From: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:03:49 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Make GNU make output nicer.
X-Git-Tag: v0.1~7601
X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=95002d80002acb26000b3c20a2e1a3db929628ae;p=gnulib.git

Make GNU make output nicer.

* top/GNUmakefile [!_have-Makefile]: Add dependency on
MAKECMDGOALS to enforce message for all command line targets.  Set
srcdir for use in maint.mk.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30730926d..9f68c7474 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2008-04-03  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
+	Make GNU make output nicer.
+	* top/GNUmakefile [!_have-Makefile]: Add dependency on
+	MAKECMDGOALS to enforce message for all command line targets.  Set
+	srcdir for use in maint.mk.
+
 	Another maintainer tweak.
 	* top/GNUmakefile (_is-dist-target): Allow maintainer-distcheck as
 	a target that regenerates version.
diff --git a/top/GNUmakefile b/top/GNUmakefile
index 42d7d12b7..bba62438b 100644
--- a/top/GNUmakefile
+++ b/top/GNUmakefile
@@ -68,11 +68,16 @@ endif
 else
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := abort-due-to-no-makefile
+srcdir = .
 
 # The package can override .DEFAULT_GOAL to run actions like autoreconf.
 -include ./cfg.mk
 include ./maint.mk
 
+ifeq ($(.DEFAULT_GOAL),abort-due-to-no-makefile)
+$(MAKECMDGOALS): abort-due-to-no-makefile
+endif
+
 abort-due-to-no-makefile:
 	@echo There seems to be no Makefile in this directory.   1>&2
 	@echo "You must run ./configure before running \`make'." 1>&2