Revamp the initrd scripts to use a new helper program,
e2initrd_helper, which obviates the need for using /bin/awk
and mounting/unmounting the root filesystem during the initrd
process. (Addresses Debian Bug #247775)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 79a39f4..d8850fb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -531,6 +531,25 @@
AC_SUBST(FSCK_PROG)
AC_SUBST(FSCK_MAN)
dnl
+dnl See whether to install the `e2initrd-helper' program
+dnl
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([e2initrd-helper],
+[ --enable-e2initrd-helper build e2initrd-helper program],
+[if test "$enableval" = "no"
+then
+ E2INITRD_PROG='' E2INITRD_MAN=''
+ echo "Not building e2initrd helper"
+else
+ E2INITRD_PROG=e2initrd_helper E2INITRD_MAN=e2initrd_helper.8
+ echo "Building e2initrd helper"
+fi]
+,
+E2INITRD_PROG=e2initrd_helper E2INITRD_MAN=e2initrd_helper.8
+echo "Building e2initrd helper by default"
+)
+AC_SUBST(E2INITRD_PROG)
+AC_SUBST(E2INITRD_MAN)
+dnl
dnl
MAKEFILE_LIBRARY=$srcdir/lib/Makefile.library
AC_SUBST_FILE(MAKEFILE_LIBRARY)