# We make all targets depend on the Makefiles themselves.
global_deps = Makefile Makefile.config Makefile.local \
# We make all targets depend on the Makefiles themselves.
global_deps = Makefile Makefile.config Makefile.local \
-# Makefile.config if it doesn't exist yet. And add Makefile.config to
-# our global dependency list.
+# Makefile.config if it doesn't exist yet.
+
+# If Makefile.config doesn't exist, then srcdir won't be
+# set. Conditionally set it (assuming a plain srcdir build) so that
+# the rule to generate Makefile.config can actually work.
+srcdir ?= .
+
@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 " See \"./configure --help\" for more details."
@echo ""
@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 " See \"./configure --help\" for more details."
@echo ""