In response to a public outcry the strings program now defaults to using the

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / configure.ac

diff --git a/binutils/configure.ac b/binutils/configure.ac
index c5da20d62f4741b8d29b01f68e2bc3edf9e3a917..c5aadd8d961b6c6931fe967befca1fa8bab9f1f9 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/configure.ac
+++ b/binutils/configure.ac
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ fi], [default_ar_deterministic=0])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_AR_DETERMINISTIC, $default_ar_deterministic,
                   [Should ar and ranlib use -D behavior by default?])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(default-strings-all,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-default-strings-all],
+               [strings defaults to --data behavior])], [
+if test "${enableval}" = no; then
+  default_strings_all=0
+else
+  default_strings_all=1
+fi], [default_strings_all=1])
+
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_STRINGS_ALL, $default_strings_all,
+                  [Should strings use -a behavior by default?])
+
 AM_BINUTILS_WARNINGS
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h:config.in)