Re: gnulib-tool: *** cannot find ./configure.ac

[Bruno Haible]

> > gnulib-tool: *** cannot find ./configure.ac
> 
> Are you executing inside your project's directory, where you already have
> a working configure.ac?  It sounds like you are just in the wrong
> directory

I'm adding this advice to the error message:


2009-09-18  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * gnulib-tool: Add advice to "cannot find configure.ac" error message.
        Reported by <address@hidden>.

--- gnulib-tool.orig    2009-09-18 08:57:13.000000000 +0200
+++ gnulib-tool 2009-09-18 08:56:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@
       if test -f "$destdir"/configure.in; then
         configure_ac="$destdir/configure.in"
       else
-        func_fatal_error "cannot find $destdir/configure.ac"
+        func_fatal_error "cannot find $destdir/configure.ac - make sure you 
run gnulib-tool from within your package's directory"
       fi
     fi