Make capabilities support optional

[nfs-utils.git] / aclocal / libcap.m4

diff --git a/aclocal/libcap.m4 b/aclocal/libcap.m4
index eabe507b6d42e7766598583f7f5846fd42af5800..68a624c141725eaddcc6645d8d9bf65391281a7c 100644 (file)
--- a/aclocal/libcap.m4
+++ b/aclocal/libcap.m4
@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIBCAP], [
   dnl look for prctl
   AC_CHECK_FUNC([prctl], , )
 
-  dnl look for the library; do not add to LIBS if found
-  AC_CHECK_LIB([cap], [cap_get_proc], [LIBCAP=-lcap], ,)
-  AC_SUBST(LIBCAP)
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE([caps],
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-caps], [Disable capabilities support])])
+
+  LIBCAP=
+
+  if test "x$enable_caps" != "xno" ; then
+    dnl look for the library; do not add to LIBS if found
+    AC_CHECK_LIB([cap], [cap_get_proc], [LIBCAP=-lcap], ,)
 
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/capability.h], ,
-                   [AC_MSG_ERROR([libcap headers not found.])])
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/capability.h], ,
+      [test "x$enable_caps" = "xyes" && AC_MSG_ERROR([libcap headers not found.])])
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(LIBCAP)
 
 ])dnl