diff -r 47272dc0b12a -r 148f0a31e2d8 configure
--- a/configure	Tue Jul 03 22:05:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/configure	Sun Jul 22 17:44:27 2007 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 LIBDIR_set=
 DOCDIR_set=
 MANDIR_set=
+LOCAL_set=
 
 get_optval(){
     local ret
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 Configuration:
   -h, --help              display this help and exit                                                                                                                  
   --prefix=PREFIX         install files in PREFIX [${PREFIX_DEFAULT}]
+  --local                 don't install, and use current directory
 
 By default, \`make install' will install all the files in
 \`${PREFIX_DEFAULT}/bin', \`${PREFIX_DEFAULT}/lib' etc.  You can specify
@@ -102,12 +104,20 @@
         --libdir*)  set_libdir "$1" "$2" && shift || shift 2;;
         --docdir*)  set_docdir "$1" "$2" && shift || shift 2;;
         --mandir*)  set_mandir "$1" "$2" && shift || shift 2;;
+        --local)    LOCAL_set=1; shift;;
         --help|-h)  do_help; exit 0;;
         *)          do_help; exit 1;;
     esac
 done
 
 [ -z "${PREFIX}" ] && set_prefix "" "${PREFIX_DEFAULT}"
+if [ "${LOCAL_set}" = "1" ]; then
+    set_prefix "" $(pwd)
+    set_bindir "" $(pwd)
+    set_libdir "" $(pwd)
+    set_docdir "" $(pwd)/docs
+    set_mandir "" $(pwd)/docs
+fi
 
 sed -r -e "s,@@BINDIR@@,${BINDIR},g;"   \
        -e "s,@@LIBDIR@@,${LIBDIR},g;"   \
@@ -115,6 +125,7 @@
        -e "s,@@MANDIR@@,${MANDIR},g;"   \
        -e "s,@@VERSION@@,${VERSION},g;" \
        -e "s,@@DATE@@,${DATE},g;"       \
+       -e "s,@@LOCAL@@,${LOCAL_set},g;" \
        Makefile.in >Makefile
 
 cat <<__EOF__