+dnl handle --enable-relative-symlinks
+dnl
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([symlink-relative-symlinks],
+[ --enable-relative-symlinks use relative symlinks when installing],
+if test "$enableval" = "no"
+then
+ SYMLINK_RELATIVE=
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([Disabling relative symlinks for install])
+else
+ SYMLINK_RELATIVE=--relative
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([Enabling symlinks for install])
+fi
+,
+ SYMLINK_RELATIVE=
+AC_MSG_RESULT([Disabling relative symlinks for install by default])
+)
+AC_SUBST(SYMLINK_RELATIVE)
+dnl