Added a check for needed devtools, compilers etc. to mltk, exiting

if a tool is not found.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mltk b/mltk
index 3f8442a0..590c1254 100755
--- a/mltk
+++ b/mltk
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ SELF="$(readlink -f $0)"
 ROOT_DIR="$(dirname "${SELF}")"
 MLTK_PID="$$"
 
+# Checking for needed development tools, compilers etc.
 # Required: m4 make gcc g++ binutils
+DEVTOOLS="gcc c++ g++ make m4 strip"		# 'strip' as marker for binutils
+for i in $DEVTOOLS; do
+	which "$i" 2>/dev/null 1>&2 || { echo "Essential development tool $i not found - exiting."; exit 1; }
+done
 
 # Make apt-get install non-interactive when it comes to postinstall questions
 # ie. kdm asking which dm you want to set as default