Add --disable-utempter to build without it.

README

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ To build tmux from a release tarball, do:
 	$ ./configure && make
 	$ sudo make install
 
+By default, tmux will use the utempter library to update utmp(5), if it is
+installed. Run configure with --disable-utempter to disable this.
+
 To get and build the latest from version control:
 
 	$ git clone https://github.com/tmux/tmux.git

configure.ac

@@ -167,8 +167,15 @@ if test "x$found_curses" = xno; then
 fi
 
 # Look for utempter.
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(utempter.h, found_utempter=yes, found_utempter=no)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+	utempter,
+	AC_HELP_STRING(--enable-utempter, use utempter if it is installed),
+	found_utempter=$enable_utempter,
+	found_utempter=yes
+)
 if test "x$found_utempter" = xyes; then
+	AC_CHECK_HEADER(utempter.h, found_utempter=yes, found_utempter=no)
+	if test "x$found_utempter" = xyes; then
 		AC_SEARCH_LIBS(
 			utempter_add_record,
 			utempter,
@@ -178,6 +185,7 @@ if test "x$found_utempter" = xyes; then
 		if test "x$found_utempter" = xyes; then
 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UTEMPTER)
 		fi
+	fi
 fi
 
 # Check for b64_ntop.