On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Ãvar ArnfjÃrà Bjarmason wrote: > Someone trying to build Git may think the need autoconf when "make > configure && ./configure && make" fails. But actually they can > probably just run "make" directly. > > Change the "make configure" output so that when it fails the user is > informed of this: > > make configure && ./configure && make > GEN configure > ERROR: We couldn't run autoconf for you. But you're in luck! > ERROR: Git doesn't actually need autoconf to build. Just try > ERROR: running "make" directly at the top-level. The Makefile > ERROR: will guess your configuration based on your OS. If that > ERROR: doesn't work try installing autoconf and running > ERROR: "make configure && ./configure && make" again. > make: *** [configure] Error 1 > > Signed-off-by: Ãvar ArnfjÃrà Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> I like this. -- Jakub Narebski Poland -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html