1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 09f732b4..357ca69e 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Run this to set up the build system: configure, makefiles, etc.
-
+#
+# NOCONFIGURE
+#  If set to any value it will generate all files but not invoke the
+#  generated configure script.
+#   e.g. NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 
 package="ghostscript"
 
@@ -44,11 +48,13 @@ echo "  running autoreconf"
 autoreconf || exit 1
 
 
-if test -z "$*"; then
+if test x"$NOCONFIGURE" = x""; then
+  if test -z "$*"; then
         echo "I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish "
         echo "to pass any to it, please specify them on the $0 command line."
-else
+  else
 	echo "running ./configure $@"
-fi
+  fi
 
-$srcdir/configure "$@" && echo
+  $srcdir/configure "$@" && echo
+fi