Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>> If I forget to run ./configure ..., I'd rather get a warning
>>> than have GNUmakefile run it for me.
>>>
>>> Providing the rules might be nice, as long as they're hooked to some
>>> nonstandard target.
>>
>> Yep, I agree.  It should be possible to override this in Makefile.cfg,
>> for those of us how want to invoke autoreconf + configure
>> automatically.
>
> Here is an updated patch.  Ok to install?

Fine by me, with one small change that I've just made
in coreutils GNUmakefile:

2006-02-13  Jim Meyering  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

        * GNUmakefile (all): Emit diagnostics to stderr, not stdout.

Index: GNUmakefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /fetish/cu/GNUmakefile,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -p -r1.9 GNUmakefile
--- GNUmakefile 14 May 2005 07:58:31 -0000      1.9
+++ GNUmakefile 13 Feb 2006 18:28:39 -0000
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ include $(srcdir)/Makefile.maint
 else
 
 all:
-       @echo There seems to be no Makefile in this directory.
-       @echo "You must run ./configure before running \`make'."
+       @echo There seems to be no Makefile in this directory.   1>&2
+       @echo "You must run ./configure before running \`make'." 1>&2
        @exit 1
 
 endif


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