Prevent this script from being run in the same directory where this script

lives. It will make more people happy. ;-)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@2128 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 97a7d04dc9..f8dd633738 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ debug=$2
 
 extra_defines="-"
 
+if test "$1" = "--help"; then
+  echo "Rockbox configure script."
+  echo "Invoke this in a directory to generate a Makefile to build Rockbox"
+  echo "Do *NOT* run this within the tools directory!"
+  exit
+fi
+
+if test -r "configure"; then
+ # this is a check for a configure script in the current directory, it there
+ # is one, try to figure out if it is this one!
+
+ if { grep "^#   Jukebox" configure >/dev/null 2>&1 } ; then
+   echo "WEEEEEEEEP. Don't run this configure script within the tools directory."
+   echo "It will only cause you pain and grief. Instead do this:"
+   echo ""
+   echo " cd .."
+   echo " mkdir build-dir"
+   echo " cd build-dir"
+   echo " ../tools/configure"
+   echo ""
+   echo "Much happiness will arise from this. Enjoy"
+   exit
+ fi
+fi
+
 input() {
     read response
     echo $response