From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
As the README chunk says, disabled by default, since they rely on
internal API/ABI and can break at any point.
Instead everyone affected should work and upstream their plugin into the
bluez project.
---
README | 13 +++++++++++++
configure.ac | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7de7045a8..6c0777046 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -249,6 +249,19 @@ For a working system, certain configuration options need to be enabled:
systems. The behavior of the deprecated tools may be unstable
or simply don't work anymore.
+ --enable-external-plugins
+
+ Enable support for external plugins
+
+ By default external plugins for bluetoothd and obexd are not
+ supported and thus disabled.
+
+ External plugins require access to internal, undocumented and
+ unversioned API in said daemons. As such they can break at any
+ time. If you have such plugins, enable this option and work
+ actively with the community to make said plugin part of the
+ upstream bluez project.
+
--enable-nfc
This option enable NFC pairing support.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cab5da581..5e353a1d6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -364,6 +364,16 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(deprecated, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-deprecated],
[enable_deprecated=${enableval}])
AM_CONDITIONAL(DEPRECATED, test "${enable_deprecated}" = "yes")
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(external-plugsin, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-external-plugins],
+ [enable support for external plugins]),
+ [enable_external_plugins=${enableval}])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(EXTERNAL_PLUGINS, test "${enable_external_plugins}" = "yes")
+if (test "${enable_external_plugins}" = "yes"); then
+ AC_DEFINE(EXTERNAL_PLUGINS, 1, [Define if external plugin support is required])
+else
+ AC_DEFINE(EXTERNAL_PLUGINS, 0, [Define if external plugin support is required])
+fi
+
AC_ARG_ENABLE(sixaxis, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-sixaxis],
[enable sixaxis plugin]), [enable_sixaxis=${enableval}])
AM_CONDITIONAL(SIXAXIS, test "${enable_sixaxis}" = "yes" &&
--
2.43.0
