--- configure.orig	2005-10-13 14:35:34.000000000 +0100
+++ configure	2005-10-13 16:38:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 ###
 ### Removing or attempting to bypass this section in the configure script 
 ### is deemed as agreeing to the conditions outlined in $CCP4/conditions.txt
+### unless the --onlylibs flag is passed.
+
 
 agreed=no
 ans=n
@@ -63,7 +65,20 @@
     user=`whoami`
 fi
 
-### has someone else we (know about) agreed to the ccp4 conditions before?
+
+# if --onlylibs has been specified, then set agreed to yes
+# (a bit of a kludge, but it does the job).
+for arg in $*
+do 
+
+    case $arg in
+      -onlylibs | --onlylibs | --onlylib)
+	agreed=yes
+    ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+### has someone else (we know about) agreed to the ccp4 conditions before?
 ### and if so make sure the the home dir has agreement file
 if test -f .agree2ccp4v6; then
    eval touch ${HOME}/.agree2ccp4v6;
@@ -221,7 +236,8 @@
     -onlylibs | --onlylibs | --onlylib | --onlyli | --onlyl | --onlyl | --only | \
       --onl | --on | --o)
       src= ; dotsrc= ; unsupp= ; dotunsupp= ; dotunsuppsrc= ; 
-      disable_mapslicer=yes ; disable_pdb_extract=yes ;;
+      disable_mapslicer=yes ; disable_pdb_extract=yes 
+      onlylibs=yes ;;
 
     -tmpdir=* | --tmpdir=* | --tmpdi=* | --tmpd=* | --tmp=* | --tm=* | t=*)
       tmpdir=`echo $arg | sed 's/[-a-z_]*=//'` ;;
@@ -363,6 +379,8 @@
 configdir=${PWD}
 test "$tmpdir"  && TMPDIR=${tmpdir}
 
+echo srcdir bindir libdir $srcdir $bindir $libdir 
+
 export libdir RANLIB FC F77 FOPTIM COPTIM XFFLAGS XCFLAGS CC LNS M4 M4FLAGS
 export CXX XCXXFLAGS CXXOPTIM
 export SETFLAGS MAKE F INSTALL_PROGRAM INSTALL_DATA XLDFLAGS TMPDIR
@@ -531,6 +549,8 @@
 badvar=0      # set true if any of the checks fail
 
 # fixme: do we need to check BINSORT_MEM?
+# Yes you do.
+if test -z "$onlylibs" ; then 
 for i in BINSORT_SCR CCP4_SCR CINCL CLIBD CCP4_OPEN PUBLIC_FONT84 \
   # BINSORT_MEM
 do
@@ -540,6 +560,7 @@
   else true
   fi
 done
+fi
 
 test $badvar -eq 1 && exit 1 || true
 
@@ -552,31 +573,33 @@
 #     echo "! Beware -- the $system installation isn't properly tested." ; }
 syswarn='echo; echo "! Beware -- the $system installation is not properly tested."'
 
-for i in CCP4_SCR BINSORT_SCR; do
-  if ( eval test -d \$$i || eval mkdir \$$i ) ; then :
-  else
-    eval echo "! No directory \$$i and can\'t create it."
-    echo "  Check the value of $i."
-    badvar=1
-  fi
-done
+if test -z $onlylibs ; then 
+   for i in CCP4_SCR BINSORT_SCR; do
+     if ( eval test -d \$$i || eval mkdir \$$i ) ; then :
+     else
+       eval echo "! No directory \$$i and can\'t create it."
+       echo "  Check the value of $i."
+       badvar=1
+     fi
+   done
 
-for i in libdir bindir; do
-  if ( eval test -d \$$i || eval mkdir \$$i ) ; then :
-  else
-    eval echo "! No directory \$$i and can\'t create it."
-    echo "  Check the argument of --$i."
-    badvar=1
-  fi
-done
+   for i in libdir bindir; do
+     if ( eval test -d \$$i || eval mkdir \$$i ) ; then :
+     else
+       eval echo "! No directory \$$i and can\'t create it."
+       echo "  Check the argument of --$i."
+       badvar=1
+     fi
+   done
 
-for i in $dotsrc $dotunsupp $dotunsuppsrc ./lib ./lib/src ./lib/data ./ccp4i/etc/unix $mosflmdir/lib $mosflmdir/bin $mosflmdir/cbf/lib ; do
-  if test -d $i || mkdir $i; then :
-  else
-    eval echo "! No directory $i and can\'t create it."
-    badvar=1
-  fi
-done
+   for i in $dotsrc $dotunsupp $dotunsuppsrc ./lib ./lib/src ./lib/data ./ccp4i/etc/unix $mosflmdir/lib $mosflmdir/bin $mosflmdir/cbf/lib ; do
+     if test -d $i || mkdir $i; then :
+     else
+       eval echo "! No directory $i and can\'t create it."
+       badvar=1
+     fi
+   done
+fi
 
 ### sanity checks
 
@@ -588,16 +611,17 @@
 else true
 fi
 
-if touch $BINSORT_SCR/binsort$$ ; then
-  rm $BINSORT_SCR/binsort$$
-else
-  echo "! Can't create $BINSORT_SCR/binsort$$."
-  echo "  Check the value of BINSORT_SCR."
-  badvar=1
+if test -z $onlylibs ; then 
+    if touch $BINSORT_SCR/binsort$$ ; then
+       rm $BINSORT_SCR/binsort$$
+    else
+       echo "! Can't create $BINSORT_SCR/binsort$$."
+       echo "  Check the value of BINSORT_SCR."
+       badvar=1
+    fi
+    test $badvar -eq 1 && exit 1 || true
 fi
 
-test $badvar -eq 1 && exit 1 || true
-
 ### Do specific things for each possible system.  Note we preserve any
 ### supplied values of the variables with the ${...:-...} mechanism.