build system: test that od is present in the host system

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/applets/usage_compressed b/applets/usage_compressed
index e1fd0d94d..9436dcd5d 100755
--- a/applets/usage_compressed
+++ b/applets/usage_compressed
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ test -x "$loc/usage" || exit 1
 test "$SED" || SED=sed
 test "$DD" || DD=dd
 
+true | od -v -t x1 >/dev/null
+if test $? != 0; then
+        echo 'od tool is not installed or cannot accept "-v -t x1" options'
+        exit 1
+fi
+
 exec >"$target.$$"
 
 echo '#define UNPACKED_USAGE "" \'