add option to skip upadting erlang deps on ./configure

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cbf55c816..b5d56e9b1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TEST=0
 WITH_CURL="false"
 WITH_FAUXTON=1
 WITH_DOCS=1
+SKIP_DEPS=0
 
 PREFIX=
 DEFAULT_PREFIX=/usr/local
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Options:
   -c | --with-curl            request that couchjs is linked to cURL (default false)
   --disable-fauxton           do not build Fauxton
   --disable-docs              do not build any documentation or manpages
+  --skip-deps                 do not update erlang dependencies
 
 
   Installation directories:
@@ -122,6 +124,12 @@ parse_opts() {
                 continue
                 ;;
 
+            --skip-deps)
+                SKIP_DEPS=1
+                shift
+                continue
+                ;;
+
             --user|-u)
                 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
                     eval COUCHDB_USER=$2
@@ -625,7 +633,7 @@ EOF
 
 
 # only update dependencies, when we are not in a release tarball
-if [ -d .git ]; then
+if [ -d .git  -a $SKIP_DEPS -ne 1 ]; then
   echo "==> updating dependencies"
   rebar get-deps update-deps
 fi