From ac042f3f58d33ce9cd5ff61750f06da1a1d7b0eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Radoslav Kolev Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:04:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] configure: Print a more helpful error if autoconf-archive is not installed ... because an undefined macro receives another macro as parameter and autoconf is not smart enough to produce a useful error message. Signed-off-by: Radoslav Kolev Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper --- configure.ac | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index a833c7612..066fb74d4 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1792,6 +1792,11 @@ LIBS="" # Defined in acinclude.m4. grub_ASM_USCORE grub_PROG_TARGET_CC + +# The error message produced by autoconf if autoconf-archive is not installed is +# quite misleading and not very helpful. So, try point people in the right direction. +m4_ifndef([AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG], [m4_fatal([autoconf-archive is missing. You must install it to generate the configure script.])]) + if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" != x1 ; then AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--image-base,0x400000], [TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,--image-base"], -- 2.52.0