, [test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" != "xyes"])
AC_EXEEXT
-AC_CHECK_LIB([bfd], [bfd_init], [true],
- AC_MSG_WARN([Not building dumper.exe since some required libraries or headers are missing]))
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([dumper],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-dumper], [do not build the 'dumper' utility])],
+ [build_dumper=$enableval],
+ [build_dumper=yes])
-AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_DUMPER, [test "x$ac_cv_lib_bfd_bfd_init" = "xyes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_DUMPER, [test "x$build_dumper" = "xyes"])
AC_CONFIG_FILES([
Makefile
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
index a24b781..24c7f92 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
@@ -685,7 +685,8 @@ installed; you at least need <literal>gcc-g++</literal>,
<para>
Additionally, building the <code>dumper</code> utility requires
<literal>gettext-devel</literal>, <literal>libiconv-devel</literal>
-<literal>zlib-devel</literal>.
+<literal>zlib-devel</literal>. Building this program can be disabled with the
+<literal>--disable-dumper</literal> option to <literal>configure</literal>.
</para>
<para>