Disable assertions by default.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 49ef16c5c59cfd6941c15a70824fcd3b6f402f6e..ce4b46d561f5b5d9e24999ecbf3bfa02651499ff 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
   fi
 fi
 

+dnl This hack turns off assertions by default, assuming
+dnl that configure still uses this shell variable.  Without
+dnl it, AC_HEADER_ASSERT enables assertions by default.
+test -z "$enable_assert"  &&  enable_assert=no
+

 AC_HEADER_ASSERT
 
 dnl ------------------
 AC_HEADER_ASSERT
 
 dnl ------------------