Index: trunk/psphot/configure.ac
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--- trunk/psphot/configure.ac	(revision 6310)
+++ trunk/psphot/configure.ac	(revision 6495)
@@ -24,4 +24,11 @@
 )
 
+dnl handle profiler building
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(profile,
+  [AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-profile,enable compiler profiler information inclusion)],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(compile optimization enabled)
+   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=} -pg"]
+)
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB(jpeg,jpeg_CreateCompress,[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([jpeg library not found.])])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PSLIB, pslib >= 0.9.0)