make libnotify & dunstify optional

Makefile

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DEPS := ${SRC:.c=.d} ${TEST_SRC:.c=.d}
 
 
 .PHONY: all debug
-all: doc dunst dunstify service
+all: doc dunst service
 
 debug: CFLAGS   += ${CPPFLAGS_DEBUG} ${CFLAGS_DEBUG}
 debug: LDFLAGS  += ${LDFLAGS_DEBUG}
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ ${OBJ} ${TEST_OBJ}: Makefile config.mk
 dunst: ${OBJ} main.o
 	${CC} -o ${@} ${OBJ} main.o ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}
 
+ifneq (0,${DUNSTIFY})
+all: dunstify
 dunstify: dunstify.o
 	${CC} -o ${@} dunstify.o ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}
+endif
 
 .PHONY: test test-valgrind test-coverage
 test: test/test clean-coverage-run
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ clean-wayland-protocols:
         uninstall uninstall-dunstctl uninstall-dunstrc \
         uninstall-service uninstall-service-dbus uninstall-service-systemd \
 	uninstall-keepconf uninstall-purge
-install: install-dunst install-dunstctl install-dunstrc install-service install-dunstify
+install: install-dunst install-dunstctl install-dunstrc install-service 
 
 install-dunst: dunst doc
 	install -Dm755 dunst ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/dunst
@@ -206,8 +209,11 @@ install-service-systemd: service-systemd
 	install -Dm644 dunst.systemd.service ${DESTDIR}${SERVICEDIR_SYSTEMD}/dunst.service
 endif
 
+ifneq (0,${DUNSTIFY})
+install: install-dunstify
 install-dunstify: dunstify
 	install -Dm755 dunstify ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/dunstify
+endif
 
 uninstall: uninstall-keepconf
 uninstall-purge: uninstall-keepconf uninstall-dunstrc

README.md

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ distro's repositories, don't worry, it's not hard to build it yourself.
 - libxss
 - glib
 - pango/cairo
-- libnotify (optional, for dunstify)
+- libnotify (can build without, for dunstify, see [make parameters](#make-parameters))
 - wayland-client (can build without, see [make parameters](#make-parameters))
 - wayland-protocols (optional, for recompiling protocols)
 - xdg-utils (optional, xdg-open is the default 'browser' for opening URLs)
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ sudo make install
 - `MANDIR=<PATH>`: Set the prefix of the manpage. (Default: `${DATADIR}/man`)
 - `SYSTEMD=(0|1)`: Disable/Enable the systemd unit. (Default: autodetect systemd)
 - `WAYLAND=(0|1)`: Disable/Enable wayland support. (Default: 1 (enabled))
+- `DUNSTIFY=(0|1)`: Disable/Enable the libnotify dunstctl utility. (Default: 1 (enabled))
 - `SERVICEDIR_SYSTEMD=<PATH>`: The path to put the systemd user service file. Unused, if `SYSTEMD=0`. (Default: `${PREFIX}/lib/systemd/user`)
 - `SERVICEDIR_DBUS=<PATH>`: The path to put the dbus service file. (Default: `${DATADIR}/dbus-1/services`)
 - `EXTRA_CFLAGS=<FLAGS>`: Additional flags for the compiler.

config.mk

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ VALGRIND ?= valgrind
 # You can also use "make WAYLAND=0" to build without wayland
 # WAYLAND ?= 0
 
+# Disable dependency on libnotify. this will remove the ability
+# to easily send notifications using dunstify or notify-send via D-Bus.
+# Do this if you have your own utility to send notifications.
+# Other applications will continue to work, as they use direct D-Bus.
+# DUNSTIFY ?=0
+
 ifneq (0, ${WAYLAND})
 ENABLE_WAYLAND= -DENABLE_WAYLAND
 endif
@@ -54,8 +60,10 @@ pkg_config_packs := gio-2.0 \
                     xscrnsaver \
 
 
+ifneq (0,${DUNSTIFY})
 # dunstify also needs libnotify
 pkg_config_packs += libnotify
+endif
 
 ifneq (0,${WAYLAND})
 pkg_config_packs += wayland-client