-if test x$USE_MAINTAINER_MODE = xyes
-then
- # Check for doxygen when in maintainer mode since dist* targets fail
- # without it
- AC_PATH_PROG(DOXYGEN,doxygen,`which doxygen`)
- if test x$DOXYGEN = x ; then
- AC_MSG_ERROR([doxygen is mandatory in maintainer mode])
- fi
+# Check for doxygen when in maintainer mode which is helpful to build doc & dist
+AC_PATH_PROG(DOXYGEN,doxygen,`which doxygen`)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DOXYGEN,test x$DOXYGEN != x)
+
+# Can we rebuild the publication list from the bib file?
+AC_CHECK_PROG(BIBTEX,bibtex,`which flexml`,NOTFOUND)
+AC_CHECK_PROG(BIBTOOL,bibtool,`which bibtool`,NOTFOUND)
+AC_CHECK_PROG(ICONV,iconv,`which iconv`,NOTFOUND)
+AC_CHECK_PROG(BIBTEX2HTML,bibtex2html,`which bibtex2html`,NOTFOUND)
+
+BIBTEX2HTML_VER="date"
+if test "x$BIBTEX2HTML" != "xNOTFOUND" ; then
+ BIBTEX2HTML_VER=`$BIBTEX2HTML --help 2>&1 | grep date`
+fi;
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether you have the right bibtex2html and will be able to build HTML files from the bibtex file)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_BIBTEX2HTML,test "x$BIBTEX2HTML_VER" == "x" &&
+ test "x$BIBTEX2HTML" != "xNOTFOUND" &&
+ test "x$BIBTOOL" != "xNOTFOUND" &&
+ test "x$ICONV" != "xNOTFOUND" )
+
+if test "x$BIBTEX2HTML_VER" == "x" &&
+ test "x$BIBTEX2HTML" != "xNOTFOUND" &&
+ test "x$BIBTOOL" != "xNOTFOUND" &&
+ test "x$ICONV" != "xNOTFOUND"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)