diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 91b075d..ff3a63b 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@
 MOTIF_LIBNAME
 GRESOURCE_OBJ
 GRESOURCE_SRC
+UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE
+GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE
 GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES
 GNOME_INCLUDEDIR
 GNOME_LIBDIR
@@ -828,6 +830,8 @@
 with_gnome_includes
 with_gnome_libs
 with_gnome
+enable_icon_cache_update
+enable_desktop_database_update
 with_motif_lib
 with_tlib
 enable_largefile
@@ -1488,6 +1492,8 @@
   --enable-nextaw-check   If auto-select GUI, check for neXtaw default=yes
   --enable-carbon-check   If auto-select GUI, check for Carbon default=yes
   --disable-gtktest       Do not try to compile and run a test GTK program
+  --disable-icon-cache-update        update disabled
+  --disable-desktop-database-update  update disabled
   --disable-largefile     omit support for large files
   --disable-acl           Don't check for ACL support.
   --disable-gpm           Don't use gpm (Linux mouse daemon).
@@ -9351,8 +9357,134 @@
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: cannot obtain from pkg_config." >&5
 $as_echo "cannot obtain from pkg_config." >&6; }
   fi
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking --disable-icon-cache-update argument" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking --disable-icon-cache-update argument... " >&6; }
+  # Check whether --enable-icon_cache_update was given.
+if test "${enable_icon_cache_update+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_icon_cache_update;
+else
+  enable_icon_cache_update="yes"
 fi
 
+  if test "$enable_icon_cache_update" = "yes"; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not set" >&5
+$as_echo "not set" >&6; }
+    # Extract the first word of "gtk-update-icon-cache", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy gtk-update-icon-cache; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case $GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE="$GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE" && ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE="no"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE=$ac_cv_path_GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE
+if test -n "$GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE" >&5
+$as_echo "$GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+    if test "x$GTK_UPDATE_ICON_CACHE" = "xno" ; then
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not found in PATH." >&5
+$as_echo "not found in PATH." >&6; }
+    fi
+  else
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: update disabled" >&5
+$as_echo "update disabled" >&6; }
+  fi
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking --disable-desktop-database-update argument" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking --disable-desktop-database-update argument... " >&6; }
+  # Check whether --enable-desktop_database_update was given.
+if test "${enable_desktop_database_update+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_desktop_database_update;
+else
+  enable_desktop_database_update="yes"
+fi
+
+  if test "$enable_desktop_database_update" = "yes"; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not set" >&5
+$as_echo "not set" >&6; }
+    # Extract the first word of "update-desktop-database", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy update-desktop-database; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case $UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE="$UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_path_UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE" && ac_cv_path_UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE="no"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE=$ac_cv_path_UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE
+if test -n "$UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE" >&5
+$as_echo "$UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+    if test "x$UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE" = "xno" ; then
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not found in PATH." >&5
+$as_echo "not found in PATH." >&6; }
+    fi
+  else
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: update disabled" >&5
+$as_echo "update disabled" >&6; }
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+