diff -r 7b3e8b8d392e -r b62d14d45fc4 config/global/download.in
--- a/config/global/download.in	Fri Oct 31 18:27:27 2008 +0000
+++ b/config/global/download.in	Tue Jan 06 22:34:36 2009 +0000
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 comment "Downloading"
 
+config FORBID_DOWNLOAD
+    bool
+    prompt "Forbid downloads"
+    default n
+    help
+      Normally, crosstool-NG will try to download missing tarballs (or
+      checkout from CVS/SVN...).
+      If you do not have network connectivity when you run crosstool-NG,
+      and some files are missing, it can be a long time before crosstool-NG
+      fails.
+      
+      Saying 'y' here will prevent crosstool-NG from downloading missing
+      files, thus failing early so that you don't get stuck.
+
+if ! FORBID_DOWNLOAD
+
 config FORCE_DOWNLOAD
     bool
     prompt "Force downloads"
@@ -281,3 +297,5 @@
       Only download the tarballs. Exit once it done.
       
       Usefull to pre-retrieve the tarballs before going off-line.
+
+endif # ! FORBID_DOWNLOAD