3 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3c8a72f3..1c686d0c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-08-08         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Add -DNDEBUG to remove asserts if not developing.
+
 2012-08-01         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* io.c (iop_finish): New function.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c45d0cd0..56409961 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5553,6 +5553,7 @@ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
 else
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNDEBUG"	# turn off assertions
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f3cf6777..bb81f800 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
 else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNDEBUG"	# turn off assertions
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)