build system: add back the --disable-protoc option to configure

Makefile.am

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST += protobuf-c/libprotobuf-c.pc.in
 # protoc-c
 #
 
+if BUILD_COMPILER
+
 bin_PROGRAMS += protoc-c/protoc-c
 protoc_c_protoc_c_SOURCES = \
 	protoc-c/c_bytes_field.cc \
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ BUILT_SOURCES += \
 	t/test-full.pb.cc t/test-full.pb.h \
 	t/generated-code2/test-full-cxx-output.inc
 
+endif # BUILD_COMPILER
+
 EXTRA_DIST += \
 	t/test.proto \
 	t/test-full.proto \

configure.ac

@@ -26,12 +26,20 @@ else
     AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config is required!])
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([protoc],
+  AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-protoc], [Disable building protoc_c (also disables tests)]))
+if test "x$enable_protoc" != "xno"; then
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([protobuf], [protobuf])
   AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
   AC_PATH_PROG(PROTOC, protoc)
   if test -z "$PROTOC"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install the protobuf compiler from https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/.])
   fi
+  PROTOBUF_VERSION="$($PROTOC --version)"
+else
+  PROTOBUF_VERSION="not required, not building compiler"
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_COMPILER], [test "x$enable_protoc" != "xno"])
 
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 
@@ -53,5 +61,5 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([
         pkgconfigdir:           ${pkgconfigdir}
 
         bigendian:              ${ac_cv_c_bigendian}
-        protobuf version:       $($PROTOC --version)
+        protobuf version:       ${PROTOBUF_VERSION}
 ])