From ba1f99058236142bab3cbd0cb593d06c3bd9acef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:11:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] build: let ./configure fail (not just warn) when curses.h is missing This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52930. Reported-by: Michail Tsiolkas --- configure.ac | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index c2763e54..e0995fa7 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -565,10 +565,10 @@ if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then fi if eval "test x$CURSES_LIB_NAME = x"; then - AC_MSG_WARN([ -*** No curses lib available. Consider getting the official ncurses -*** distribution from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses if you get -*** errors compiling nano.]) + AC_MSG_ERROR([ +*** No curses lib was found. Please install the curses header files +*** from libncursesw5-dev (Debian), ncurses-devel (Fedora), or similar. +*** (Or install ncurses from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/.)]) else AC_MSG_RESULT([Using $CURSES_LIB_NAME as the curses library]) fi