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+From 18917f7fd3160afe06019f4b6234aeb78a3fdb4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
+Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:00:29 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] configure: add option to enable/disable use of GTK+
+
+Distro packagers like predictability and automatically detected optional
+dependencies are not predicable. Add a --with-gtk3 option (default to "auto")
+for forcibly controlling whether GTK+ will be used or not.
+
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712693
+---
+ configure.in | 17 +++++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index f7a89dc..1498f72 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -119,17 +119,22 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strtok_r)
+ # GTK
+ # ===========================================================================
+
+-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTK3],[gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK3_REQUIRED],[have_gtk_3=yes],[have_gtk_3=no])
+-
+ GTK3_BINARY_VERSION=
+
+-if test "$have_gtk_3" = "yes"; then
+- GTK3_BINARY_VERSION="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=gtk_binary_version gtk+-3.0`"
++AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to use GTK+ 3])
++AC_ARG_WITH([gtk3],
++ [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-gtk3],[Don't build GTK+3 tools (default=auto)])],
++ [],[PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK3_REQUIRED],[with_gtk3=yes],[with_gtk3=no])])
++AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_gtk3])
++
++if test "$with_gtk3" = "yes"; then
++ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK3, [gtk+-3.0 >= $GTK3_REQUIRED])
++ GTK3_BINARY_VERSION="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=gtk_binary_version gtk+-3.0`"
+ fi
+
+ AC_SUBST([GTK3_BINARY_VERSION])
+
+-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_GTK_3],[test "$have_gtk_3" = "yes"])
++AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_GTK_3],[test "$with_gtk3" = "yes"])
+
+ dnl ===========================================================================
+ dnl GDK-Pixbuf SVG loader
+@@ -305,6 +310,6 @@ librsvg-$VERSION
+ Build introspectable bindings: ${found_introspection}
+ Build Vala bindings: ${enable_vala}
+ Build GdkPixbuf loader: ${enable_pixbuf_loader}
+- GTK+ $GTK3_REQUIRED or later: ${have_gtk_3}
++ GTK 3.0: ${with_gtk3}
+ Build miscellaenous tools: ${build_misc_tools}
+ "
+--
+1.7.10.4
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