> > 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 <br...@clisp.org>
* gnulib-tool: Add advice to "cannot find configure.ac" error message.
Reported by <erob...@sensacd.com.mx>.
--- 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
