Makefile: Inform user that they might want to call ./configure explicitly.

[notmuch] / Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d112be6adf3c90d105398f3cc6d501419041d429..c3feee1ddd17018c9a00afb59c980c476033fb3f 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ all: notmuch notmuch.1.gz
 # Before including any other Makefile fragments, get settings from the
 # output of configure
 Makefile.config: configure
+       @echo ""
+       @echo "Note: Calling ./configure with no command-line arguments. This is often fine,"
+       @echo "      but if you want to specify any arguments (such as an alternate prefix"
+       @echo "      into which to install), call ./configure explicitly and then make again."
+       @echo ""
        ./configure
 
 include Makefile.config