From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 11:16:51 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): Augment the error message
X-Git-Tag: Release-1-7-3b~14
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6125f2ebd6e164a6b99d6df5113520ced05e94e9;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git

* automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): Augment the error message
about AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE not found.
Suggested by Bruno Haible.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5c188bf1..a5ba62eff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2003-04-12  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
+	* automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): Augment the error message
+	about AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE not found.
+	Suggested by Bruno Haible.
+
 	* lib/Automake/Version.pm: New file.
 	* lib/Automake/Makefile.am (dist_perllib_DATA): Add Version.pm.
 	* lib/Automake/tests/Version.pl: New file.
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index ac582c595..db375fcf3 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -5366,7 +5366,11 @@ sub scan_autoconf_files
 
     if (! $seen_init_automake)
       {
-	err_ac "`AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' must be used";
+	err_ac ("no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.\nYou "
+		. "should verify that $configure_ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,"
+		. "\nthat aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,\n"
+		. "and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated "
+		. "(using aclocal).");
       }
     else
       {