use cppunit >= 1.12.0 installed on the system, if present, and don't

compile it

campcaster/bin/autogen.sh

@@ -79,5 +79,9 @@ configure=${tmpdir}/configure
 cp -f ${bindir}/install-sh ${tmpdir}
 cp -f ${configure_ac} ${tmpdir}
 
+echo "  aclocal"
+aclocal
+
 echo "  autoconf -I ${tmpdir} -o ${configure} ${configure_ac}"
 autoconf -I ${tmpdir} -o ${configure} ${configure_ac}
+

campcaster/etc/Makefile.in

@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ FLAWFINDER_FILE  = ${DOC_DIR}/flawfinderReport.html
 
 TOOLS_DIR  = ${SRC_DIR}/tools
 
-CXXUNIT_DIR       = ${TOOLS_DIR}/cppunit
-CXXUNIT_VERSION   = cppunit-1.10.2
+CPPUNIT_DIR       = ${TOOLS_DIR}/cppunit
+CPPUNIT_VERSION   = cppunit-1.10.2
 LIBODBCXX_DIR     = ${TOOLS_DIR}/libodbc++
 LIBODBCXX_VERSION = libodbc++-0.2.3-20050404
 XMLRPCXX_DIR      = ${TOOLS_DIR}/xmlrpc++
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ recompile: modprod_distclean modules_setup products_setup compile
 
 tools_setup: ${TMP_DIR}/tools_setup.stamp
 ${TMP_DIR}/tools_setup.stamp:
-	cd ${CXXUNIT_DIR}/${CXXUNIT_VERSION} && ./configure --prefix=${prefix}
-	${MAKE} -C ${CXXUNIT_DIR}/${CXXUNIT_VERSION} install
+ifeq ("@COMPILE_CPPUNIT@", "yes")
+	cd ${CPPUNIT_DIR}/${CPPUNIT_VERSION} && ./configure --prefix=${prefix}
+	${MAKE} -C ${CPPUNIT_DIR}/${CPPUNIT_VERSION} install
+endif
 
 	cd ${LIBODBCXX_DIR}/${LIBODBCXX_VERSION} && ./configure --prefix=${prefix}
 	${MAKE} -C ${LIBODBCXX_DIR}/${LIBODBCXX_VERSION} install
@@ -230,7 +232,9 @@ ${TMP_DIR}/tools_setup.stamp:
 	touch ${TMP_DIR}/tools_setup.stamp
 
 tools_distclean:
-	-${MAKE} -C ${CXXUNIT_DIR}/${CXXUNIT_VERSION} distclean
+ifeq ("@COMPILE_CPPUNIT@", "yes")
+	-${MAKE} -C ${CPPUNIT_DIR}/${CPPUNIT_VERSION} distclean
+endif
 	-${MAKE} -C ${LIBODBCXX_DIR}/${LIBODBCXX_VERSION} distclean
 	-${MAKE} -C ${XMLRPCXX_DIR}/${XMLRPCXX_VERSION} distclean
 	-${MAKE} -C ${GSTREAMER_DIR}/${GSTREAMER_VERSION} distclean

campcaster/etc/configure.ac

@@ -275,6 +275,21 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([studio-audio-cue],
 AC_MSG_RESULT([using audio cue device for studio: ${STUDIO_AUDIO_CUE}])
 
 
+dnl-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl  determine which optional packages will be compiled
+dnl-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([cppunit >= 1.12.0],
+[
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([using cppunit found on the system])
+    COMPILE_CPPUNIT="no"
+],
+[
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([did not find cppunit >= 1.12.0, will compile from our own])
+    COMPILE_CPPUNIT="yes"
+])
+
+
 dnl-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl  set up the individual components
 dnl
@@ -359,12 +374,12 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE(
 [compiling the following external libraries that are needed
 by Campcaster:
 
-    cppunit 1.10.2
-    gstreamer 0.8.12
-    libodbc++ 0.2.3
-    taglib 1.4
-    xmlrpc++ 2004-07-13
-    libserial 0.5.2
+    cppunit 1.10.2          ${COMPILE_CPPUNIT}
+    gstreamer 0.8.12        yes
+    libodbc++ 0.2.3         yes
+    taglib 1.4              yes
+    xmlrpc++ 2004-07-13     yes
+    libserial 0.5.2         yes
 
 using the following configuration settings: