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Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 6407c951fb4..2b986a3c438 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -18,20 +18,21 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shared/Base.cpp]) ## Prelude, basic settings for Automake # Turn on all warnings and error messages, and enforce GNU # standards for the package. -AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror]) +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror gnu]) AM_MAINTAINER_MODE ## Prevent the configure script from continuing any further if # configuration is being performed in the top-level directory. # The idea is to prevent this ,because some maintainers tend -# to break "off src dir" builds. +# to break parallel build trees (a.k.a. VPATH builds). if test "$srcdir" = "." && test "$enable_maintainer_mode" != "yes"; then AC_MSG_ERROR( [ Please configure and build in a directory other than the top-level source directory. This is needed because a lot - of maintainers tend to break "off src dir" builds. This - is kinda real ensurance they wont do it. + of maintainers tend to break parallel build trees + (a.k.a. VPATH builds). This is kinda real ensurance they + will not do it (by enforcing everybody to do VPATH builds). For example, try the following from the top-level source directory: @@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ if test "$srcdir" = "." && test "$enable_maintainer_mode" != "yes"; then This will create a build space in the directory `objdir' and start a build in that directory. - If however you realy want to build in src dir, - then use --enable-maintainer-mode switch. + If however you realy want to disable this error, + use --enable-maintainer-mode switch. ]) fi |