Index: /trunk/ppImage/configure.ac
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--- /trunk/ppImage/configure.ac	(revision 5977)
+++ /trunk/ppImage/configure.ac	(revision 5978)
@@ -14,4 +14,13 @@
 dnl AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
+dnl handle debug building
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(optimize,
+  [AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-optimize,enable compiler optimization)],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(compile optimization enabled)
+   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -O2"],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT([compile optimization disabled])
+   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -O0 -g"]
+)
+
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PSLIB], [pslib >= 0.9.0]) 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PSMODULE], [psmodule >= 0.0.0]) 
