From 1727f2c6ae07ef5aee7675f2091ff7770826f6b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kleis Auke Wolthuizen <github@kleisauke.nl>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:28:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Disable modules by default when building static libraries

Might help: https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/2317
---
 configure.ac | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ad6b8bf..42672880 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -423,8 +423,15 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HAVE_CHECKED_MUL, glib-2.0 >= 2.48,
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build dynamic modules])
 
+# Disable modules by default when building static libraries
+AS_IF([test x"$enable_static" = x"yes"],
+  [enable_modules_default=no],
+  [enable_modules_default=yes])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([modules], 
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-modules], [disable dynamic modules (default: enabled)]))
+  AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-modules], [disable dynamic modules (default: test)]),
+  [enable_modules="$enableval"],
+  [enable_modules="$enable_modules_default"])
 
 gmodule_supported_bool=false
 gmodule_supported_flag=no