1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2cb68864e7..35a1632640 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ case $CC in
 *xlc | *xlc\ * | *lcc | *lcc\ *) am_opt=--include-deps;;
 esac
 
+if test -z "$ACLOCAL_FLAGS"; then
+
+	acdir=`aclocal --print-ac-dir`
+        m4list="glib.m4 gettext.m4"
+
+	for file in $m4list
+	do
+		if [ ! -f "$acdir/$file" ]; then
+			echo "WARNING: aclocal's directory is $acdir, but..."
+			echo "         no file $acdir/$file"
+			echo "         You may see fatal macro warnings below."
+			echo "         If these files are installed in /some/dir, set the ACLOCAL_FLAGS "
+			echo "         environment variable to \"-I /some/dir\", or install"
+			echo "         $acdir/$file."
+			echo ""
+		fi
+	done
+fi
+
 echo "Running gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages."
 # Hmm, we specify --force here, since otherwise things dont'
 # get added reliably, but we don't want to overwrite intl