[mltk] Script: New Function 'check-devtools', check for devtools now

later in running to not impede script help (when invoked witout or wrong
parameters).

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/mltk b/mltk
index 24de8d33..73de3601 100755
--- a/mltk
+++ b/mltk
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ 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 git depmod patch mksquashfs"		# '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
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -94,6 +87,16 @@ print_usage() {
 	echo -e ""
 }
 
+
+check_devtools() {
+	# Checking for needed development tools, compilers etc.
+	# Required: m4 make gcc g++ binutils
+	DEVTOOLS="gcc c++ g++ make m4 strip git depmod patch mksquashfs"		# 'strip' as marker for binutils
+	for i in $DEVTOOLS; do
+		which "$i" 2>/dev/null 1>&2 || { echo "Essential development tool $i not found - exiting."; exit 1; }
+	done
+}
+
 initial_checks() {
 	if [ "x$(whoami)" != "xroot" ]; then
 		perror "ERROR: You need to have root rights to install packages."
@@ -284,4 +287,6 @@ REMOTE_AUTOMATIC_BUILD=0
 initial_checks
 read_params $@
 
+check_devtools
+
 run