configure: fix misleading error messages

Reported-by: Bryan Henderson
URL: https://curl.se/mail/lib-2026-07/0010.html
Closes #22300
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Ugwu <emmanuelugwu121@gmail.com>

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2b8a0e0f0c9e2ee40e692897f22a5b516663c342..82ded68db4d582ba8c45c97aa2e061d319ba012c 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_BROTLI" != "xno"; then
 
   if test "x$OPT_BROTLI" != "xoff" &&
      test "$HAVE_BROTLI" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([BROTLI libs and/or directories were not found where specified!])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([BROTLI libs and/or directories were not found!])
   fi
 
   if test "$HAVE_BROTLI" = "1"; then
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_LIBPSL" != "xno"; then
   )
 
   if test "$USE_LIBPSL" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([libpsl libs and/or directories were not found where specified!])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([libpsl libs and/or directories were not found!])
   fi
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_LIBPSL], [test "$curl_psl_msg" = "enabled"])
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_LIBSSH2" != "xno"; then
 
   if test "x$OPT_LIBSSH2" != "xoff" &&
      test "$USE_LIBSSH2" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([libssh2 libs and/or directories were not found where specified!])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([libssh2 libs and/or directories were not found!])
   fi
 
   if test "$USE_LIBSSH2" = "1"; then
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ elif test "x$OPT_LIBSSH" != "xno"; then
 
   if test "x$OPT_LIBSSH" != "xoff" &&
      test "$USE_LIBSSH" != "1"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([libssh libs and/or directories were not found where specified!])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([libssh libs and/or directories were not found!])
   fi
 
   if test "$USE_LIBSSH" = "1"; then

diff --git a/m4/curl-openssl.m4 b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
index 26c9eb3fbb18e66a0dc09573223f94682b5d9b18..96060f841dbe25a36323e30add762f62bd6138fd 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/curl-openssl.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ if test "x$OPT_OPENSSL" != "xno"; then
 
     if test "$OPENSSL_ENABLED" != "1"; then
       LIBS="$CLEANLIBS"
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([OpenSSL libs and/or directories were not found where specified!])
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([OpenSSL libs and/or directories were not found!])
     fi
   fi