--- icecream/client/main.cpp.dist	2005-12-18 10:20:11.000000000 -0500
+++ icecream/client/main.cpp	2005-12-18 10:24:29.000000000 -0500
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 "   --help                     explain usage and exit\n"
 "   --version                  show version and exit\n"
 "Environment Variables:\n"
+"   ICECC_DISABLE              if set the local compiler is used.\n"
 "   ICECC_VERSION              use a specific icecc environment, see create-env\n"
 "   ICECC_REPEAT_RATE          the number of jobs out of 1000 that should be\n"
 "                              compiled on multiple hosts to ensure that they're\n"
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     char *env = getenv( "ICECC_DEBUG" );
+    char *icecc_disable = getenv( "ICECC_DISABLE" );
     int debug_level = Error;
     if ( env ) {
         if ( !strcasecmp( env, "info" ) )  {
@@ -161,6 +163,9 @@
     CompileJob job;
     local = analyse_argv( argv, job );
 
+    if(icecc_disable != NULL)
+      local = true;
+                                                                              
     pid_t pid = 0;
 
     /* for local jobs, we fork off a child that tells the scheduler that we got something