From 67bb01ae27db3cbba9e2e908c4e6612040f650aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Anders <8965202+gpanders@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 14:00:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore(build): add option to disable Lua bytecode compilation
 (#16722)

Include a build option to explicitly disable Lua bytecode compilation.
This is needed in some situations where the existing checks are not
sufficient (e.g. cross compilation).
---
 CMakeLists.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ca2385d8f..9f1829cf55 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -543,7 +543,9 @@ endif()
 
 message(STATUS "Using Lua interpreter: ${LUA_PRG}")
 
-if(NOT WIN32)
+option(COMPILE_LUA "Pre-compile Lua sources into bytecode (for sources that are included in the binary)" ON)
+
+if(COMPILE_LUA AND NOT WIN32)
   if(PREFER_LUA)
     foreach(CURRENT_LUAC_PRG luac5.1 luac)
       find_program(_CHECK_LUAC_PRG ${CURRENT_LUAC_PRG})