From d2764c51fcd1dcdabffc819953207249cf6b9555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:52:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * ltmain.in (link mode): Actually provide a useful error
 message.  Fixes long-standing shameful user neglection. Reported by Martin
 Paljak <martin.paljak@gmail.com>.

---
 ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
 ltmain.in | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a739761c0..562452f84 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-09-09  Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+	* ltmain.in (link mode): Actually provide a useful error
+	message.  Fixes long-standing shameful user neglection.
+	Reported by Martin Paljak <martin.paljak@gmail.com>.
+
 2005-09-08  Charles Wilson  <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
 
 	* libtool.m4 (AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG)
diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in
index 43144fe1a..2d5af5250 100644
--- a/ltmain.in
+++ b/ltmain.in
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ EOF
 	esac # case $deplib
 	if test "$found" = yes || test -f "$lib"; then :
 	else
-	  $echo "$modename: cannot find the library \`$lib'" 1>&2
+	  $echo "$modename: cannot find the library \`$lib' or unhandled argument \`$deplib'" 1>&2
 	  exit $EXIT_FAILURE
 	fi
 
-- 
2.47.3