From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Makefile: point out "make" if "make configure" fails
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:06:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010111706.55119.jnareb@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1286800665-7437-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Ævar Arnfjörð 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: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
I like this.
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-11 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-11 7:47 [RFC PATCH] Makefile: Turn off the configure target by default Michael J Gruber
2010-10-11 7:59 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-11 8:39 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-10-11 9:40 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-11 12:10 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-10-11 12:37 ` [RFC PATCH] Makefile: point out "make" if "make configure" fails Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-11 15:06 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2010-10-11 20:46 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-10-11 15:18 ` [RFC PATCH] Makefile: Turn off the configure target by default Jakub Narebski
2010-10-11 15:28 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-10-11 16:21 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-11 16:26 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-12 8:33 ` Michael J Gruber
2010-10-12 9:10 ` Tor Arntsen
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